Stirling as the vicar's wife in the 2004 TV adaptation of Agatha Christie's The Murder at the Vicarage

Rachael Atalanta Stirling (born May 30, 1977 in London) is a British actress best known for her performance as Nancy Astley in the BBC drama Tipping the Velvet and also for being the daughter of Dame Diana Rigg. Image File history File links R_Stirling_Vicarage. ... Image File history File links R_Stirling_Vicarage. ... Agatha Christie Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie, Lady Mallowan, DBE (September 15, 1890 – January 12, 1976), was a English crime fiction writer. ... The Murder at the Vicarage (published in 1930) is a detective fiction novel by Agatha Christie, the first novel to feature the character of Miss Marple. ... May 30 is the 150th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (151st in leap years). ... For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ... This article is about the British city. ... The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is the largest publicly-funded radio and television broadcasting corporation of the United Kingdom (see British television) and the world. ... Tipping the Velvet is a British television drama serial, originally screened in three episodes on the BBC Two network in the autumn of 2002. ... Rigg in her most famous role as Emma Peel. ...

Rachael made her first appearance on the stage, starring in Othello at the National Youth Theatre in 1997. Her first screen appearance was a year later in the British comedy film Still Crazy. A great start in films, her co-stars included such greats as Stephen Rea, Billy Connolly, Timothy Spall and Jimmy Nail. Other film projects have included Maybe Baby, Complicity (with her Tipping the Velvet co-star Keeley Hawes), Another Life with Vanity Fair's Natasha Little, The Triumph of Love starring Mira Sorvino, and Redemption Road. Othello and Desdemona in Venice by Théodore Chassériau (1819–1856) Othello: The Moor of Venice is a tragedy by Shakespeare written around 1603. ... The London-based National Youth Theatre or NYT is the United Kingdoms leading organisation for young people in the field of theatre. ... Still Crazy is a 1998 movie starring Stephen Rea, Billy Connolly, Timothy Spall, Bill Nighy and Jimmy Nail. ... Stephen Rea Stephen Rea (born October 31, 1946) is an Irish actor. ... The Big Yin William Billy Connolly, CBE, D.Litt (born 24 November 1942) is a comedian, musician, presenter, and actor. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Jimmy Nail is a British actor and singer (born March 16, 1954, in Newcastle-upon-Tyne), famous for his rugged looks, hit singles and a strong Newcastle accent, although sometimes it is weaker, depending on what role he is playing and who he is talking to. ... Maybe Baby is a 2000 British film, written and directed by Ben Elton based upon his book Inconceivable, starring Hugh Laurie, Joely Richardson. ... Complicity (or Retribution in some markets) is a film based on the novel Complicity by Iain Banks. ... Keeley Hawes Keeley Hawes (born January 1, 1977 in London, England) is an English actress best known for her role as Zoe Reynolds in the BBC One drama series Spooks (2002-2004). ... Another Life was a daytime drama owned and broadcast by the Christian Broadcasting Network from 1981-84. ... Mira Sorvino at Cannes, 2000 Mira Sorvino (born September 28, 1967) is an Oscar-winning American actress, who has appeared in Romy and Micheles High School Reunion, At First Sight, Blue in the Face, Summer of Sam and Mighty Aphrodite. ...

Her first TV break was when she starred in American mini-series In the Beginning - charting God's creation of the universe and mankind opposite Jacqueline Bisset and Art Malik. Jacqueline Bisset (13 September 1944) is a British actress, born Winifred Jacqueline Fraser-Bisset in Weybridge, Surrey, England to Max Fraser- Bisset, a General Practitioner of Scottish descent, and the former Arlette Alexander, a French-born attorney. ... Art Malik (born as Athar Ul-Haque Malik on November 13, 1952) is a Pakistani-born British actor. ...

Trivia

• She can speak Russian and is highly skilled at horse-riding and jumping.
• Rachael attended Wycombe Abbey School in Buckinghamshire, England.
• Rachael has a degree in History of art from Edinburgh University.

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External links

• Rachael Stirling Online - a fansite