Rachel Handshaw

Rachel Handshaw is an American stage, film and television actor with training in dance and theatre performance. Holding a BA in Dance and Theatre Performance from Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville, New York, and a Post Graduate in Acting from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in Glasgow, UK, Handshaw brings a background in movement and formal training to her work on screen. Her film appearances include small but distinct roles that rely on brief but memorable character moments.

In Venom: Let There Be Carnage, Handshaw portrayed the Grieving Mother, a supporting figure whose presence contributes to the film’s emotional texture. The Son features Handshaw as Brian’s Assistant, a role that situates her within a narrative centered on familial conflict. In Kraven the Hunter, she appears as…