Rachel Nichols is one of the actors of A Million Little Things, portraying the role of Nicole.
Biography[]
Early life[]
Nichols was born January 8, 1980 in Augusta, Maine, to Jim, a schoolteacher, and Alison Nichols. She attended Cony High School, where she competed in the high jump.
Upon graduating in 1998, Nichols enrolled at Columbia University in New York City, aiming for a career as a Wall Street analyst. She was noticed by a modeling agent during lunch one day and was invited to work in Paris; she eventually paid her tuition with the proceeds from her modeling work. She worked on advertising campaigns for Abercrombie & Fitch, Guess, and L'Oréal; she also hosted several MTV specials. Nichols studied economics and psychology, as well as drama, graduating from Columbia in 2003 with a double major in mathematics and economics.
Career[]
Nichols had a bit part as a model in the romantic drama film Autumn in New York (2000) when her modeling agent helped her get a one-episode role in the fourth season of Sex and the City (2002). Later that year, she was cast in her first major film role as Jessica in Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd (2003). The following year, Nichols played a member of a high school debate team in the independent film Debating Robert Lee (2004), and had a two-episode role in the crime drama television series Line of Fire (2004). By August 2004, she was cast in supporting roles in the horror films The Amityville Horror (2005) and The Woods (2006). In late February 2004, Nichols was cast in a starring role in The Inside. The series premiered in June 2005 and critical reception was mixed; and due to low ratings six of the 13 produced episodes were aired.
Following The Inside, Nichols found work on the fifth season of the serial action series Alias in 2005. She starred as Rachel Gibson, a computer expert. In 2005, Nichols played a brief role in the romantic drama Shopgirl. In 2006, Nichols had a bit part in the fact-based political drama Charlie Wilson's War (2007). Nichols' first starring film role was in the 2007 horror–thriller P2, as a businesswoman who becomes trapped inside a public parking garage with a deranged security guard. She had a supporting role in The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 (2008). Nichols was cast in Star Trek (2009) in November 2007, playing an Orion cadet at Starfleet Academy. She was cast as Shana "Scarlett" O'Hara in the live-action film adaptation of the G.I. Joe franchise G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009) in late 2007.
Nichols starred as a police detective in the small-scale crime drama Meskada (2010), which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival and received a limited theatrical release in North America. She guest starred in three episodes of the CBS television series Criminal Minds and was then promoted as a series regular. Her role was Ashley Seaver, an FBI cadet assigned to the BAU. Nichols next starred in the independent romantic comedy A Bird of the Air (2011).
In Continuum, a Canadian science fiction TV series, Nichols starred as a police officer against a group of rebels from the year 2077 who time-travel to Vancouver in the year 2012. The series premiered on Showcase on May 27, 2012, and its first episode became the highest-rated episode in the network's history. Continuum ran for four seasons until October 9, 2015. She starred opposite Tyler Perry in the thriller Alex Cross (2012). In the independent exploitation film Raze (2013), Nichols appeared opposite Zoë Bell. She next starred with Nicolas Cage in the action thriller Rage (2014). In 2014, she made a one-episode appearance in the Lifetime series Witches of East End and debuted in a recurring arc in USA Network's Rush. The following year, she obtained a recurring role in the fourth season of Chicago Fire.
Nichols starred in the science-fiction thriller Pandemic (2016). In Inside (2016), a Spanish-American remake of the 2007 French horror film of the same name, Nichols took on the starring role of a pregnant woman accosted in her home by an unknown woman who intends to steal her baby. Nichols next obtained another recurring role on television in the fourth season of the TNT fantasy series The Librarians. In 2019, Nichols had a five-episode run as Martha Stroud on the fourth season of The Man in the High Castle.
In 2021, Nichols was cast as Nicole on A Million Little Things.
Personal life[]
Nichols married film producer Scott Stuber on July 26, 2008, in Aspen, Colorado. They were working on building a home in Cabo San Lucas shortly after their honeymoon. Seven months later, in February 2009, Nichols and Stuber separated due to irreconcilable differences.
On December 30, 2013, Nichols confirmed her engagement to Michael Kershaw, a real estate developer. They married in September 2014.
Appearances[]
| A Million Little Things: Season 4 | |||||||||
| "Family First": | "Not the Plan": | "Game Night": | "Pinocchio": | "Crystal Clear": | "Six Months Later": | "Stay": | "The Things We Keep Inside": | "Any Way the Wind Blows": | "Surprise": |
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| "Piece of Cake": | "Little White Lies": | "Fresh Start": | "School Ties": | "Fingers Crossed": | "Lesson Learned": | "60 Minutes": | "Slipping": | "Out of Hiding": | "Just in Case": |
| Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent |
| A Million Little Things: Season 5 | |||||||||
| "The Last Dance": | "Think Twice": | "In the Room": | "A Bird in the Hand": | "No Place Like Home": | "Mic Drop": | "Spilled Milk": | |||
| Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Appears | Absent | Appears | |||
| "Dear Diary": | "Father's Day": | "The Salesman": | "Ironic": | "Tough Stuff": | "One Big Thing": | ||||
| Appears | Appears | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | ||||
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