Rachel trained at R.A.D.A. in London and was born and raised there. Last year she made her US debut playing Lady Chiltern for Washington DC's Shakespeare Theatre production of An Ideal Husband and she now lives in New York. She recently made her Manhattan theater debut at the Irish Repertory's acclaimed production of Dancing At Lughnasa.  Her UK credits in theatre include Portia,(Julius Caesar), Sylvia,(Two Gentlemen Of Verona), Helena, (A Midsummer’s Night’s Dream), Helen Of Troy, (Troilus And Cressida), all for The Royal Shakespeare Company. Other roles include Olivia (12th Night) for Terry Hands, Ophelia, (Hamlet), for Calixto Bieito and Cordelia, (King Lear) for London’s Old Vic Theatre. Also in London’s West End she appeared in Neil Simon's Barefoot In The Park,  Patrick Barlow's Tony Award winning The 39 Steps, and most recently, Bedroom Farce and Love’s Labour’s Lost  for Sir Peter Hall's Company, and Miss Julie for which she was she was nominated for the Critic’s Circle Best Actress Award. Amongst her screen work, appearances on television include Midsomer Murders, Small Island and Garrow’s Law and on film Basil with Christian Slater. She is incredibly proud and honored to be a part of this reading for Fallen Angel.

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 Aedin has called New York City home for 18 years.  She is Founder and Artistic Director of Fallen Angel Theatre Company, Inc.  The New York based company is committed to presenting the most outstanding and daring new Irish and British plays written by and about Women. She recently played the role of Rose in The Irish Repertory Theatre's acclaimed production of Dancing at Lughnasa by Brian Friel.