| Rachel Bright | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1985 Ilford, Essex, United Kingdom |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Actress |
Rachel Bright (born 16 December 1985) is a British actress.
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Bright graduated from the Birmingham School of Acting in 2007 and has since been based in London. She has adopted various acting roles since then, from an open air puppetry play, a punk rock musical feature film Silly Billy for Jackson Films, to Cross Purpose, a 1940s drama performed in the heart of London's fringe.She has appeared in short films Red Balloon and Sometimes the Moon Is Velvet.
In 2011 she joined the cast of the BBC soap opera EastEnders, playing Jodie Gold's (Kylie Babbington) friend Poppy Meadow. When she appeared for her fist stont for two episodes, Poppy's original scenes were described as "a bizarre and utterly irrelevant chat" by Jody Thompson from the Daily Mail when it was reported that they were used as "filler" for scenes from the funeral of Tommy Moon that were cut from the episodes.[1] Daniella Graham from the Metro said that "viewers were left questioning why on earth anyone thought this pointless sub-plot was necessary."[2] However, Derek Lord from The Press and Journal said it was a "a welcome addition to the show," saying that "as a double act, [Jodie and Poppy are] no Morecambe and Wise, but at least they bring an element of something approaching humour to the otherwise soul-destroying drabness of the London soap."[3] Jim Shelley from the Daily Mirror called Poppy "Optimist of the week" for her line "I bet it's really nice here when they ain't having a funeral."[4] Stuart Heritage from The Guardian said that Poppy made an impact in her two episodes, calling her "perhaps the greatest television bit-part character of the modern age".[5] Heritage said she has "the name of a Bond girl, the hair of a Winkleman and the voice of a Katie Price robot running low on batteries" and called the scenes "a bizarre sequence [...] where [she spouted] torrents of charmingly directionless nonsense about peanuts and oily T-zones at regular character Jodie Gold. And then Poppy disappeared forever."[5] He called her electrifying and hoped that she would return.[5] Daniel Kilkelly from website Digital Spy called Poppy "ditzy".[6] On 12 May 2011, Babbington revealed on This Morning that she had filmed scenes with Bright and Poppy would be returning, with comical scenes.[6]
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | American Dream | Molly |
| Paintbrush | Marissa | |
| Sell Out | Girl | |
| Canbury | Rachael | |
| 2010 | Scrabble | Rachel |
| Silly Billy | Kelly | |
| Sometimes the Moon Is Velvet | Hettie | |
| Red Balloon | Julie | |
| 2011 | No Escape | Unknown |
| EastEnders | Poppy Meadow | |
| Life Just Is | Anna |