1. Rachel Leah Bloom was born on April 3,1987 and is an American actress, comedian, singer, writer, and producer.
28 Facts About Rachel Bloom
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Rachel Bloom is best known for co-creating and starring as Rebecca Bunch in The CW musical comedy-drama series Crazy Ex-Girlfriend.
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Rachel Bloom has appeared in films, including Most Likely to Murder, The Angry Birds Movie 2, and Trolls World Tour.
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Rachel Bloom released a memoir titled I Want To Be Where The Normal People Are, which was published by Grand Central Publishing on November 17,2020.
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Rachel Bloom was born on April 3,1987, in Los Angeles County, California, and grew up in Manhattan Beach.
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Rachel Bloom is the only child of Shelli, a musician, and Alan Bloom, a healthcare lawyer.
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Rachel Bloom attended Manhattan Beach public schools including Mira Costa High School, where she was involved in the school's drama program.
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Rachel Bloom has said she used performance as a way to try to fit in.
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In 2009, Rachel Bloom graduated from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts with a BFA in Drama.
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Rachel Bloom was once roommates with comedian Ilana Glazer after college in Brooklyn.
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Rachel Bloom released her first album of musical comedy, Please Love Me, on May 13,2013.
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Rachel Bloom's second album, Suck It, Christmas, was a collaboration with Dan Gregor and Jack Dolgen.
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Rachel Bloom provided the voice of Princess Peach in the song "Luigi's Ballad" on Starbomb's self-titled debut album, released in December 2013.
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Rachel Bloom worked as a television writer on Allen Gregory and Robot Chicken.
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On May 7,2015, Rachel Bloom filmed a half-hour pilot for Showtime with co-executive producer Aline Brosh McKenna, directed by Marc Webb.
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Rachel Bloom co-starred in the film Most Likely to Murder, opposite Adam Pally and Vincent Kartheiser.
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In November 2020, it was announced that Rachel Bloom would be releasing a memoir, titled I Want To Be Where The Normal People Are, published by Grand Central Publishing.
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The series, which first premiered in September 2022, was created by Steven Levitan, and was nominated for a Critics Choice Award for Best Comedy Series, and Rachel Bloom was nominated for a 2023 HCA TV Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Streaming Comedy Series.
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Rachel Bloom was co-nominated for a Drama Desk Award for Original Lyrics in 2024.
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On May 7,2015, Rachel Bloom filmed a half-hour pilot for Showtime with co-executive producer Aline Brosh McKenna, directed by Marc Webb.
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On January 10,2016, Rachel Bloom won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Television Series, Musical or Comedy.
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On September 23,2019, Rachel Bloom won the 71st Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics for her work on Crazy Ex-Girlfriend.
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In 2015, Rachel Bloom married her boyfriend of six years, writer, actor, producer and director Dan Gregor.
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Rachel Bloom has a history of mental illness, having been diagnosed with depression, anxiety, and OCD, about which she has candidly spoken.
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In 2016, on behalf of her work on Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Rachel Bloom was honored by Planned Parenthood with the Excellence in Entertainment award as well as by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors for her work in promoting West Covina, the setting of the show.
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Rachel Bloom participated in The Unusual Suspects Theatre Company 2nd Annual CREATE-A-THON Fundraiser.
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In 2019, Rachel Bloom was honored by the Human Rights Campaign as an Ally for Equality, and received the Ana Huna Leadership Award from Miry's List, an organization that welcomes new arrival refugee families to America.
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Rachel Bloom hosted Teen Line's 2018 Food for Thought Brunch as well as Girls Rock Camp Foundation's first annual Girls to the Front benefit.