Rachel Emily Nichols was born on January 8, 1980 in Augusta, Kennebec County, Maine, is an American model turned actress, best known for her portrayal of CIA officer Rachel Gibson on the ABC television series Alias. She's also starred in several films, including Dumb & Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd, The Amityville Horror, The Woods, and G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra.
The daughter of Jim and Alison Nichols. As a sophomore at Cony, she studied abroad in France. While growing up, she enjoyed trekking through the outdoors and loved windsurfing, sailing and "just being on the water". She stumbled into modeling accidentally: "I was in the right place at the right time and decided to give modeling a try." While posing for companies like Guess? and Abercrombie & Fitch, she also enrolled in drama classes at Columbia. She maintained a difficult schedule throughout college, balancing her studies in New York City with photo shoots in Europe. In 2002, she decided to really pursue acting in earnest.
She returns to her parents' home in Augusta, Maine, every Christmas. She married Scott Stuber on July 26, 2008, in Aspen, Colorado. Stuber is a Universal Studios producer and former vice chairman of Worldwide Production for Universal Pictures. Nichols returned her hair to its natural blonde color for the ceremony, having previously been a redhead for her work in films. The couple honeymooned in Bora Bora, an island in French Polynesia in the South Pacific Ocean. As of 2008, they were building a home in Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur, Mexico. In February 2009, the couple separated due to irreconcilable differences.
She was ranked #28 (2003) in Maxim's 100 Sexiest Women. She was nominated in 2005 for the Teen Choice Award at the Teen Choice Awards for Choice Movie Scream Scene for The Amityville Horror (2005) (Lisa screams as she's locked in the closet.). In 2006, she won the Best Ensemble Cast award at the Method Fest for Debating Robert Lee (2004), shared with Daniel Letterle, Billy Kay, Kaley Cuoco, Beau Bridges, Brian Kerwin and Melinda Dillon, and was nominated for the MTV Movie Award at the MTV Movie Awards/2006 MTV Movie Awards for Best Frightened Performance for The Amityville Horror (2005).
In 2009, Nichols appeared in J. J. Abrams's Star Trek in which she plays an Orion cadet at Starfleet Academy, and starred in Stephen Sommers' G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, as Shana "Scarlett" O'Hara.
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