Rachel Márquez originally hails from Anchorage, Alaska. She has a BA in Film from Vassar College in NY, and she also completed courses at RADA in London, the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco, and Tisch School of the Arts in NYC. After graduation, she worked as an artist and pre-production assistant for Evergreen Films before moving to London to pursue an acting career. She has since has appeared in multiple film, TV, commercial, voiceover, and theatre projects (including Downton Abbey, Mr Selfridge, and Call the Midwife), in addition to accepting art commissions and performing regularly as a jazz singer.