Rachel Melvin, portrait via TMDB.

Rachel Melvin

Actor at AFIN

USA (from their AFIN films)

Film actor · Television actor · United States

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Biography

Rachel Melvin (born February 9, 1985) is an American actress. She is best known for her roles as Chelsea Brady on Days of Our Lives and as Penny in Dumb and Dumber To. Melvin landed her first acting job in the 2005 independent film Boo.

Born in Elmhurst, Illinois, USA.

From the Judges, on The Thin Line (2019)

From the Judges, on The Thin Line

The writing drew real admiration here, sharp and modern in its handling of the push and pull between its two central characters. Animated interludes give the storytelling a playful lift, and the humour lands with an easy confidence that carried the panel through a feature-length runtime without a sag. Multifaceted and compelling, it struck them as the kind of film they would happily buy a cinema ticket for.

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Credits at AFIN

Selected filmography beyond AFIN

Primarily credited in acting across their wider career, per TMDB.

  • Sleepy Hollow posterSleepy Hollow Alex Norwood45m per episode2013

    Ichabod Crane is resurrected and pulled two and a half centuries through time to unravel a mystery that dates all the way back to the founding fathers.

  • Awkward. posterAwkward. Lizzy Raynes2011

    An irreverent look at the conflict, chaos and humor that defines teenage life through the eyes of 15-year-old Jenna Hamilton whose life begins to change when a simple accident becomes an epic misunderstanding and is blown way out of proportion.

  • Good Luck Charlie posterGood Luck Charlie Syd23m per episode2010

    The Duncans a European-American family in Colorado is adjusting to the surprise birth of their fourth child, Charlie. When parents Amy and Bob return to work they put their latest addition in the care of her three older siblings, PJ, Teddy, and Gabe.

  • Castle posterCastle Nicole Hixton2009

    After a serial killer imitates the plots of his novels, successful mystery novelist Richard "Rick" Castle receives permission from the Mayor of New York City to tag along with an NYPD homicide investigation team for research purposes.

  • Heroes posterHeroes Annie43m per episode2006

    Common people discover that they have super powers. Their lives intertwine as a devastating event must be prevented.

  • Bones posterBones Kate Kolfax2005

    Dr. Temperance Brennan and her colleagues at the Jeffersonian's Medico-Legal Lab assist Special Agent Seeley Booth with murder investigations when the remains are so badly decomposed, burned or destroyed that the standard identification methods are useless.

  • House posterHouse Wynn44m per episode2004

    Dr. Gregory House, a drug-addicted, unconventional, misanthropic medical genius, leads a team of diagnosticians at the fictional Princeton - Plainsboro Teaching Hospital in New Jersey.

  • 8 Simple Rules poster8 Simple Rules Cute Girl2002

    Paul and Cate are raising their three children -- Bridget, Kerry and Rory -- which is no easy task. Oldest daughter Bridget is traversing the dating scene. Kerry is cute and smart, but she has a hard time getting in touch with her true feelings because of her lack of self-confidence.

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