Rachel Alice Marie Skarsten is a Canadian actress known for her role as Dinah Lance on the television series Birds of Prey, Tamsin in Lost Girl, Elizabeth I of England in Reign and Beth Kane/Alice in Batwoman.

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Rachel Skarsten
Skarsten at a 2014 Toronto International Film Festival party
Born	Rachel Alice Marie Skarsten Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1998–present
Spouse	Alexandre Robicquet ​ (m. 2020)​
Website	www.rachelskarsten.com

Early life and career

Skarsten was born in Toronto, to a Norwegian father, Dr. Stan Skarsten, and wife, Canadian Mary Aileen Self, of English descent. She has a younger brother.

Rachel trained with the Royal Academy of Dance for 12 years and attended Claude Watson School for the Arts from grades 4 to 8. There she majored in visual arts and the cello. She continued in the Claude Watson Arts Program at Earl Haig Secondary School from grades 9-12, majoring in visual arts.^{[citation needed]}

After being discovered by an agent at a memorial for her father, she went on to be cast as a regular in shows such as Little Men before landing her "big break" as a lead in the Warner Brothers television series Birds of Prey.[1]

After filming wrapped, Skarsten left Los Angeles and returned to Canada where she completed a double degree in English Literature and Classical Studies at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario. Following this, she returned to acting with arcs on The LA Complex, Flashpoint, and The Listener as well as work in Canadian independents such as Servitude and Two Hands to Mouth. She played Andrea in the movie adaptation of Fifty Shades of Grey.[2] She used to appear as Alice / Beth Kane, the main antagonist of the Batwoman television series that unfortunately stopped in 2022.[3][4]

Personal life

On 12 May 2020, Skarsten announced on her Instagram account that she had married her boyfriend, Alexandre Robicquet, privately.[5]

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

• Official website
• Rachel Skarsten at IMDb

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