Rachel Grant

Not to be confused with Rachel Grant (River City).

Rachel Louise Grant de Longueuil (born 25 September 1977) is an English actress and TV presenter.^[3]

Rachel Grant
Grant in 2014
Born	(1977-09-25) 25 September 1977 (age 48)[1] Parañaque, Philippines[2]
Years active	1998–present
Height	5 ft 8 in (1.73m)
Spouse	Stephen Hersh ​ (m. 2019)​
Parents	Michael Grant (father) Isabel Padua (mother)
Family	Rebecca Grant (sister)

Early life

Grant was born on the island of Luzon in the Philippines to Michael Grant, 12th Baron de Longueuil, and Isabel Padua; her family moved to the United Kingdom when she was a baby, and she was raised in Nottingham, England. She is of Scottish, French-Canadian and Filipino descent. She is related to the British royal family through her grandfather, the 11th Baron de Longueuil, who is second cousin to Queen Elizabeth II through the Bowes-Lyon family.^[4]

Acting career

Grant played Peaceful Fountains of Desire in the 2002 James Bond film Die Another Day.^[5] One of her first TV roles was on SyFy as Nina, the hostess of horror show Sci-fright. She was Professor Myang-Li in the Sky One series Brainiac: Science Abuse from 2003-2007. She has starred in theatre and in TV shows including Emmerdale, Murder in Suburbia, Blue Murder and Casualty. She also appeared in the films Until Death, The Purifiers and more recently, in the sci-fi-fi comedy Snatchers.

Sexual assault allegation

On 15 January 2018, Grant publicly made a sexual assault allegation against actor/producer Steven Seagal, stating an incident took place in 2002, during pre-production on his film Out for a Kill, and that she lost her job on the film after the incident.^[3][6] Seagal, who had been accused by other actresses of sexual assault in the past, denied these allegations.^[3][7]

Personal life

In November 2019, Grant married Stephen Hersh in Israel.^[8]

Filmography

Television

• Emmerdale as Tanya (1998)^[9]
• Masters of Combat as Kali (2001)
• Sci-fright as Nina (2001)^[10]
• Brainiac: Science Abuse as Professor Myang-Li (2003-2007)
• Blue Murder as DC Jenny Chen (2003)
• Zero to Hero as Nemesis (2004)
• Casualty as Marie Webster (2004)
• Starhyke as Wu Oof (2006)
• Murder in Suburbia as Sandra Foy (2004)
• Miss Earth 2010 as a main judge (2010)
• Tour Group as Tour Guide (2016)^[11]

Film

• Die Another Day as "Peaceful Fountains Of Desire" (2002)^[12]
• The Purifiers as Li (2004)^[13]
• Brotherhood of Blood as Jill (2006)^[14]
• Until Death as Maria Ronson (2007)^[15]
• The Tournament as Lina Sofia (2009)
• The African Game as Bian (2010)
• Red Princess Blues (film) as Princess (2011)
• Snatchers (film) as Edie (2017)