Rachel Bailey

Rachel Bailey
Scott and Bailey character
Suranne Jones as Rachel Bailey
First appearance	"Congratulations"
Last appearance	27 April 2016
Created by	Sally Wainwright Diane Taylor
Portrayed by	Suranne Jones
Information
Nickname(s)	Sherlock
Occupation	Police officer
Title	DC A/DS DS A/DI

Acting Detective Inspector (A/DI) Rachel Bailey is a fictional character in the English television series Scott & Bailey. Portrayed by actress Suranne Jones, Bailey initially held the rank of Detective Constable, and prior to her appointment as A/DI, was later promoted to both A/DS and Detective Sergeant, respectively. Working in the Major Incident Team of the Manchester Metropolitan Police, alongside her friends and colleagues Janet Scott (Lesley Sharp) and Gill Murray (Amelia Bullmore), Bailey sees her personal and professional life become dangerously intertwined.

Living in Chadderton, Greater Manchester, Rachel Bailey is a detective constable on Syndicate 9, the Major Incident Team for Manchester Metropolitan Police. Upon the beginning of the first series, her lawyer boyfriend, Nicholas Savage (Rupert Graves), is revealed to be a philanderer, married with two sons in Wilmslow. Rachel, jeopardising her career, uses the Police National Computer (PNC) to locate the address his vehicle is registered to. Meanwhile, she discovers that she is pregnant with his child. Discovering his whereabouts, she reveals to Nick her plans to terminate her pregnancy and proceeds to blackmail him into allowing her to stay in his city centre apartment for free. Her personal and professional life becomes entangled when Savage is the defence barrister for Georgios Stelikos, a man on trial for murder and rape, at which Rachel has to give evidence. Savage uses information Rachel told him to his advantage, to which she denies. She later confides to Janet she perjured herself in court and that she had discussed details of the case to Nick. The jury finds Stelikos innocent, though the evidence points to the opposite. Savage, also upon seeing Rachel, realises that she has not gone through with the abortion, however, she later suffers a miscarriage. Nick's wife discovers his affair and telephones DCI Gill Murray (Amelia Bullmore), Rachel's boss. Murray quizzes Rachel regarding her relationship and whether it caused the collapse of the Stelikos case. She, taking Janet's advice, flatly denies the accusation. As Nick's wife knows of the affair, he evicts her from his apartment, as she has nothing to use against him. As there is no room at her sister Alison's (Sally Lindsay) home, stays with Janet until she can return to her old property.