Rachel Grant


Rachel Louise Grant de Longueuil, known professionally as Rachel Grant, is an English actress, writer and social entrepreneur. Born on the island of Luzon in the Philippines, Grant was raised in Nottingham, England. Grant is of Scottish, French-Canadian, Filipino and Spanish descent through her parents, and is a second cousin twice removed of Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom.

Early life

Grant was born on the island of Luzon in the Philippines. Grant moved to the United Kingdom when she was a baby. Her father is Michael Grant, 12th Baron de Longueuil. A barony was granted by King Louis XIV of France to her ancestor Charles le Moyne de Longueuil. She is related to the British Royal Family through her grandfather, 11th Baron Raymond De Longueuil, whose mother was Ernestine Maude Bowes-Lyon, granddaughter of the 13th Earl of Strathmore and first cousin of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother.

Acting career

Grant played Peaceful Fountains of Desire in the James Bond film Die Another Day. 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 . She has had roles in theatre and in TV programmes including Emmerdale, Murder in Suburbia, Blue Murder and Casualty. She also appeared as Maria Ronson in the film Until Death with Jean-Claude Van Damme and Stephen Rea, in The Purifiers with Dominic Monaghan and more recently in the sci-fi-fi comedy Snatchers.

Sexual assault allegation

On January 15, 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 direct-to-video film, Out for a Kill, and that she lost her job on the film after the incident.

Filmography

Television