Who is Raquel Cassidy?
Raquel Josephine Dominic Cassidy was born in Fleet, Hampshire, England on January 22, 1968, her zodiac sign is Aquarius and she holds British citizenship. She is an actress who is perhaps best known for her portrayal of Phyllis Baxter in the final three seasons of the romantic drama series “Downton Abbey”, created by Julian Fellowes, and which starred Hugh Bonneville, Phyllis Logan and Elizabeth McGovern. The story aired from 2010 to 2015, and follows the Crawley family living in Britain at the start of the 20th century, and was also a hit in Europe and the United States, as it won 57 awards including three Golden Globes, while she was nominated for 226 other awards.
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Early life, family and education
Raquel was raised alongside her two older brothers in Fleet by their British father who was a lawyer and their Spanish mother who was a model and became a housewife after giving birth to Raquel – the family was very close and often in restaurants together.
Raquel grew up dreaming of becoming a model. She studied at Farnborough Hill Covenant, when she also started going to a local theatre, and gradually fell in love with acting. After matriculating in 1985, she enrolled at Girton College, Cambridge, where she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Modern Languages in 1989. She continued her education by pursuing a PhD in Biological Anthropology, but soon dropped out as she wanted to focus on her acting career.
She appeared in numerous plays over the next 10 years, before finally getting the opportunity to appear on the big screen.
Roles in television series
Raquel has appeared in around 70 movies and TV series, and we are about to mention some of her most notable performances in this article.
She made her first TV series appearance in 1998, when she played the role of Pamela Boxer in the British detective mini-series ‘Killer Net’, while the following year saw her appear in a single episode. from the British police procedural series “The Bill”. . She gained recognition in 2001 when she was asked to play lead character Susan Gately in the comedy-drama ‘Teachers’, which also starred Ursula Holden Gill, Gillian Bevan and Lloyd McGuire, and follows the private and professional life of the school staff.
The following years saw her guest star in many series, such as the British medical drama “Holby City” in 2003, the British sitcom “The Worst Week of My Life” in 2004 and another sitcom “According to Bex” in 2005.
In 2008, Raquel appeared as Maureen Summerhayes in the episode “Mrs McGinty’s Dead” of the mystery drama “Agatha Christie’s Poirot”, and some of her subsequent roles were in the British procedural crime drama “New Tricks in 2009, the British crime drama “DCI Banks” in 2011, and the British detective series “Hustle” in 2012. 2013 saw her play Sabine in the British comedy series “Heading Out”, which starred Dominic Coleman, Shelley Conn and Steve Oram, and follows a successful woman who is given an ultimatum by her friends: either she will come out to her parents or they will tell them.
She starred in one-off episodes of the British crime drama “Jonathan Creek” in 2014 and the British crime drama “Vera” in 2015, before being asked to play the title character Miss Hardbroom in the British-German children’s fantasy series ” The Worst Witch.” It has been on the air since 2017 and follows the life of a girl who attends Cackle’s Academy, where she learns to be a witch – the series has won two awards and been nominated for five more.
Three of Raquel’s most recent series roles have been in British crime drama ‘Silent Witness’ and British comedy ‘W1A’ both in 2017, and crime drama ‘Strangers’ (also known as ‘White Dragon”) in 2018.
Film roles
Raquel made her first film appearance in 2002 when she was cast as Romy in Lisa Gornick’s romantic comedy “Do I Love You?” which starred Harri Alexander, Birgitta Bernhard and Darren Black, and which talks about life and the questions one can face when it comes to love. That same year, she played Felicia in the comedy “Before You Go,” which follows three sisters who meet and talk about their lives at their mother’s funeral.
2005 saw Raquel starring as Petra Loewenberg in the British dark comedy ‘Festival’, and two years later she starred in the thriller ‘The Boat People’ which didn’t get much attention. Raquel also played the role of Maya in the indie-British comedy “Tick Tock Lullaby” in 2007.
She appeared in her first short film in 2008 called “Nightwalking”, and in 2013 Raquel played Valerie Almond in the drama “The Other Child” (original “Das Andere Kind”) which starred Neil Bell, Satnam Bhogal and Cliff. Burnett, and was closely based on the eponymous novel written by Charlotte Link.
Three of Raquel’s most recent film roles have been in the indie historical romance drama “Cliffs of Freedom,” the historical drama “Downton Abbey” based on the series of the same title, and the docudrama “Official Secrets,” all released in 2019.
Theater and radio plays
In 1997 Raquel played Viola in William Shakespeare’s ‘Twelfth Night’ performed at the Royal Court Theatre, and in 1998 she played Desdemona in Shakespeare’s ‘Othello’ and Ruth in the play ‘Threesome’ at the Old Red Lion Theatre.
2002 saw her starring as Joyce in John Mighton’s ‘Possible Worlds’ performed at the Tron Theatre, while three of her last roles in plays before retiring from acting were in ‘MacBeth’ by Shakespeare in 2004, the adaptation of Leo Tolstoy’s novel. “Anna Karenina” in 2005, and the comic opera “Mirandolina” in which she played the main character in 2006.
Raquel has starred in two radio shows – she voiced Jo in 2008’s ‘Spending My Inheritance’, and Suzan on the sitcom ‘Ed Reardon’s Week’ in 2015.
love life and husband
Raquel is very secretive when it comes to her private affairs and has hidden details of her love life from the media.
However, rumors are circulating on the internet that she is a married woman who exchanged marriage vows with her husband in the early 2000s, and that the two have since been living together in Los Angeles, California, but have agreed not to have children. this has not been confirmed by Raquel, and no evidence has been provided to support these rumors.
Conversely, some believe that Raquel is a lesbian, and two of her fans wrote on the Reddit forum that they saw her too close to a friend at a club in the late 90s, but these messages have since been deleted.
As of September 2020, Raquel is single, unmarried, and has no children.
Hobbies and other interests
Raquel is interested in charity work, has participated in many charity events and has donated to organizations helping underprivileged children and veterans.
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She was physically very active during her 20s and 30s, as she had three to four gym workouts each week, and occasionally went for a run and jog – she also focuses on her mental health, and has meditated and done yoga for that day.
She is an animal lover, cats being her favorites.
Raquel has her own favorite actors and actresses, including Bruce Willis, Elvis Presley and Natalie Portman, and some of her favorite movies are ‘The Sixth Sense’, ‘Viva Las Vegas’ and ‘Leon: The Professional’.
Net worth and height
Raquel’s age is 52 years old. She has long brown hair and brown eyes, her height is 5 feet 7 inches (1.7 m) and she weighs around 135 pounds (61 kg).
As of September 2020, his net worth is estimated to be around $1 million.
