Nichols returned to Columbia eight months later and finished her degree by She cat-walked in runway showsĪnd posed in major campaigns for the likes of Abercrombie & Fitch.ĭespite her success, dropping out of school never was an option. Leave to pursue her career in Paris full-time. There, she began modeling in New York during her sophomore year, then went on With a Next modeling agent, who snapped Polaroids of her on the spot. While meeting a friend for lunch, Nichols had a chance encounter Everyone wanted to get into bankingĪfter that,” Nichols says, noting her original motivation for modeling was to She likely would have been a suit-sporting banker. Photo: Courtesy Albert Lee ’02E, ’07 BusinessIn fact, if the math-whiz-cum-model hadn’t been discovered, Rachel Nichols ’03 met her best friend, Albert Lee ’02E, ’07 Business, during orientation. Just a down-home Maine girl who didn’t seem to be tainted by the apathy New “Objectively, she’s stunning, but when you speak to her, you see she’s Was such a nice first impression,” Lee, an investment banker at Barclays, Nichols met her best friend, Albert Lee ’02E, ’07 Business,Īt orientation her first day on campus (she entered with the Class of ’02). ButĪt Columbia, for the first time in my life, I was on a campus with like-minded Prediction would’ve been most likely to live in a small shell under a rock. Nerd impression-“‘Oh, I was dorky’, but it’s true. School and I know you hear a lot of actresses say,”-here, she does a spot-on “It’s funny, but I was really shy in high Going to Columbia really helped make me the person who was able to get into theĬareer that I have now,” she says. Taxes, tweets with proper punctuation ( and speaks inĭespite studying algorithms instead of acting, NicholsĬredits alma mater with fueling her meteoric rise. Yet unlike most starlets, the economics major does her own Today, Nichols has reached a place where fan sites document her every Joe: The Rise of Cobra and Conan The Barbarian. You may recognize her from her role as Rachel Gibson on ABC’sĪlias or her appearances in the films Alex Cross (which also featured Matthewįox ’89), Star Trek, G.I. Rachel nichols actress series#Maine native has starred in high-profile ad campaigns, television series andįeature films. Since being spotted by modeling agents as a sophomore, the Little did he know that “this girl” was staring right at “You should buy this one”,Ī street vendor said. Staring from behind a 26"x50" GUESS poster. This time, however, she stopped at an image of a sun-kissed, blue-eyed blonde Nichols ’03 walked past the ads outside the Broadway gates on her way to class. Like she did on most days during her junior year, Rachel
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