Background
She was born in London to n mother, playwright Lans Traverse and British father, the actor Ronald Pickup.
She was born in London to n mother, playwright Lans Traverse and British father, the actor Ronald Pickup.
Royal Academy of Dramatic Artist
Her first major role was the leading role of Kaye Bentley in the 10 part British Broadcasting Corporation television series Number Bananas, with Alison Steadman and Tom Bell. She has gone on to appear in many British and n television shows and has worked extensively in theatre playing most of the great Shakespearean heroines. Most recently, Portia, in "The Merchant Of Venice" at Shakespeare"s Globe Theatre in London, opposite Jonathan Pryce.
Early She moved to New York in 2011.
This was followed by a role opposite the late Alan Bates in Mike Poulton"s Fortune"s Fool. Other major theatre roles followed, including Irina in Mike Poulton"s translation of Three Sisters for Bill Bryden, Olivia in Twelfth Night for Terry Hands, Helena in All"s Well That Ends Well for Irina Brook, Portia in Julius Caesar for David Farr at the Royal Society of Chemistry , Sylvia in The Two Gentlemen of Verona and Helena in A Midsummer Night"s Dream also for the Royal Society of Chemistry . In 2003 she appeared at The Old Vic in King Lear playing Cordelia.
This was followed by Ophelia in Calixto Bieito"s Hamlet, and Helen of Troy in Troilus and Cressida for Peter Stein. She had a supporting role in the film Basil and AKA. She is the daughter of actor Ronald Pickup, with whom she acted for the first time in 2008 in an episode of Midsomer Murders, and will play Molly, the central role in her Mother"s first screenplay "G - Litter" in 2015.
Rachel starred at the Criterion Theatre in The 39 Steps and has worked with Sir Peter Hall several times, including his 2009 revival of Bedroom Farce.
In 2011 she moved to the United States of America to appear in the Shakespeare Theatre Company"s production of An Ideal Husband, and subsequently moved from Washington District of Columbia to New New York In August 2011 she made her New York Office Broadway debut in the Irish Repertory Theatre"s 20th Anniversary production of Dancing at Lughnasa. Other productions at the Irish Repertory Theatre include Airswimming by Charlotte Jones for "Fallen Angel Theatre" and A Mind Bending Evening of Beckett for Robert Flanagan.
Most recently Pickup played Portia in The Merchant Of Venice at Shakespeare"s Globe Theatre in London, England, opposite Jonathan Pryce, directed by "Jonathan Munby".