1. Rachel Brosnahan is best known for portraying Midge Maisel, an aspiring stand-up comedian in the Amazon Prime Video period comedy series The Marvelous Mrs Maisel, for which she won a Primetime Emmy Award in 2018 and two consecutive Golden Globe Awards in 2018 and 2019.
Rachel Brosnahan 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.
Rachel Brosnahan was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to Carol and Earl Brosnahan, who worked in children's publishing.
Rachel Brosnahan's mother is British, and her father is an American of Irish descent.
From age four, Rachel Brosnahan was raised in Highland Park, Illinois.
Rachel Brosnahan attended Wayne Thomas Elementary School and Northwood Junior High School.
Rachel Brosnahan performed in musical theater during junior high and high school.
Rachel Brosnahan graduated from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts in 2012.
Rachel Brosnahan first appeared on stage in 2009 in Up at Steppenwolf Theatre followed by her Broadway debut in The Big Knife with Roundabout Theatre Company in 2013.
Rachel Brosnahan's role brought her career prominence, and she received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series at the 67th Primetime Emmy Awards.
Rachel Brosnahan has said that her exposure to Jewish culture growing up helped prepare her for the role of Midge Maisel, a 1950s Jewish housewife who pursues a career in stand-up comedy when her marriage fails.
Rachel Brosnahan's performance has earned her a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress In A Comedy Series, two Golden Globe Awards, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and two Critics' Choice Television Awards, among other accolades.
In 2019, Rachel Brosnahan launched the production company Scrap Paper Pictures.
Rachel Brosnahan appeared in the drama film The Courier with Benedict Cumberbatch, released in January 2020.
Rachel Brosnahan received positive reviews for her performance as well as a Drama League Award nomination for Outstanding Distinguished Performer.
Rachel Brosnahan will be starring in the espionage thriller The Amateur.
Rachel Brosnahan has twice completed the "Live Below the Line" challenge.