Rachael left Springbank in 2002 after moving to Auckland to further her education. As a keen performing arts student from a young age, she continued to study acting, dance and singing. Rachael completed a Bachelor of Performing and Screen Arts majoring in Acting in 2006. Since leaving drama school, she has performed in various theatre productions, large and small screen roles. Some of these include a NZ feature film ‘I’m Not Harry Jenson’, American TV series ‘Legend of the Seeker’, and NZ shows ‘The Almighty Johnsons’, ‘The Jono Project’, ‘Bliss’ and ‘A Night at The Classic’.
She is currently filming ‘Underbelly NZ’, an extension of the acclaimed Australian series. Rachael is also a tutor at, and on the board of, the National Youth Drama School. This is a performing arts programme for high school students, and was an opportunity originally presented to her whilst at Springbank School. Rachael is also studying to gain her Licentiate of Trinity College London for Speech and Drama.
Springbank School allowed me space to grow as an individual student. Contrary to my current career, I was very interested in Sciences, and Springbank allowed me to be accelerated where possible, always furthering my learning. The environment of individual learning was prevalent at Springbank, something which benefited me greatly as a young woman. “
