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My Take
For me, Rachel Brosnahan will always be Midge Maisel, and I mean that as the highest praise. That rapid-fire stand-up rhythm was never just technical flash, it carried the whole story of a woman reclaiming her own voice, and it genuinely moved me. The back-to-back Golden Globes and the Emmy were well earned. A Milwaukee native trained at NYU's Tisch, she also has the range to anchor serious work like The Blacklist and House of Cards. I have always believed an actor who can make you laugh and cry in the same beat is one to trust, and she sits squarely in that camp. I am eagerly waiting on whatever she does next.
Overview
Rachel Elizabeth Brosnahan (born July 12, 1990) is an American actress. She rose to fame for her performance as Midge Maisel in the Amazon Prime Video period comedy series The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (2017–2023), for which she won a Primetime Emmy Award in 2018 and two consecutive Golden Globe Awards in 2018 and 2019.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Rachel Brosnahan
- Name (Japanese)
- レイチェル・ブロズナハン
- Reading
- れいちぇる・ぶろずなはん
- Born
- July 12, 1990 (age 35)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Cancer / Horse
- Origin
- Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / film actor / television actor / stage actor / executive producer
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Highland Park High School
- University
- New York University Tisch School of the Arts
Awards & achievements
- 2017 Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy
- 2018 Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy
- 2018 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
5. Works & records
| Category | Title | Role | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Notable work | The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel | — | |
| Notable work | The Unborn | — | |
| Notable work | The Blacklist | — | |
| Notable work | Manhattan | — | |
| Notable work | House of Cards | — | |
| Notable work | Black Box | — |
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.