Acting

Rachel Atkins

Place of birth

Cardiff, Wales, UK

Known for

Acting

Credits

14 titles

Rachel trained at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama. She has performed on stage in Romeo and Juliet, Blithe Spirit and The School for Scandal, among others. Her recent television and film credits include Alfonso Cuarón's Disclaimer staring Cate Blanchette and Kevin Kline, Chernobyl , Apartment 7a , Augustus and Dodger. She played Vicky Turner in The Archers . Rachel has worked extensively in computer games, audiobooks, BBC Radio Drama and BBC Radio Comedy. Recently she voiced Nan in animation series Mojo Swaptops, various characters including Raven Leader in the new Netflix animation series 'Hilda' and has voiced characters for Sherlock Holmes the Awakened, Elden Ring, Warhammer 40,…

Known for

Film credits

Series credits

Call the Midwife poster
7.6

Drama following the lives of a group of midwives working in the poverty-stricken East End of London during the 1950s, based on the best-selling memoirs of Jennifer Worth.

Call the Midwife

2012

Chernobyl poster
8.7

The true story of one of the worst man-made catastrophes in history: the catastrophic nuclear accident at Chernobyl. A tale of the brave men and women who sacrificed to save Europe from unimaginable disaster.

Chernobyl

2019

Humans poster
7.5

In a parallel present where the latest must-have gadget for any busy family is a 'Synth' - a highly-developed robotic servant that's so similar to a real human it's transforming the way we live.

Humans

2015

Disclaimer poster
7.5

When an intriguing novel appears at the bedside of a journalist whose career has been built on revealing transgressions, she is horrified to realize she's a key character in a long-buried story—one that exposes her darkest secret.

Disclaimer

2024

The Story of Tracy Beaker poster
6.5

Tracy Beaker is a 10-year-old girl who has been placed in a children's home. Tracy makes new friends along the way and causes mischief wherever she goes.

The Story of Tracy Beaker

2002

The Hack poster
6.6

Set between 2002 and 2012, the drama deftly interweaves two real life stories, the uncovering of phone hacking at the News of the World, and running parallel, the investigation into the unsolved murder of private investigator Daniel Morgan.

The Hack

2025

Just Act Normal poster
5.8

Three stubbornly optimistic siblings have a dark secret. When their mum disappears, they will do anything to keep it quiet so they can stay together as a family, but – as feistily resilient and fiercely loyal as they are - can they really outwit the authorities and carry on with life under the radar?

Just Act Normal

2025