Rachel Dratch Biography
Born: February 22, 1966
Who knew gluing a plastic arm to your head, wearing false teeth, and drooling on yourself to act as the love child of Angelina_Jolie and her brother could be so damn funny? That character (even given a name: Kerplixik), along with several others, has led comedian Rachel Dratch through her uproarious tenure on Saturday_Night_Live. Born February 22, 1966, Dratch grew up in Lexington, MA; her mother was the director of a nonprofit agency and her father, a radiologist. Dratch majored in Drama at Dartmouth College and graduated in 1989. She spent six months doing a children's theater tour and then moved to Chicago, where she signed up for classes at ImprovOlympic and spent years working on her skills. After four years on the main stage of Chicago's Second City troupe -- the fertile comedic ground that sprouted Horatio_Sanz, Tina_Fey, and several other well-known names in the SNL family tree -- she was ready for prime time.
Since her start on Saturday_Night_Live in 1999, Dratch's versatility has helped her build quite a list of memorable characters. From her Denise to Jimmy_Fallon's horny Bostonian boyfriend, Sully, to her wispy little Calista_Flockhart impression, Dratch easily goes from nerd (à la Sheldon on "Wake Up Wakefield") to sensuous "luv-uh" Virginia to Will_Ferrell's Professor Klarvin. In 2000, she and Fey put on their two-woman show, +Dratch & Fey, at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater in New York. And in 2001, a short film that Dratch wrote, directed, and performed (The Vagina Monologues Monologues, also featuring Fey and SNL performer Amy_Poehler) premiered at the New York Comedy Film Festival. She has appeared in the movie Down_With_Love (with Ewan McGregor and Renée_Zellweger) and the independent film The_Hebrew_Hammer (with Adam_Goldberg). Her television appearances include Late Night with Conan O'Brien, CBS' King of Queens, and Third_Watch. Dratch and Fey left SNL after the 2005-2006 season to try their luck on a primetime slot with 30 Rock, a sitcom about a television writer (played by Fey) and her supporting cast. In August 2010, Dratch gave birth to a son, Eli. She continued to show up here and there, including reprising her role of Debbie Downer on SNL for the infamous Betty White episode, appearing on 30 Rock's live episode in October 2010, and inFunny or Die Presents skits on HBO. Rachel Sprovtsoff, Rovi
Browse More Actresses:
