Rachel Dratch

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Rachel Dratch (April 2012)

Rachel Susan Dratch (born February 22, 1966 in Lexington , Massachusetts ) is an American actress .

Life

Rachel Susan Dratch was born to Elaine Dratch and the radiologist Paul Dratch. Her younger brother David is a screenwriter and producer, and most recently worked on the television series Monk . Both grew up in a liberal Jewish family. Rachel Dratch attended William Diamond Middle School and Lexington High School in Massachusetts. She began studying acting at the National Theater Institute in 1986 and graduated from Dartmouth College with a degree in Drama and Psychology in 1988 . In 2009, Dratch met John Wahl, a nutritionist, in a bar. He became pregnant six months later and gave birth to their first child, a son, on August 24, 2010 at the age of 44. Wahl then moved to New York City to live closer to Dratch and his son.

From 1999 to 2006, Dratch was a regular member of Saturday Night Live . In 2011 she appeared as a guest star on the Christmas show hosted by Jimmy Fallon .

Originally, Dratch was cast for the character of Jenna in the television series 30 Rock . But after she didn't get her role to the test audience, she was replaced by Jane Krakowski and the pilot was shot again. Still, she was used for several roles in the first season, including Barbara Walters , Elizabeth Taylor , the Blue Monster, and the Cat Trainer.

Filmography (selection)

Movie

Series

Audio books

  • 2012 ( Audible ): Girl Walks into a Bar ...: Comedy Calamities, Dating Disasters, and a Midlife Miracle (author reading)

Web links

Commons : Rachel Dratch  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Don Aucoin: Live! From Lexington, It's Rachel Dratch . In: Boston Globe , February 18, 2000. Retrieved May 29, 2012. 
  2. ^ Nathan Burstein: From 'SNL' to performing for the 'Tribe' . The Times of Israel. April 28, 2012. Retrieved May 24, 2012.
  3. ↑ Gerri Miller: Rachel Dratch . October 18, 2005. Archived from the original on October 18, 2005. Retrieved October 28, 2010: “Raised in a Reform Jewish family, Dratch did have a Bat Mitzvah but doesn't consider herself to be observant. "It's more a heritage thing, I guess," she says of her relationship to her roots. "
  4. ↑ Former 'Saturday Night Live' star Rachel Dratch welcomes first son Eli Benjamin , on September 8, 2010 article from the New York Daily News
  5. ↑ Rachel Dratch Reveals Her Son's Father , People. October 27, 2010. 
  6. ↑ Emma Rosenblum: Rachel Rolls With It . In: New York Magazine . October 15, 2006. Retrieved May 29, 2012.
personal data
SURNAME Dratch, Rachel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Dratch, Rachel Susan (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-american actress
DATE OF BIRTH February 22, 1966
PLACE OF BIRTH Lexington , Massachusetts , United States