Born in Leeds England. Rachael moved to London at an early age to train at The Sylvia Young Theatre School where she was awarded the Maggie Melville award for ´The Most Promising Drama Student of the Sylvia Young Theatre School 2004´. After leaving the school she began working professionally immediately and frequently graces our television screens in various programmes such as ´Casualty´, ´Robin Hood´, and ´Doctors´ in which she played the regular role of Emily Fenton. Her most recent acting role in ‘Waterloo Road’ saw Rachael playing a diabetic pupil who refused to take her insulin in order to stay slim causing serious disruption to her health and the school. Rachael is now currently residing in New York City where she is studying at The Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute who's past Alumi include Al Pacino, Marilyn Monroe, Robert De Niro, Scarlett Johansson & Angelina Jolie.   Rachael Cairns © 2009