Rachel Roberts (born April 8, 1978) is a Canadian model and actress. Roberts has appeared in numerous ad campaigns, most notably for Biotherm Skin Care Products, and she became well known in the United States as the title character in the film '' Simone''.

Modeling career

When she began modeling, she worked for magazines such as ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Glamour'', ''

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'' and the ''Sports Illustrated'' Swimsuit Issue of 2000,

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Country 1998, 1999 and

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2000, 2001. As skin-care line Biotherm's official model, she posed for campaigns for labels such as

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, Gap,

Bottega Veneta Bottega Veneta S.r.l () is an Italian luxury fashion house based in Milan, Italy. Its product lines include ready-to-wear, handbags, shoes, accessories, jewellery and fragrances. Bottega Veneta is headquartered in Milan, Italy, with its main at ...

, Ferre, Sisley, and

. She has modeled for multiple designers such as

Chloé Chloé () is a French luxury fashion house founded in 1952 by Gaby Aghion. In 1953, Aghion joined forces with Jacques Lenoir, formally managing the business side of the brand, allowing Aghion to purely pursue the creative growth of Chloé. It ...

, Valentino,

Givenchy Givenchy (, ) is a French luxury fashion and perfume house. It hosts the brand of haute couture and ready-to-wear clothing, accessories, perfumes and cosmetics of Parfums Givenchy. The house of Givenchy was founded in 1952 by designer Hubert d ...

Fendi Fendi Srl () is an Culture of Italy, Italian luxury goods, luxury fashion house producing fur, ready-to-wear, leather goods, shoes, fragrances, eyewear, timepieces and accessories. Founded in Rome in 1925 by fashion designers Edoardo Fendi and ...

Blumarine Blufin S.p.A. is an Italian fashion house founded by Anna Molinari and her late husband Gianpaolo Tarabini. The core brand is Blumarine, which they started in 1977, followed by Miss Blumarine (1987, 8- to 14-year-old girls), Blugirl (1995, for te ...

Roberto Cavalli Roberto Cavalli (; 15 November 1940 – 12 April 2024) was an Italian fashion designer and inventor. He was known for exotic prints and for creating the sand-blasted look for jeans. The Roberto Cavalli fashion house sells luxury clothing, perf ...

Comme des Garçons Comme des Garçons (CDG, ) is a Japanese fashion label, founded by Rei Kawakubo in 1969. It is based in Paris, where its flagship store is located. Other than fashion, the label has expanded to include jewelry and perfume (under the brand Comme ...

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and Balmain. She also appeared in the European advertisements of

Nivea Nivea (, stylized as NIVEA) is a German personal care brand that specializes in skin and body care. It is owned by the Hamburg-based company Beiersdorf Global AG, who also makes the Eucerin brand. ''Nivea'' comes from the Latin adjective ''ni ...

Acting career

Roberts made her film debut as the title character of the movie '' Simone'' in 2002 performing opposite

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. The studio attempted to keep her identity a secret during production, and did not accord her credit in the initial theatrical release, in an effort to maintain the illusion that her character was a virtual computer-created entity. After release her identity became known and she received credit in the video release. She has guest-starred on such television series as ''

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'', ''

Ugly Betty ''Ugly Betty'' is an American comedy-drama television series developed by Silvio Horta, which aired on American Broadcasting Company, ABC from September 28, 2006, to April 14, 2010. It is based on the Colombian telenovela ''Yo soy Betty, la fea' ...

'' and ''

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''. She was given a recurring role on the ABC one-hour drama ''

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''. In 2011, she played Carrera in the movie ''

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'' opposite

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and

Amanda Seyfried Amanda Michelle Seyfried ( ; born December 3, 1985) is an American actress and singer. She began acting at 15, with a recurring role as Lucy Montgomery in the CBS soap opera ''As the World Turns'' (1999–2001). She came to prominence for he ...

. She appeared in the series '' CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'' as Karen Chevera in the episode "Unplugged" (2012). She played Soul Fleur in the 2013 movie '' The Host''. Roberts appeared on ''

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'' opposite

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in the episode "Tale of Two Cities". She starred in

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's music video "

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" which was released on July 2, 2015. She was cast as Cassandra in Andrew Niccol's

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Anon Anon may refer to: Arts and media * ''Anon'' (album), a 2018 album by Hands Like Houses * Anon (band) * ''Anon'' (film), a 2018 British science fiction thriller film People with the given name * Anon Amornlerdsak (born 1997), a Thai footb ...

''. She also portrayed

Sharon Tate Sharon Marie Tate Polanski (January 24, 1943 – August 9, 1969) was an American actress and model. During the 1960s, she appeared in advertisements and small television roles before appearing in films as well as working as a model. After receiv ...

in the tenth episode of '' American Horror Story: Cult''.

Personal life

Roberts was born in

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, British Columbia, Canada. In 2002, she married

Andrew Niccol Andrew Niccol (born 10 June 1964) is a New Zealand screenwriter, producer, and director. He wrote and directed '' Gattaca'' (1997), '' Simone'' (2002), '' Lord of War'' (2005), '' In Time'' (2011), '' The Host'' (2013), and '' Good Kill'' (201 ...

, who wrote, produced and directed ''Simone'' and ''Anon''. They have two children, a son and daughter."Rachel Roberts and Andrew Niccol welcome daughter"
, ''

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'', March 3, 2008.

Filmography

Film

Television

Music videos

Agencies

* Liz Bell, Vancouver (mother agency) * MODELS 1 London * ONE MANAGEMENT New York * NEXT Los Angeles * D MANAGEMENT Milan * VIEW Spain * ICONIC Berlin

References

External links

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