Rachel Shenton

Writer / Producer / Actress

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Acting

Agent: Charlotte Davies
Charlotte Davies
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Associate Agent: Cat Palethorpe
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Film, TV & Theatre

Agent: Giles Smart
Giles Smart
Assistant: Eden Stoppard
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Acting

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Rachel Shenton is an Academy Award® winning writer and producer and Co-Owner of the UK-based production company Slick Films. She won the Oscar® for The Silent Child, which she wrote and produced, and her work has screened at major international festivals including Clermont-Ferrand and Tribeca.
 
Through Slick Films, Rachel develops and produces narrative and documentary projects, working across short films, feature films and international co-productions. She also co-leads the Slick Films Fund, supporting emerging filmmakers and new voices in independent cinema.
 
Alongside her writing and producing work, Rachel is known to audiences for roles in White Gold, Switched at Birth and All Creatures Great & Small.

Television

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THE RUMOUR

Joanna (Series Lead)

Richard Clark

Channel 5

ALL CREATURES GREAT AND SMALL S1-4

Helen Alderson (Series Regular)

Various

Playground/PBS

FOR HER SINS

Emily

Channel 5

UNDER HER SKIN

Emily

Adrian McDowall

Banijay Rights

A VERY BRITISH CHRISTMAS

Jessica Bailey

Steven Nesbit

SHOWTIME

A CONFESSION

Emma

Paul Andrew Williams

ITV

WHITE GOLD S2

Jo Scott

Damon Beesley

Fudge Park Productions

SWITCHED AT BIRTH

Lily Summers

Various

ABC Family

LIVING THE DREAM

Rachel

Alex Winkler

LIME Pictures

HOLLYOAKS

Mitzeee

Various

Channel 4

SOPHIA'S DIARY

Tricia

Channel 5 Television

STORYVILLE

English Story Teller

BBC

GENIE IN THE HOUSE

Anna

Various

Nickelodeon/I Love TV

DOCTORS

Jade Robertson

BBC

WATERLOO ROAD

Courtney Walsh

Shed Productions

HOLBY CITY

Katrina Hosbawn

Nigel Douglas

BBC

DOCTORS

Sadi Slade

Christina Ebohon

BBC

Film

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THE STRANGERS

Debbie

Renny Harlin

Fifth Element Productions

THE COLOUR ROOM

Annie Shorter

Claire McCarthy

Caspian Films

THE SILENT CHILD (Short)

Joanne

Chris Overton

Slick Films

THE HAND OF THE CREATOR

Nun

Odilon Rocha

Nothing But Fiction Films

BLOOD AND BONE CHINA

Anna Fitzgerald

Chris Stone

Chris Stone Films

MONEYKILLS

Anya

Lee Murphy

Feelmedia Production Company

XLITHERMAN

Shade

Peter Lancett

Xlither Films

In Development

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ROY (SHORT)

Cara/Associate Producer

Floodlight Pictures

Film, TV & Theatre

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Rachel Shenton is an Academy Award® winning writer and producer and Co-Owner of the UK-based production company Slick Films. She won the Oscar® for The Silent Child, which she wrote and produced, and her work has screened at major international festivals including Clermont-Ferrand and Tribeca.
 
Through Slick Films, Rachel develops and produces narrative and documentary projects, working across short films, feature films and international co-productions. She also co-leads the Slick Films Fund, supporting emerging filmmakers and new voices in independent cinema.
 
Alongside her writing and producing work, Rachel is known to audiences for roles in White Gold, Switched at Birth and All Creatures Great & Small.
 
 
 
 

In Development

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DUST

2027

Slick Films

Produced by Rachel Shenton
Casting by BAFTA Winner, Des Hamilton

Short Films

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IN TOO DEEP

2023

Slick Films

Produced by Rachel Shenton
Dir. Chris Overton

LEADER

2021

Xiaomi Studios

Dir. Chris Overton

THE SILENT CHILD

2017

Slick Films

Dir. Chris Overton
*Winner - Academy Award for Best Live Action Short, 2018

Documentaries

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STICKS & SHELTER

2026

Slick Films

Produced by Rachel Shenton
Dir. Chris Overton

Radio

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GLADSTONE GIRLS

2024

Slick Films

Feature length radio drama
Produced by Rachel Shenton
*World Premiere - Tribeca

Commercials

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DISCOVER THE MAGIC OF STORYSIGN

2018

Huawei

Dir. Chris Overton