Cast & creator
Rachel Shenton
Best known for Waterloo Road, Switched at Birth, All Creatures Great & Small
Rachel Joy Shenton is a British actress and writer born in the Midlands. Shenton started her career at Edinburgh fringe festival, where her play received critical acclaim. In 2018 Shenton won the Academy Award® for Best Live Action short film, for The Silent Child that she both wrote, produced and starred in. From 2020, she's been portraying Helen in All Creatures Great and Small.
Also known as: راشل شنتون
21
film credits
9
television credits
21
2006–2026 · acting roles
7.2
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (30)
Showing 30 of 30 credits
Waterloo Road
Courtney
2006
Switched at Birth
Lily Summers
2011
All Creatures Great & Small
Helen Alderson
2020All Creatures Great & Small
Helen Herriot
2020
The Strangers: Chapter 2
Debbie
2025
The Strangers: Chapter 3
Debbie
2026
The Strangers: Chapter 1
Debbie
2024
White Gold
Joanne Scott
2017
The Rumour
Joanna
2025
Roy
Cara (voice)
2021Roy
Associate Producer
2021
The Strangers
Debbie
2026Code Zero
Gemma Chapman
A Very British Christmas
Jessica
2019
For Her Sins
Emily Furness
2023
The Colour Room
Annie Shorter
2021
Sticks & Shelter
Producer
Sticks & Shelter
Creator
Sticks & Shelter
Writer
Blood and Bone China
Anna Fitzgerald
2011Money Kills
Anya Valeskavich
2012
Night Shift
Executive Producer
2021
The Silent Child
Joanne
2017The Silent Child
Writer
2017The Silent Child
Producer
2017
Last Night
Executive Producer
2026
In Too Deep
Carol
2023
A Glimpse
2019Blood and Bone China
Anna Fitzgerald
2012
Isla Soledad
Executive Producer