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Rachel Davies is an English actress. She has numerous
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credits to her name, including '' Boon'' (1986), '' A Little Bit of Lippy'' (1989), ''
Emmerdale ''Emmerdale'' (known as ''Emmerdale Farm'' until 1989) is a British television soap opera that is broadcast on ITV (TV network), ITV. The show is set in Emmerdale (known as Beckindale until 1994), a List of fictional towns and villages, fict ...
'' (1993–94), '' Band of Gold'' (1995–96), '' Hillsborough'' (1996), and '' The Chase'' (2006–07).


Career

Born in
Manchester Manchester () is a city and the metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England. It had an estimated population of in . Greater Manchester is the third-most populous metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, with a population of 2.92&nbs ...
,
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, she has played leading roles in the following series: '' Boon'', '' The Cuckoo Waltz'', ''
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'', '' Band of Gold'', '' Telltale'', ''
Emmerdale ''Emmerdale'' (known as ''Emmerdale Farm'' until 1989) is a British television soap opera that is broadcast on ITV (TV network), ITV. The show is set in Emmerdale (known as Beckindale until 1994), a List of fictional towns and villages, fict ...
'', ''
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'', '' Linda Green'' and '' The Chase''. She appeared in the acclaimed single drama '' Hillsborough''. In 2000 she played Estelle in the last film that had John Thaw in the lead role, ''Buried Treasure''. Guest roles on TV include: ''
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'', ''
Coronation Street ''Coronation Street'' (colloquially referred to as ''Corrie'') is a British television soap opera created by ITV Granada, Granada Television and shown on ITV (TV network), ITV since 9 December 1960. The programme centres on a cobbled, terraced ...
'', '' The Sweeney'', '' All Creatures Great and Small'', ''
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'', ''
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'' (in the serial '' State of Decay''), '' The Professionals'', '' Tales Of The Unexpected'', ''
Grange Hill ''Grange Hill'' is a British Children's television series, children's television drama series, originally produced by the BBC and portraying life in a typical Comprehensive school (England and Wales), comprehensive school. The show began its ru ...
'', '' Juliet Bravo'', '' Minder'', '' C.A.T.S. Eyes'', '' Cracker'', ''
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'', '' Dangerfield'', '' Casualty'', ''
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'', ''
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'', '' Heartbeat'', '' Bodies'', '' Doctors'' and '' Waterloo Road''. Davies starred in the 1984 British comedy, '' A Private Function'' as Mr Wormold's landlady, Mrs Forbes.


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* English soap opera actresses Living people Actresses from Manchester Year of birth missing (living people) {{England-tv-actor-stub