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Rachel Roberts

b. 1978

Canadian actor and model

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Born 1978. Rachel Roberts is a Canadian model and actor.

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 2002 film Simone.

Modeling career When she began modeling, she worked for magazines such as Elle, Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, Glamour, Marie Claire and the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue of 2000, Victoria's Secret Country 1998, 1999 and Victoria's Secret lookbook 2000, 2001.

As skin-care line Biotherm's official model, she posed for campaigns for labels such as Ralph Lauren, Gap, Bottega Veneta, Ferre, Sisley, and Victoria's Secret. She has modeled for multiple designers such as Chloé, Valentino, Givenchy, Fendi, Blumarine, Roberto Cavalli, Comme des Garçons, Paul Smith and Balmain. She also appeared in the European advertisements of Nivea.

Acting career Roberts made her film debut as the title character of the movie Simone in 2002 performing opposite Al Pacino. 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 Entourage, Ugly Betty and Numbers. She was given a recurring role on the ABC one-hour drama FlashForward. In 2011, she played Carrera in the movie In Time opposite Justin Timberlake and Amanda Seyfried. 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 Mad Men opposite Jon Hamm in the episode "Tale of Two Cities". She starred in Rihanna's music video "Bitch Better Have My Money" which was released on July 2, 2015. She was cast as Cassandra in Andrew Niccol's sci-fi thriller film Anon. She also portrayed Sharon Tate in the tenth episode of American Horror Story: Cult.

Personal life Roberts was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. In 2002, she married New Zealand director Andrew Niccol, who wrote, produced and directed Simone and Anon. They have two children, a son and daughter.

Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 2002 Simone Simone 2009 How to Seduce Difficult Women Sabrina 2011 In Time Carrera 2013 The Host Soul Fleur 2018 Anon Alysa Egorian

Television Year Title Role Notes 2004 Still Life Nona Unaired television series 2007 Ugly Betty Marla Episode: "Secretaries' Day" 2007 Entourage Monika Episode: "Gary's Desk" 2008 Numbers Melissa Conroy Episode: "Charlie Don't Surf" 2009–2010 FlashForward Alda Hertzog Recurring role; 5 episodes 2012 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Karen Chevera Episode: "CSI Unplugged" 2013 Mad Men Cindy Episode: "A Tale of Two Cities" 2017 American Horror Story: Cult Sharon Tate Episode: "Charles (Manson) in Charge"

Music videos Year Title Role Artist 2015 "Bitch Better Have My Money" The Accountant's Wife Rihanna

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

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Magee Secondary School

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Andrew Niccol

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Who is Rachel Roberts?

Canadian actor and model

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Rachel Roberts was born on 8 April 1978 in Vancouver.

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Rachel Roberts is a model and actor.

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· Wikipedia: Rachel Roberts

· Wikidata: Q261556

· DBpedia: Rachel Roberts (model)

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