Rachel Brosnahan

Rachel Brosnahan
Brosnahan on the set of Superman in 2024
Born (1990-07-12) July 12, 1990 (age 34)[1][2]
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.
Alma materNew York University
OccupationActress
Years active2007–present
Spouse
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(m. 2016)​
RelativesKate Spade (aunt)
Andy Spade (uncle)

Rachel Brosnahan (born July 12, 1990) is an American actress. She is best known for portraying an aspiring stand-up comedian in the Amazon Prime Video period comedy series The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (2017–2023), for which she won a Primetime Emmy Award in 2018 and two consecutive Golden Globe Awards in 2018 and 2019.[3][4][5]

On television, she was Emmy-nominated for the political thriller series House of Cards (2013–2015) and acted in the drama series Manhattan (2014–2015). Brosnahan made her film debut in the horror film The Unborn (2009), and has acted in Beautiful Creatures (2013), Louder Than Bombs (2015), The Finest Hours (2016), Patriots Day (2016), Spies in Disguise (2019), The Courier (2020), and I'm Your Woman (2020).

On stage, she made her Broadway debut in the 2013 revival of the Clifford Odets play The Big Knife. She played Desdemona in the 2016 off Broadway production of Othello, and returned to Broadway in the 2023 revival of the Lorraine Hansberry play The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference birthday was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (July 30, 2019). Rachel Brosnahan's Fake Internet Birthday Fooled Benedict Cumberbatch. Archived from the original on November 11, 2021. Retrieved July 25, 2020. Rachel Brosnahan explains how she wound up with two completely fake birthdays on the internet.
  3. ^ "Golden Globes: Full list of nominees". BBC News. Archived from the original on August 27, 2019. Retrieved December 11, 2017.
  4. ^ Huff, Lauren (January 6, 2019). "Golden Globes: Rachel Brosnahan Praises "Matriarchy" on 'Mrs. Maisel' Set in Best Actress Speech". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on January 9, 2019. Retrieved January 7, 2019.
  5. ^ "Rachel Brosnahan". Television Academy. Archived from the original on March 25, 2019. Retrieved December 8, 2017.