Rachel is an award winning Britsh / American actor who has performed in London's West End, at Stratford Upon Avon with the Royal Shakespeare Company, in New York On Broadway and Off Broadway, on film and television and at many leading regional theatres throughout the UK and in the US. She is proud to be on the association for The National Youth Theatre Of Great Britain, a vice president of The Actors' Centre UK and a member of the Actors' Center NYC and she is honoured to be a volunteer working with the 52nd St Project in New York City.
“The company has always been rich in skilled comedians, and it has a panoply here, like Pickup, with her exuberant Lady Gay.” Alexis Soloski, New York TImes, 2020
Ms. Pickup is wonderfully charismatic, Jesse Greene New York TImes, 2019
"The play begins with Sylvia, a 1,000-watt Rachel Pickup" NY TIMES
"Rachel Pickup as Goneril, is superb"
NY Times
"Leading the way is Rachel Pickup, captivating as Margaret, who is caught between social classes and entangled with both generations of Gores. In an instant, we see how she travels between two worlds, belonging to neither." Lighting And Sound
"Portia herself is lent a dazzling brightness by Rachel Pickup" The Telegraph
"Rachel Pickup’s Portia is exquisitely accomplished " The Observer
"Rachel Pickup'a marvelous turn as Amanda Prynne, exudes a stylish elegance that befits her outfits, as well as a charming intelligence that allows Coward’s bon mots to float gently if not acerbically off her tongue." The Stage
" Pickup [is] the most telling, most compelling
Miss Julie I can recall" The Examiner
Rachel Pickup (as Julie) and Daniel Betts, (Jean)
vividly convey the characters' post-coital guilt
and recrimination.The dust is swept off an old play
through the violent intensity of the acting." The Guardian
Ms. Pickup is wonderfully charismatic, Jesse Greene New York TImes, 2019
"The play begins with Sylvia, a 1,000-watt Rachel Pickup" NY TIMES
"Rachel Pickup as Goneril, is superb"
NY Times
"Leading the way is Rachel Pickup, captivating as Margaret, who is caught between social classes and entangled with both generations of Gores. In an instant, we see how she travels between two worlds, belonging to neither." Lighting And Sound
"Portia herself is lent a dazzling brightness by Rachel Pickup" The Telegraph
"Rachel Pickup’s Portia is exquisitely accomplished " The Observer
"Rachel Pickup'a marvelous turn as Amanda Prynne, exudes a stylish elegance that befits her outfits, as well as a charming intelligence that allows Coward’s bon mots to float gently if not acerbically off her tongue." The Stage
" Pickup [is] the most telling, most compelling
Miss Julie I can recall" The Examiner
Rachel Pickup (as Julie) and Daniel Betts, (Jean)
vividly convey the characters' post-coital guilt
and recrimination.The dust is swept off an old play
through the violent intensity of the acting." The Guardian