Rachel Grant
Rachel Grant (* 1977 in Luzon as Rachel Louise Grant de Longueuil ) is a British actress , stunt woman and model with Eurasian roots.
life and career
When Rachel Grant was a baby, she immigrated to the UK with her mother, Isabel, from the Philippines . Her British father, Michael Grant, twelfth Baron de Longueuil, is a retired doctor , hypnotist and nobleman . Grant has an older sister named Angela (also a model), a younger sister named Rebecca (also an actress) and a younger brother named David-Alexander. Grant is related to the British royal family as her grandfather, Raymond Grant, eleventh Baron de Longueuil, is Queen Elizabeth II's second cousin .
Grant starred in the 20th James Bond film Die Another Day in 2002 . In the adventure film Lara Croft: Tomb Raider , she was Angelina Jolie's double . Grant appeared in various British television commercials , such as for the cosmetic product Ax or the Danish Carlsberg brewery . In addition to her acting career, she is a martial arts teacher specializing in the Filipino martial art Kali . Grandmaster Dan Inosanto was one of their teachers.
Filmography (selection)
- 2001: Masters of Combat (TV series)
- 2002: James Bond 007 - Die Another Day
- 2004–2008: Brainiac ( Brainiac: Science Abuse , documentary series, 35 episodes)
- 2004: The Purifiers
- 2004: Casuality (TV series, one episode)
- 2005: Murder in Suburbia (TV series, one episode)
- 2005: Rajan and His Evil Hypnotists (TV series, 6 episodes)
- 2007: Brotherhood of Blood
- 2007: Until Death
- 2009: The Tournament
Web links
- Rachel Grant in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Rachel Grant official website
- Rachel Grant in the German dubbing file
Individual evidence
- ^ Biography in the IMDb
- ↑ Ronald Charles Grant, 10th Baron de Longueuil on thepeerage.com , accessed September 11, 2016.
- ↑ http://www.idomartialarts.com/course/rachel_grant/view_about_course.php
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SURNAME | Grant, Rachel |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | de Longueuil, Rachel Grant Louise (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British actress, stunt woman and model |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1977 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Luzon , Philippines |