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Who is Rachel Williams?

Rachel Williams was born on the 29th April 1967 in New York City, New York. She is a model, actress and television presenter who now lives and works in the United Kingdom. Her early career goal was to follow in her father's footsteps and studied architecture and graduated from Columbia University. Rachel began modelling in when she was 21, doing significant fashion magazine work from 1988-1992. She appeared in and on the covers of ELLE Magazine, Vogue, Cosmo, as well as catalogue work. She also did advertising campaigns for Absolut Vodka, Calvin Klein and Revlon. She posed for Playboy in 1992 and Penthouse in 1995. She was the subject of a bitter lawsuit battle over her being lured away from Click Model Management by Christy Turlington to change her management contract over to Ford Models, which managed Turlington. She was one of the presenters of The Girlie Show (1996) a Channel 4 television program which became notorious as an example of vulgarity. She appeared in Strangers with Candy in the episode Yes You Can't (2000) as Dr. Rachel Williams, Supermodel. Her only other appearance on the screen was as a guest on the Lauren Hutton show in 1995.