Rachel Bloom
Rachel Leah Bloom (born April 3, 1987) is an American actress, writer, and comedian, best known for co-creating and starring as Rebecca Bunch in The CW musical comedy-drama series Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (2015–2019).[1] The role has won her numerous accolades, including a Golden Globe Award, a TCA Award, a Critics' Choice Television Award, and a Primetime Emmy Award.
Rachel Bloom
- Actress
- comedian
- writer
- singer
- producer
2009–present
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- Television
- film
- theatre
- music
Bloom first became known for her YouTube comedy music videos, including the Hugo Award-nominated video "Fuck Me, Ray Bradbury". She has also appeared in films, including Most Likely to Murder (2018), The Angry Birds Movie 2 (2019), Trolls World Tour (2020), Bar Fight! (2022), and The School for Good and Evil (2022).
Early life[edit]
Bloom was born on April 3, 1987,[2] in Los Angeles County, California,[3] and grew up in Manhattan Beach.[4] She is the only child of Shelli (née Rosenberg), a musician, and Alan Bloom, a healthcare lawyer.[5] She is Jewish.[6]
Bloom attended Manhattan Beach public schools including Mira Costa High School, where she was involved in the school's drama program.[7] According to Bloom, she used performance as a way to try to fit in.[8] In 2009, Bloom graduated from the 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 Theatre in New York and Los Angeles.[4] She was once roommates with comedian Ilana Glazer after college in Brooklyn.[9]
Personal life[edit]
In 2015, Bloom married her boyfriend of six years, writer, actor, producer and director Dan Gregor.[44] Her cousin, a rabbi, performed the ceremony.[44] They have a daughter, born in 2020.[45]
Bloom has a history of mental illness, having been diagnosed with depression, anxiety, and OCD, about which she has candidly spoken.[46][47]
Bibliography[edit]
Books[edit]
In November 2020, it was announced that Bloom would be releasing a memoir, titled I Want To Be Where The Normal People Are, published by Grand Central Publishing. The book was released on November 17, 2020. It explores Bloom's own mental health struggles and experiences with bullying, both as a child and as an adult in the entertainment industry, along with her experiences in the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic in the United States.[56]
