Rachel Susan Dratch (born February 22, 1966) is an American actress,
comedian, and writer. Born and raised in Lexington, Massachusetts, she
graduated from Dartmouth College in 1988 and moved to Chicago,
Illinois, to study improvisational theatre at The Second City and
ImprovOlympic.Her breakthrough came on the NBC television show
Saturday Night Live (SNL), where she was a cast member from 1999 to
2006. In addition to her work on SNL, she has appeared as a guest star
in television shows such as The King of Queens and 30 Rock, as well as
films such as Click and I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry. In 2012,
she published her autobiographical book Girl Walks Into a Bar: Comedy
Calamities, Dating Disasters and a Midlife Miracle. She also portrayed
a museum guard in the Sesame Street special The Cookie Thief.Dratch
was born in Lexington, Massachusetts, the daughter of Elaine Ruth
(née Soloway), a transportation director, and Paul Dratch, a
radiologist. Both of Dratch's parents were Reform Jews. Dratch
attended Hebrew school and had a Bat Mitzvah. She is nonobservant as
an adult, and instead characterizes the faith she was born into as
part of her cultural heritage.Her younger brother, Daniel, is a
television producer and writer, with credits including the TV series
Anger Management. Dratch grew up the "class clown type", attending
William Diamond Middle School and Lexington High School in
Massachusetts. She has said that even in her high school's plays she
gravitated towards participating in comedies over dramas.
comedian, and writer. Born and raised in Lexington, Massachusetts, she
graduated from Dartmouth College in 1988 and moved to Chicago,
Illinois, to study improvisational theatre at The Second City and
ImprovOlympic.Her breakthrough came on the NBC television show
Saturday Night Live (SNL), where she was a cast member from 1999 to
2006. In addition to her work on SNL, she has appeared as a guest star
in television shows such as The King of Queens and 30 Rock, as well as
films such as Click and I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry. In 2012,
she published her autobiographical book Girl Walks Into a Bar: Comedy
Calamities, Dating Disasters and a Midlife Miracle. She also portrayed
a museum guard in the Sesame Street special The Cookie Thief.Dratch
was born in Lexington, Massachusetts, the daughter of Elaine Ruth
(née Soloway), a transportation director, and Paul Dratch, a
radiologist. Both of Dratch's parents were Reform Jews. Dratch
attended Hebrew school and had a Bat Mitzvah. She is nonobservant as
an adult, and instead characterizes the faith she was born into as
part of her cultural heritage.Her younger brother, Daniel, is a
television producer and writer, with credits including the TV series
Anger Management. Dratch grew up the "class clown type", attending
William Diamond Middle School and Lexington High School in
Massachusetts. She has said that even in her high school's plays she
gravitated towards participating in comedies over dramas.
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