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Rachel Pickup

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Rachel Pickup
Pickup, c. 2012
Born
Rachel Pickup

(1973-07-15) July 15, 1973 (age 53)
Alma materRoyal Academy of Dramatic Art
OccupationActress
Years active1994 – present
Parents

Rachel Pickup is a British actress known for her extensive work in Shakespearean theatre.[1] She has portrayed many of Shakespeare's heroines in productions on and off the West End, and with the Royal Shakespeare Company.[2] In 2016, she portrayed Portia opposite Sir Jonathan Pryce's Shylock in The Merchant of Venice at Shakespeare's Globe, which toured internationally to commemorate the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death.[3][4] Pickup received a Critics' Circle Theatre Award nomination for her titular performance in August Strindberg's Miss Julie at the Rose Theatre Kingston.[5]

In film, she starred as Sarah Holt in Michel Franco's Chronic, which received wide-spread acclaim at the 68th Cannes Film Festival.[6] Her additional film roles include Clara Fairfax in Radha Bharadwaj's Basil (1998), Stella Primrose in Duncan Roy's AKA (2002), and Fausta Grables in Patty Jenkins's Wonder Woman (2017). On television, Pickup is best known for her roles as Kaye Bentley in the 10-part BBC miniseries No Bananas (1996),[7] Henrietta Standish in Victoria & Albert (2001), Lesley Parkes in Live!Girls! present Dogtown (2006) and Miss André in The Gilded Age (2023–present). Her father was British actor Ronald Pickup.[8]

Early life and education

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Pickup was born in London, England to actors Lans Traverse and Ronald Pickup.[9][10] At age 16 she joined the National Youth Theatre, then under the direction of Edward Wilson. After three seasons with the company she matriculated to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.[11]

Career

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1996–2003: Early stage & screen work

[edit]

Shortly after graduating from RADA, Pickup booked the lead role of Kaye Bentley in the 10-part BBC miniseries No Bananas, which premiered in 1996.[9] Later that year she made her professional stage debut in Alan Ayckbourn's Way Upstream at Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, followed by a performance opposite Alan Bates in Mike Poulton's Fortune's Fool at the Chichester Festival Theatre.[12] During the late 1990s Pickup established herself in classical theatre, appearing as Helena in Oxford Stage Company's touring production of All's Well That Ends Well, directed by Irina Brook,[13] as Irina in Mike Poulton's translation of Three Sisters at Birmingham Repertory Theatre,[14] and as Olivia in Terry Hands' production of Twelfth Night at Theatr Clwyd.[15][16] In 1998, she made her film debut as Clara Fairfax in Radha Bharadwaj's Basil, appearing opposite Jared Leto and Christian Slater. Based on Wilkie Collins' 1852 novel of the same name, Basil premiered as the closing night film of the Toronto International Film Festival.[17]

Pickup appeared as Hazel Conway in J. B. Priestley's Time and the Conways at the Royal Exchange, Manchester, earning a Manchester Theatre Award.

In 2000 Pickup made her Off West End debut as Corrie in Neil Simon's Barefoot in the Park at Jermyn Street Theatre.[18] She subsequently appeared in productions at Chichester Festival Theatre[19] and Manchester's Royal Exchange Theatre, where her performance as Hazel Conway in J. B. Priestley's Time and the Conways earned her the Manchester Theatre Award for Best Supporting Actress.[20] In 2001, Pickup appeared as Lady Henrietta Standish in the two-part BBC miniseries Victoria & Albert. In 2002, she appeared as Stella Primrose in Duncan Roy's autobiographical film AKA. The film premiered in competition at the Sundance Film Festival and was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Outstanding Debut.[21] That same year, Pickup appeared as Cordelia in the English Touring Theatre's production of King Lear directed by Stephen Unwin.[22] In 2003 the production transferred The Old Vic in London, with Pickup reprising her role.[10] Later that year she appeared as Ophelia in Calixto Bieito's production of Hamlet at the Royal Lyceum Theatre for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. For this performance she earned a Herald Angel Award.[23] During this period, Pickup had guest and recurring roles on multiple television serials, including Soldier Soldier, Doctors, Relic Hunter, and Jeffrey Archer: The Truth.

2004–2010: Royal Shakespeare Company & West End work

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In 2007 Pickup returned to the West End, starring in Patrick Barlow's The 39 Steps at the Criterion Theatre. The production won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Comedy.

Between 2004 and 2006 Pickup appeared in six productions with the Royal Shakespeare Company, including performances as Silvia in The Two Gentlemen of Verona,[24] Helen of Troy in Troilus and Cressida,[25] Helena in A Midsummer Night's Dream,[26] and Portia in Julius Caesar.[27] The latter production transferred to the Lyric Theatre on the West End with Pickup reprising her role. In 2005, Pickup appeared as Dr. Sofia Rossiter in the Doctor Who audio drama Thicker than Water. Produced by Big Finish Productions, it was written by Paul Sutton and featured Colin Baker as the Sixth Doctor. In 2006, Pickup appeared in the main role of Lesley Parkes in the BBC Three comedy series Live!Girls! present Dogtown. In 2007 Pickup joined the original London company of The 39 Steps, Patrick Barlow's stage adaptation of Alfred Hitchcock's 1935 film of the same name.[28] The production won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Comedy and became one of the longest-running comedy plays in West End history. From 2008 to 2010 Pickup appeared in three productions directed by Sir Peter Hall at the Rose Theatre, Kingston, including the Princess of France in Love's Labour's Lost, Susannah in Bedroom Farce, and the title role in Miss Julie. Her performance in Miss Julie earned a nomination for the Critics' Circle Theatre Award for Best Actress. When Bedroom Farce transferred to the West End in 2010, Pickup reprised her role as Susannah. During this period she had guest roles on multiple television serials, including Holby City, Rosemary & Thyme, Midsomer Murders, Small Island, and Garrow's Law.

2011–present: Broadway & Transatlantic stage career

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In 2011, Pickup moved to the United States to appear as Lady Chiltern in the Shakespeare Theatre Company's production of An Ideal Husband by Oscar Wilde. Later that same year she made her Off-Broadway debut as Agnes Munde in the Irish Repertory Theatre's 20th Anniversary production of Brian Friel's Dancing at Lughnasa. Pickup subsequently became a frequent collaborator with the Irish Rep, appearing in productions of Charlotte Jones's Airswimming, Samuel Beckett's Breath and Play, Brian Friel's The Home Place, and Dion Boucicault's London Assurance. In 2014 she appeared as Goneril opposite Michael Pennington in King Lear at Theatre for a New Audience. Ben Brantley of The New York Times named the production a "Critic's Pick", signaling out Pickup's performance as "superb."[29] Later that year portrayed Amanda Prynne in Darko Tresnjak's production of Private Lives at Hartford Stage. In 2015, she starred as Sarah Holt in Michel Franco's Chronic, which premiered in competition at the 68th Cannes Film Festival, where it won Best Screenplay.[30] The film received wide-spread acclaim, and was named a "Critic's Pick" by The New York Times.[31] During this period she began appearing in American television series, including House of Anubis, Elementary, Great Performances, Dietland, and Madam Secretary.

In 2016, Pickup starred as Portia opposite Sir Jonathan Pryce's Shylock in The Merchant of Venice at Lincoln Center, commemorating the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death.

From 2015-2016 Pickup starred as Portia in The Merchant of Venice opposite Sir Jonathan Pryce as Shylock.[32] The production toured internationally in commemoration of the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death, with performances at Shakespeare's Globe, Lincoln Center, The Kennedy Center, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, and the National Centre for the Performing Arts in Beijing.[33] The production garnered critical acclaim, with The Arts Desk calling Pickup's performance "brilliant"[34] and The Stage noting "The female cast members in particular make their mark, notably Rachel Pickup’s elegant, intelligent Portia."[35] In 2017 Pickup made her Broadway debut in Noël Coward's Present Laughter at the St. James Theatre, starring Kevin Kline.[36] That same year she appeared as primary antagonist Fausta Grables in Patty Jenkins' Wonder Woman.[37] The following year she returned to London to appear in the Finborough Theatre revival of Robert Graves' But It Still Goes On.[38] In 2019 she appeared in Helen Banner's Intelligence at New York Theatre Workshop and reprised her performance as Amanda Prynne in Private Lives at the Dorset Theatre Festival. In 2021 Pickup starred as Miranda in The Tempest at Jermyn Street Theatre.[39] During this period, she returned to British television, appearing in the drama serials Grantchester, The Beast Must Die, Sister Boniface Mysteries, and Casualty. Since 2023, Pickup has appeared on the HBO drama series The Gilded Age, portraying Miss André, lady's maid to Carrie Coon's character, Bertha Russell.[40]

By the 2020s, Pickup had established a transatlantic stage career encompassing more than fifty productions. Particularly noted for her work in Shakespeare, she has portrayed many of the playwright's principal heroines across productions in the West End, Broadway, and regional theatres in the United Kingdom and United States.

Personal life

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Pickup is a dual citizen of the United Kingdom and the United States. She splits her time between London and New York City.[41]

Credits

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Film

[edit]
Year Title Role Notes Ref.
1998 Basil Clara Fairfax [42]
2002 AKA Stella Primrose [42]
2005 Prick Steph Short film [42]
2015 Chronic Sarah [42]
2016 Fearless Love Lauren Oritz Short film [42]
The Merchant of Venice Portia Globe on Screen [42]
2017 Wonder Woman Fausta Grables [42]

Television

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Year Title Role Notes Ref.
1994 Soldier Soldier Cheryl Episode: "Poles Apart" [43]
1996 No Bananas Kaye Bentley Main role:
10 episodes
[43]
2000-2024 Doctors Various 5 episodes [43]
2001 Relic Hunter Amanda Reardon Episode: "The Royal Ring" [43]
Victoria & Albert Lady Henrietta Standish Television serial [43]
2002 Jeffrey Archer: The Truth Casino Girl Television film [43]
2004 Holby City Kate Lewis Episode: "Honour Thy Father" [43]
2006 Rosemary & Thyme Jenny Channing Episode: "Enter Two Gardeners" [43]
Live!Girls! present Dogtown Lesley Parkes Maine role:
6 episodes
[43]
2008 Midsomer Murders Isolde Balliol Episode: "The Magician's Nephew" [43]
2009 Small Island Mrs. Ryder Episode #1.1 [43]
2010 Garrow's Law Maria Reader Episode #2.2 [43]
2013 House of Anubis Mara's lawyer Episode: "House of Enemies" [43]
2014 Elementary Allison Fuller Episode: "The Diabolical Kind" [43]
50 Ways to Kill Your Lover Mickey Faveau Episode: "Chickened Out" [43]
2017 Great Performances Understudy Episode: "Present Laughter" [43]
2018 Dietland Mrs. Gormely Episode: "F... This" [43]
2018-2019 Madam Secretary Lana 2 episodes [43]
2019 Grantchester Meredith Davenport Episode #4.5 [43]
2021 The Beast Must Die India Episode #1.3 [43]
2022 Sister Boniface Mysteries Jocelyn Kelly Episode: "Scoop!" [43]
2023 Casualty Christy Eakins Episode: "Lost in Translation" [43]
2023-present The Gilded Age Miss André 9 episodes [43]

Theatre

[edit]
Year Title Role Playwright Venue Ref.
1996 Way Upstream Fleur Alan Ayckbourn Crucible Theatre
Fortune's Fool Olga Petrovna Ivan Turgenev Theatre Royal, Bath [12]
Chichester Festival Theatre
1997 All's Well That Ends Well Helena William Shakespeare Oxford Stage Company [13]
1998 Three Sisters Irina Anton Chekhov Birmingham Repertory Theatre [14]
Home Truths Fanny David Lodge [44]
1999 Twelfth Night Olivia William Shakespeare Theatr Clwyd [45]
2000 The Sea Rose Jones Edward Bond Chichester Festival Theatre [19]
Barefoot in the Park Corrie Neil Simon Jermyn Street Theatre [18]
2001 Time and the Conways Hazel J.B. Priestly Royal Exchange, Manchester [20]
The Fall Guy Lucienne Vatelin Georges Feydeau Royal Exchange, Manchester [46]
2002-2003 King Lear Cordelia William Shakespeare English Touring Theatre [22]
The Old Vic [47]
2003 Hamlet Ophelia William Shakespeare Royal Lyceum Theatre [23]
Birmingham Repertory Theatre [48]
Olympia Theatre, Dublin [49]
Teatre Romea, Barcelona [50]
2004-2005 The Two Gentlemen of Verona Silvia William Shakespeare Royal Shakespeare Company [24]
Julius Caesar Portia [27]
2005 The Lyric Theatre [51]
Paradox SuperBaby Hanna Berrigan Royal Shakespeare Company [52]
Dr. Foster Dr. Foster Adrian Schiller Menier Chocolate Factory [53]
2006 Troilus and Cressida Helen of Troy William Shakespeare Royal Shakespeare Company [25]
A Midsummer Night's Dream Helena [26]
2007 The 39 Steps Annabelle/Margaret/ Pamela Patrick Barlow Criterion Theatre [28]
2008 Grand Slam Madeleine Lloyd Evans King's Head Theatre [54]
Love's Labour's Lost Princess of France William Shakespeare Rose Theatre Kingston [55]
2009 Miss Julie Miss Julie August Strindberg Rose Theatre Kingston [56]
Bedroom Farce Susannah Alan Ayckbourn Rose Theatre Kingston
2010 Duke of York's Theatre [57]
2011 An Ideal Husband Lady Chiltern Oscar Wilde Shakespeare Theatre Company [58]
2012 Dancing at Lughnasa Agnes Mundy Brian Friel Irish Repertory Theatre [59]
Handicapped People in Their Formal Attire Agnes Kathryn Grant Premiere Stages [60]
2013 Airswimming Persephone Charlotte Jones Irish Repertory Theatre [61]
The Explorers' Club Phyllida Spotte-Hume (u/s) Nell Benjamin Manhattan Theatre Club [62]
Twelfth Night Olivia William Shakespeare Shakespeare Theatre Company [63]
A Mind-Bending Evening of Beckett Erskine / Woman 1 Samuel Beckett Irish Repertory Theatre [64]
2014 King Lear Goneril William Shakespeare Theatre for a New Audience [65]
2015 Private Lives Amanda Prynne Noël Coward Hartford Stage [66]
The Cottage Sylvia Van Hipness Sandy Rustin Engeman Theater [67]
The Merchant of Venice Portia William Shakespeare Shakespeare's Globe [68]
2016 Lincoln Center Theatre [69]
The Kennedy Center [70]
Chicago Shakespeare Theater [71]
National Centre for the Performing Arts (China) [72]
2017 Present Laughter Liz Essendine / Monica Reed / Lady Saltburn (u/s) Noël Coward St. James Theatre [73]
The Home Place Margaret O'Donnell Brian Friel Irish Repertory Theatre [74]
2018 But It Still Goes On Dorothy Robert Graves Finborough Theatre [75]
2019 Intelligence Sarah MacIntyre Helen Banner New York Theatre Workshop [76]
Private Lives Amanda Prynne Noël Coward Dorset Theatre Festival [77]
For Services Rendered Eva Ardsley W. Somerset Maugham Jermyn Street Theatre [78]
2019-2020 London Assurance Lady Gay Spanker Dion Boucicault Irish Repertory Theatre [79]
2020 The Skin Game Mary Booker Tony Cox Jermyn Street Theatre [80]
2021 The Tempest Miranda William Shakespeare [81]
2022 Still Life Laura Jepson Noël Coward The Mill at Sonning [82]
2023 Twelfth Night Viola William Shakespeare [83]
2025 The Daughter of Time Marta Hallard Josephine Tey & M. Kilburg Reedy Charing Cross Theatre [84]
2026 Dear Liar Mrs Patrick Campbell Jerome Kilty Jermyn Street Theatre [85]
Still Life Laura Jepson Noël Coward Theatre Royal, Drury Lane [86]

Radio

[edit]
Year Title Role Author Broadcaster Ref.
1998 The Plutocrat Olivia Tinker Booth Tarkington & Michael Hastings BBC Radio 4 [87]
2002 From Here to Eternity Lorene James Jones & Michael Hastings BBC Radio 4 [88]
2005 Thicker than Water Dr. Sofia Rossiter Paul Sutton Big Finish Productions [89]
2012 The Weather Girl Dr. Pania Abbott Fay Weldon BBC Radio 4 [90]

Audio books

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Year Title Author Publisher Ref.
2014 The Island Jill Jones Audible [91]
2015 All That Matters Rebecca Schiller Audible [91]
2023 The Undercurrents Kirsty Bell Audible [91]

Awards and nominations

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Year Association Category Work Result Ref.
2002 Manchester Theatre Awards Best Supporting Actress in a Play Time and the Conways Won [92]
2003 Herald Angel Award Best Actress in a Play Hamlet Won [93]
2009 Critics' Circle Theatre Awards Best Actress in a Play Miss Julie Nominated [94]
2020 1st Irish Awards Best Actress London Assurance Won [95]

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