
Rachael Ancheril
Acting
Rachael is an accomplished film and television actor whose recent work includes the independent feature Foreign Tongue, a guest role on USA Network’s upcoming Anna Pigeon, and a key cast role in Netflix’s holiday rom-com/action feature Guarding Stars, based on Katherine Center’s The Bodyguard, all set to release in 2026. In 2024, she returned for Chucky Season 3 and the final season of Star Trek: Discovery, where she is widely recognized for her role as Barzan Commander Nhan across multiple seasons, and also guest starred on Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent. Her extensive television credits include recurring and regular roles on Killjoys, Mary Kills People, Rookie Blue, and Nurses, with additional appearances on Hudson & Rex, Dark Matter, Heroes Reborn, and more, as well as a ten-episode arc on The Art of More opposite Kate Bosworth, and feature film roles in Special Correspondents and Tru Love.
Known For

2017
Star Trek: Discovery
2017 · tv

2019
Hudson & Rex
2019 · tv

2021
Chucky
2021 · tv

2010
Rookie Blue
2010 · tv

2009
The Listener
2009 · tv

2017
Taken
2017 · tv

2016
Wynonna Earp
2016 · tv

2024
Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent
2024 · tv

2015
Killjoys
2015 · tv

2015
Dark Matter
2015 · tv

2019
The Ready Room
2019 · tv

2015
Heroes Reborn
2015 · tv

2020
Nurses
2020 · tv

2018
Carter
2018 · tv

2021
A Captain's Log
2021 · tv

2013
Played
2013 · tv

2016
Special Correspondents
2016 · movie

2005
American Soldiers
2005 · movie

2013
Tru Love
2013 · movie

2019
Dreams
2019 · movie

2009
Werewolves: The Dark Survivors
2009 · movie

2008
Cycle of Fear: There Is No End
2008 · movie