Rachel was born March 7, 1971, in London, England. She is an accomplished British actress and stage star. Her mother is a Viennese born psychotherapist and her father is a Hungarian born inventor. At the age of fourteen, Rachel began modeling as she completed her secondary education. Rachel's acting career began while attending Cambridge to study English. She broke into acting with a role in Sean Matthias' "West End" revival of Noel Coward's "Design for Living".

Rachel earned the attention of an international audience with her role as the spoiled daughter of a sculptor in Bernardo Bertolucci's "Stealing Beauty". This allowed Rachel to garner notice of her own, and this recognition was furthered by her top billing opposite Keanu Reeves in "Chain Reaction" that same year. Unfortunately, the big budget thriller was not a box office success by any means and received an undeserving blow to her acting ability.

Rachel returned to Britain to star as a hairdresser in the drama "I Want You". She next appeared in the hollywood success, "Mummy", as Brendan Fraser's damsel in distress. To further her triumph that same year, she played yet another starring role in "Sunshine", Istvan Szabo's epic drama about three generations of a family of Hungarian Jews. Rachel's subsequent return was in the early 20th century drama, with "Enemy at the Gates", as a Russian party official caught between the affections of a Russian American sniper. Rachel is a stunning and popular actress that we are sure to see a lot more of in the years to come.