Rachel Melvin

Rachel Melvin is an American actress who got her start in the 2005 independent film Boo and is best known as Chelsea Brady on the NBC serial Days of our Lives. Born in Elmhurst, Illinois, she grew up in Phoenix, Arizona, and later moved to California to pursue acting, taking classes in Los Angeles on weekends. After a five-episode stint as Georgia LaMarque, she took over the part of Chelsea in 2005, played it for several years, and returned to it in 2023. Her television work includes guest spots on Jack & Bobby, Summerland and 8 Simple Rules, the role of Kaia in the Lifetime miniseries Seven Deadly Sins in 2010, and episodes of House M.D. and Castle. She also played Penny Pinchelow in Dumb and Dumber To (2014) and Mary in Zombeavers (2014), and she was part of the last season of MTV's Awkward.