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Rachel Brosnahan

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Rachel Brosnahan
Actress Rachel Brosnahan is known for her performances in "House of Cards" and "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel," for which she's won a Primetime Emmy. "No Small Parts" takes a look at her eclectic acting career.
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Rachel Brosnahan was born in in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1990 and is an American actress. She is best known for her role as 'Midge' Maisel in the Amazon Prime Video series The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (2017) for which she has won two Golden Globes for Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy (2019, 2018), one Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series (2018), and one Critics' Choice Award for Best Actress in a Comedy Series (2018).

She is also known for her previous roles in the film Beautiful Creatures (2013) as Genevieve Duchannes, in the Netflix original series House of Cards (2013) as Rachel Posner, and in the TV series Manhattan (2014) as Abby Isaacs.

Rachel is the daughter of Carol (Best) and Earl Brosnahan, who worked in children's publishing. Her mother is English. Her father is an American, of mostly Irish descent. From the age of four, she was raised in Highland Park, Illinois. She has a younger brother and sister. Rachel is the niece of the late handbag designer Kate Spade, who was her father's sister.

She attended Wayne Thomas Elementary School, and then Northwood Junior High School. She performed in musical theater during junior high school and high school. At Highland Park High School, she was on the wrestling team for two years and was a snowboarding instructor. When Brosnahan was 16, she took a class with Carole Dibo, the director of Wilmette's Actors' Training Center, and now Brosnahan's manager. She graduated in 2008, and graduated from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts in 2012.

Brosnahan was cast in her first movie role as Lisa in the Michael Bay-produced horror movie The Unborn (2009) while she was still in high school. During college, she performed in single episodes of TV series such as Gossip Girl (2007), The Good Wife (2009), Grey's Anatomy (2005), and In Treatment (2008). After college, she began landing recurring roles in series such as The Blacklist (2013), the short-lived Black Box (2014)), and "House of Cards" (2013-15), which brought her career prominence that included an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series in 2015. Initially booked for two episodes and five lines, she caught Beau Willimon's eye; soon, she was developed into a major character. She also played Abby Isaacs for two seasons on the TV drama series "Manhattan."

She first appeared on stage in 2009 in "Up" at the Steppenwolf Theater, which was followed by her Broadway debut in "The Big Knife" with the Roundabout Theater Company in 2013. In 2016 she played Desdemona in "Othello" at New York Theater Workshop opposite David Oyelowo and Daniel Craig.

She was cast as the lead role and title character of the Amazon Video series The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (2017), which premiered in 2017. Her performance earned her a Golden Globe and a Critics' Choice award for Best Actress in a Television Series--Musical or Comedy.
BornJuly 12, 1990
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  • Won 1 Primetime Emmy

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Rachel Brosnahan in House of Cards (2013)
Rachel Brosnahan in The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (2017)
Rachel Brosnahan and Kate Lyn Sheil in House of Cards (2013)
Rachel Brosnahan at an event for Manhattan (2014)
Gabriel Byrne, Isabelle Huppert, Joachim Trier, Rachel Brosnahan, and Devin Druid at an event for Louder Than Bombs (2015)
Rachel Brosnahan in The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (2017)
Christoph Waltz, Rachel Brosnahan, and Warren Burke in Dead for a Dollar (2022)
Christoph Waltz and Rachel Brosnahan in Dead for a Dollar (2022)
Rachel Brosnahan in The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (2017)
Rachel Brosnahan in The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (2017)
Caroline Aaron, Kevin Pollak, Tony Shalhoub, Marin Hinkle, Michael Zegen, Rachel Brosnahan, and Marsin Mogielski in Everything Is Bellmore (2022)
Alex Borstein and Rachel Brosnahan in Billy Jones and the Orgy Lamps (2022)

Known for

Kevin Spacey in House of Cards (2013)
House of Cards
8.7
TV Series
  • Rachel Posner
  • Call Girl
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (2017)
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
8.7
TV Series
  • Miriam 'Midge' Maisel
Mark Wahlberg in Patriots Day (2016)
Patriots Day
7.3
  • Jessica Kensky
  • 2016
Casey Affleck, Ben Foster, Eric Bana, Holliday Grainger, and Chris Pine in The Finest Hours (2016)
The Finest Hours
6.7
  • Bea Hansen
  • 2016

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Actress

  • Lois & Varga
    • Pre-production
  • Listening In (2022)
    Listening In
  • Willem Dafoe, Christoph Waltz, Rachel Brosnahan, and Warren Burke in Dead for a Dollar (2022)
    Dead for a Dollar
  • The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (2017)
    The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
  • Jameson Charles, Justin Charles, and Rachel Brosnahan in I'm Your Woman (2020)
    I'm Your Woman
  • Elena of Avalor (2016)
    Elena of Avalor
  • 50 States of Fright (2020)
    50 States of Fright
  • Merab Ninidze, Benedict Cumberbatch, Jessie Buckley, and Rachel Brosnahan in The Courier (2020)
    The Courier
  • Will Smith, Rashida Jones, Ben Mendelsohn, DJ Khaled, Karen Gillan, and Tom Holland in Spies in Disguise (2019)
    Spies in Disguise
    • (voice)
  • Joseph Pulitzer: Voice of the People (2018)
    Joseph Pulitzer: Voice of the People
    • (voice)
  • Olympia Dukakis, Aidan Quinn, Mary Beth Hurt, Macy Gray, and Rachel Brosnahan in Change in the Air (2018)
    Change in the Air
  • Fifteen Years Later (2018)
    Fifteen Years Later
  • Boomtown (2017)
    Boomtown
  • Michael Kelly in Vans (2017)
    Vans
  • Mark Wahlberg in Patriots Day (2016)
    Patriots Day
  • Crisis in Six Scenes (2016)
    Crisis in Six Scenes

Producer

  • Lois & Varga
    • Pre-production
  • Listening In (2022)
    Listening In
  • The Miranda Obsession (2022)
    The Miranda Obsession
  • Yearly Departed (2021)
    Yearly Departed
  • Yearly Departed (2020)
    Yearly Departed
  • Jameson Charles, Justin Charles, and Rachel Brosnahan in I'm Your Woman (2020)
    I'm Your Woman
    • (p.g.a.)
  • Femme (2018)
    Femme
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Rachel Brosnahan Receives the IMDb STARmeter Award
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Rachel Brosnahan Receives the IMDb STARmeter Award
Emmys 2018: A Proposal Threat, A Mystery Man & the Night's Best Surprises
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Emmys 2018: A Proposal Threat, A Mystery Man & the Night's Best Surprises
I'm Your Woman
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I'm Your Woman
I'm Your Woman
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I'm Your Woman
"The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel" Cast Drop Season 2 Hints, Talk Fan Reactions
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"The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel" Cast Drop Season 2 Hints, Talk Fan Reactions
Official Trailer
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Mrs. Maisel Is Back on Prime Video Feb 18
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Mrs. Maisel Is Back on Prime Video Feb 18
Official Trailer
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Official Trailer
Season 4 Main Teaser | The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
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Season 4 Main Teaser | The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

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    • July 12, 1990
    • Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
    • Jason RalphJune 6, 2016 - present
    • Kate Spade(Aunt or Uncle)
  • Other works
    Stage play: Up, playing Maria, at Steppenwolf Theatre, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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    • 6 Magazine Cover Photos

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    Niece of handbag designer Kate Spade (born Katherine Noel Brosnahan), who was married to Andy Spade, brother of comedian David Spade.
    • The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
      (2017)
      $100,000 per episode (season 1)

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