Geīewed in felaAmericaniscum filmenmacungum - swā swāfeorranfilmennu beNatalie Wood and be þǣre macungeDynasty (þǣr plegde hēoCatherine Oxenberg), and in þǣre egsangfilmennumMann-Þing andSēo Nān Ȳfel -ēac plegde hēoSasha Forbes on the short-lived Australian drama seriesheadLand, the first time she has played a character with her natural Australian accent. On theApril 3,2006 it was announced that she had been nominated for aLogie Award for Most Popular New Female Talent for her role onheadLand, in spite of the show having been removed from television 2 months earlier.
On fruman cōm hēo ofLaunceston, Tasmania, Rachael moved toSydney at the age of 16 to further her acting. She studied politics and history at theUniversity of Sydney, before deferring her Law/Arts degree to appear onheadLand.