Rachel Dratch returns for her third season on SNL. Dratch joined the cast as a featured player in 1999.
Rachel performs a number of memorable characters, including Bostonian teen Denise (whose boyfriend Sully is played by Jimmy Fallon) and Virginia, the creepily amorous wife and �lover� to Professor Klarvin (Will Ferrell). She also plays �Sheldon� the co-host of �Wake Up Wakefield� opposite Maya Rudolph. Her impression of Calista Flockhart was �cheered� by TV Guide, and last season Rachel unveiled a comic send-up of �Weakest Link� host Anne Robinson.
Rachel spent the summer of 2000 performing her critically praised two-woman show �Dratch & Fey� opposite �SNL� head writer Tina Fey at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater in New York, dubbed �the funniest thing to be found on any New York comedy stage this summer� by Time Out New York.
A local favorite in Chicago, Rachel moved to SNL after a successful run with the city�s famed Second City improv/sketch comedy troupe, where current cast members Horatio Sanz, Tina Fey and Jerry Minor as well as SNL alums John Belushi, Chris Farley and Bill Murray (among others) originated. Rachel was a veteran of the company�s mainstage productions and the theater hosted the first incarnation of �Dratch & Fey.�
Rachel has made television appearances on NBC�s �Late Night with Conan O�Brien� and �Third Watch.�
Rachel lives in New York. Her birthday is February 22, 1966.
She is 35. |
