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Rachel Gibson/Rachel Nichols
Appreciation Thread!




- Rachel Gibson info -

Rachel Gibson was an agent who was originally recruited into the intelligence industry by a criminal cell of Prophet 5. Her story was very nearly similar to Sydney's own, in fact, under the belief that she was working for the United States government. It was these circumstances that later served to help explain the was currently involved. Rachel is first seen in the first episode of season five, where she hacks into the NSA to retrieve a decryption key in order to break through the Marshall Flinkman's encrypted files pertaining to Michael Vaughn. She is seen working under Gordon Dean.


Season(s): 5
First Episode: Prophet Five
Last Episode: All The Time In The World
Status: Alive
Occupation: Agent
Affiliation(s): The Shed (formerly); Authorized Personnel Only






- Rachel Nichols Biography -

Model and actress Rachel Emily Nichols was born in Augusta, Maine, to Alison and James Nichols, a teacher. She has English, French-Canadian, German, Irish, Italian and Scottish
ancestry. After graduating from high school, she attended Columbia University in New York City, where she eventually graduated with a double major in math and economics.
Whilst at Columbia, she began modeling, launching a successful career with work for such high-profile companies as Guess?, Abercrombie & Fitch and L'Oreal. She moved into
acting, snagging a role on Sex and the City (1998) with her very first audition. She made her film debut as Jessica Matthews in the prequel Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met
Lloyd (2003). Success continued with roles in such projects as The Amityville Horror (2005), The Inside (2005), Alias (2001), G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009), Criminal Minds
(2005) (a recurring role as FBI Agent Ashley Seaver) and Conan the Barbarian (2011). She played the lead role of Kiera Cameron on the science fiction series Continuum (2012).





- Trivia -

• Attended and graduated from Columbia University with a double major in math and economics.
• Modelled for Guess?, Abercrombie & Fitch, L'Oreal and Nicole Miller.
• Received the first role she auditioned for, as the restaurant hostess on Sex and the City (1998).
• Attended and graduated from Cony High School, where she competed in the high jump.
• Had a body double for her sex scene in Conan the Barbarian (2011).
• 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 (2009) co-star Zoe Saldana both went on to work with Stephen Lang. Saldana, with Lang in Avatar (2009); Nichols, with Lang in Conan the Barbarian (2011).

- Social Media -

Twitter: RachelNichols1

Instagram: ticklenichols




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