Rachel Bloom

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Rachel Bloom
Born Rachel Leah Bloom
(1987-04-03) April 3, 1987 (age 37)
Los Angeles, California, United States
Alma mater Tisch School of the Arts
Occupation Actress
Comedian
Writer
Musician
Spouse(s) Dan Gregor
Website racheldoesstuff.com

Rachel Leah Bloom (born April 3, 1987)[1][2] is an American actress, comedian and writer,[3] best known for creating, writing and playing the lead role of Rebecca Bunch in The CW comedy-drama series Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, for which she won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy[4] and a Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actress in a Comedy Series.[5] She also created the Hugo Award-nominated music video "Fuck Me, Ray Bradbury".[6][7]

Early life

Bloom was born in Los Angeles and grew up in Manhattan Beach,[8] the daughter of Shelli (née Rosenberg) and Alan Bloom.[1][9] Her family is Jewish.[10]

In 2009, Bloom graduated from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts with a BFA in Drama. While at NYU, Bloom was the head writer and director of the school's premier sketch comedy group, Hammerkatz. Post-college, Bloom performed at Upright Citizens Brigade Theater in New York and Los Angeles.[8]

Career

In April 2010, Bloom wrote and sang the song, "Fuck Me, Ray Bradbury", which gained a cult following when it was released on Ray Bradbury's 90th birthday in 2010.[7] The song was inspired by her favorite Ray Bradbury book, The Martian Chronicles.[11][12] There was a photo of Bradbury posted online that purported to show him watching the video.[13][14] Bloom has worked as a television writer on Allen Gregory and Robot Chicken.[15]

On May 13, 2013, Bloom released her first album of musical comedy, Please Love Me, which included the songs "Fuck Me, Ray Bradbury" and "You Can Touch My Boobies". On November 19, 2013, she released her second album Suck It, Christmas, which featured a comedic look at Chanukah. It included the hit song "Chanukah Honey".[15] On December 17, 2013, Bloom was the voice of Princess Peach in the song "Luigi's Ballad", on Starbomb's self-titled debut album.[16]

On May 7, 2015, Bloom filmed a half-hour pilot for Showtime with co-executive producer Aline Brosh McKenna (The Devil Wears Prada) and directed by Marc Webb, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend.[17] It was eventually picked up by The CW for the fall 2015–16 season.[18] The show became an hour long series with more network-friendly content when it transitioned from cable to network TV[19][20][21] and features musical numbers.[22]

On December 10, 2015, Bloom received a Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Performance by an Actress In A Television Series – Comedy Or Musical for her work on Crazy Ex-Girlfriend.[23] On January 10, 2016, she won the Golden Globe Award in her category.[4] The following week, Bloom won the Critic's Choice Award for Best Actress in a Comedy Series.[5]

Personal life

Bloom is married to comedian Dan Gregor.[24]

Filmography

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2011 Allen Gregory Staff Writer 4 episodes: "Pilot", "1 Night in Gottlieb", "Gay School Dance", "Full Blown Maids"
2012 How I Met Your Mother Wanda 1 episode: "The Drunk Train"
2012 Co-op of the Damned Wife 1 episode: "The Sexorcist"
2014 BoJack Horseman Various voice roles: Laura and Sitcom Writer / Sharona 4 episodes: "BoJack Horseman: The BoJack Horseman Story, Chapter One", "The Telescope", "Say Anything", "BoJack Hates the Troops"
2012–14 Robot Chicken Various voice roles: Ariel, Woman, April O'Neil 17 episodes
also Staff Writer
2014 The Hero Super Josie TV movie
2014 Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas Additional Voices TV movie
2015–present Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Rebecca Bunch Lead role, Executive Producer, Co-Creator and Writer
Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actress in a Comedy Series
Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy

Music videos

Year Title Role Notes
2010 Fuck Me, Ray Bradbury Rachel Nominated for 2011 Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation: Short Form[10]
2011 I Steal Pets Rachel
2011 I Was a Mermaid and Now I'm a Pop Star Rachel
2011 Charlie Brown: Blockhead's Revenge Lucy Van Pelt, Sally Brown Produced by Funny or Die
2012 Pictures of Your Dick Rachel
2012 You Can Touch My Boobies Rachel 2013 LA Weekly Web Award for Best YouTube Song[10]
2012 We Don't Need a Man Rachel
2013 Die When I'm Young Rachel
2013 If Disney Cartoons Were Historically Accurate Princess Rachel
2013 Historically Accurate Disney Princess Song Princess Peach (voice)
2013 Chanukah Honey Rachel
2013 Luigi's Ballad Princess Peach (voice)
2014 NOBODY WILL WATCH THE F*CKING TONY AWARDS WITH ME Rachel
2014 The OCDance! Rachel

References

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