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Rachel Shenton

Rachel Shenton

Actor, producer and writer · Born December 21, 1987 (38) · Stoke-on-Trent, England, UK

Oscar winner

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.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
December 21, 1987 (38)
From
Stoke-on-Trent, England, UK
Works as
Actor, producer and writer
Titles
9 on MovieCove · 23 credits in all

What are Rachel Shenton's films like?

Across their 7 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Self.

What they feel like to watch

their average across 5 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

A split, not a type: Light 2 · Serious 0 · Dark 3

Grounded 5 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 0

A split, not a type: Gentle 2 · Charged 0 · Intense 3

Steady 2 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 1

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 2 · Some laughs 3 · Funny 0

Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 4 · Relentless 0

A split, not a type: Casual 2 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 2

A split, not a type: Easy watch 1 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 3

Resolved 3 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 0

Roles they play

3 analyzed roles

Usually the Hero: 2 of 3 analyzed roles.

Hero
2 of 3
Shadow
1 of 3

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
3
Warm
3
Hopeful
3
Dread
3
Melancholic
2
Other
5

How their films end · 1 with a twist

  • Happy3
  • Bittersweet2
  • Ambiguous2

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Rachel Shenton's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 7 of their 9 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on HBO Max (2).

Subscription and free streaming for Rachel Shenton's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

23 credits, 9 with a MovieCove page.

  • Last Night (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    Executive Producer

  • Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films
  • The Strangers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    as Debbie

  • Sticks & Shelter(2026)

    Creator · Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
  • Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films
  • The Rumour (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Show 5 episodes · as Joanna

  • Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films
  • In Too Deep (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    as Carol

  • For Her Sins(2023)

    Show 4 episodes · as Emily Furness

    Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all shows
  • The Colour Room(2021)

    as Annie Shorter

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films
  • Roy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Associate Producer · as Cara (voice)

  • Night Shift (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Executive Producer

  • All Creatures Great & Small(2020)

    Show 28 episodes · as Helen Alderson · as Helen Herriot

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows
  • A Very British Christmas(2019)

    as Jessica

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films
  • A Glimpse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Actor

  • The Silent Child (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Producer · Writer · as Joanne

  • White Gold (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Show 6 episodes · as Joanne Scott

  • Money Kills (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    as Anya Valeskavich

  • Blood and Bone China (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    as Anna Fitzgerald

  • Switched at Birth(2011)

    Show 16 episodes · as Lily Summers

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all shows
  • Blood and Bone China (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Show 12 episodes · as Anna Fitzgerald

  • Waterloo Road (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Show 3 episodes · as Courtney

  • Isla Soledad (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Executive Producer

Career shape

Star power in the 92nd percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 23 titles, 21 of them dated from 2006 to 2026; peak year 2018.

Film career

20062026

Peak 2018 · steadily prominent in film for years. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting19 of 23: 17 only acting, 2 with another role · typical Midcredits score24thWriting2 of 23: 0 only writing, 2 with another roleProducing6 of 23: 3 only producing, 3 with another roleOther crew1 of 23: 0 only other crew, 1 with another role

23 titles, 3 with more than one role — acting and producing overlap on 2 of them.

By decade

2000s1 · acting2010s8 · 8 acting · 1 crew2020s12 · 10 acting · 3 crew

Billing

usually 6th · top billed in 17% of 6 roles

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30.

Awards

Won an Oscar in 2018, Best Live Action Short Film.

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

How do Rachel Shenton's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 23rd percentile, the median of all 6; across their 5 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 40th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

40thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 5

Approval · how many liked their films

38thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 5

Reach · how many have seen their films

67thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 5

Midcredits score across 9 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up4
  • 25th to 49th1
  • Below 25th4

Reviewers score the acting 53/100 in their films, across 5 reviewed titles; fans 74, detractors 29. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Rachel Shenton's work okay for kids?

Across a limited sample of up to 3 MovieCove titles with content scores.

Their medianMedian of all films
Violence & Gore3 titlesmedian 89 · severeMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity3 titlesmedian 21 · mildMedian of all films: 32
Profanity3 titlesmedian 85 · severeMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs3 titlesmedian 36 · moderateMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense3 titlesmedian 78 · intenseMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.

Who does Rachel Shenton work with?

People who share at least 2 of Rachel Shenton's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Renny Harlin shares the most, 2.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers and cinematographers

Producers