Rachel Emily Nichols was born in Augusta, Maine, the daughter of Alison and James Nichols, a schoolteacher. She has English, French Canadian, German, Irish, Italian and Scottish ancestry. She attended and graduated from Cony High School in Augusta, where she competed in the high jump. She attended Columbia University in New York City, where she eventually graduated with a double major in math and economics. She began modeling, launching a successful career with work for such high-profile companies as Guess?, Abercrombie & Fitch and L'Oréal. Rachel moved into acting, snagging a role on the HBO situation comedy _"Sex and the City" .
Attended and graduated from Columbia University with a double major in math and economics.
Modelled for Guess?, Abercrombie & Fitch, LOreal and Nicole Miller.
Received the first role she auditioned for, as the restaurant hostess on "Sex and the City" .
Attended and graduated from Cony High School, where she competed in the high jump.
(September 2000) Yahoo! Model of the Month.
Ranked #28 on Maxim magazines Hot 100 Women of 2003 list.
Married producer Scott Stuber on July 26, 2008 in Aspen, Colorado.
Daughter of James and Alison Nichols.
Had a body double for her sex scene in Conan the Barbarian .
Her father has English and French-Canadian ancestry. Her maternal grandfather was of three-quarters Italian and one-quarter German descent, while her maternal grandmother had English, Scottish and Northern Irish ancestry.
Nichols and her Star Trek co-star Zoe Saldana both went on to work with Stephen Lang. Saldana, with Lang in Avatar ; Nichols, with Lang in Conan the Barbarian .
On December 30, 2013, she became engaged to real estate developer Michael Kershaw.
Daughter in-law of Mike Nichols and Annabel Davis-Goff.
Sister-in-law of Jenny Nichols.
Stepdaughter-in-law of Diane Sawyer.
Sister-in-law of Daisy Nichols.
[on playing the role of Tamara in Conan the Barbarian (2011) ] It,was really important that she not be the damsel-in-distress. We wanted,to update and empower her, and the best way to do that is to go,toe-to-toe with Conan. So I give him attitude in the beginning, and,there really is a hostile relationship.
[on "Continuum" (2012/I) ] I like these strong female role models.
I love to personalize things. I love to make things my own. I like to name everything - from cars to iPhones to the socks I just lost. .
