Rachel Dratch

Rachel Dratch

CountryUnited States United States
GenderFemale
BirthdayFeb 22, 1966
BiographyRachel Susan Dratch (born February 22, 1966) is an American actress, comedian, and writer. After she graduated from Dartmouth College, she moved to Chicago to study improvisational theatre at The Second City and ImprovOlympic. Dratch's breakthrough role was her tenure as a cast member on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live from 1999 to 2006. During her time on SNL, she portrayed a variety of roles, including Debbie Downer. She has since occasionally returned to SNL as a guest portraying Senator Amy Klobuchar.

Her other television credits include The King of Queens (2002–2004), Frasier (2004), 30 Rock (2006–2012), and Broad City (2014–2016). She has also played the recurring role of Wanda Jo Oliver on Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, and acted in films such as Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star (2003), Spring Breakdown (2009), That's My Boy (2012), and Plan B (2021).

In 2022, Dratch made her Broadway stage debut in POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive for which she was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play at the 75th Tony Awards. In 2012, she published her autobiographical book Girl Walks into a Bar...: Comedy Calamities, Dating Disasters, and a Midlife Miracle.

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