Rachel Dratch was born on February 22 1966 in Lexington, Massachusetts, USA.

Dratch majored in Drama at Dartmouth College and graduated in 1989. She spent six months doing a children's theater tour and then moved to Chicago, where she signed up for classes at ImprovOlympic and spent years working on her skills. After four years on the main stage of Chicago's Second City troupe - the fertile comedic ground that sprouted Horatio Sanz, Tina Fey, and several other well-known names in the SNL family tree -- she was ready for prime time.

Since her start on Saturday Night Live in 1999, Dratch's versatility has helped her build quite a list of memorable characters. From her Denise to Jimmy Fallon's horny Bostonian boyfriend, Sully, to her wispy little Calista Flockhart impression, Dratch easily goes from nerd to sensuous "luv-uh" Virginia to Will Ferrell's Professor Klarvin. In 2000, she and Fey put on their two-woman show, +Dratch & Fey, at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater in New York. And in 2001, a short film that Dratch wrote, directed, and performed premiered at the New York Comedy Film Festival. She has appeared in the movie Down With Love and the independent film The Hebrew Hammer. Her television appearances include Late Night With Conan O'Brien, CBS' King of Queens, and Third Watch.

Dratch and Fey left SNL after the 2005-2006 season to try their luck on a primetime slot with 30 Rock, a sitcom about a television writer and her supporting cast.

Credits by Rachel Sprovtsoff-Mangus, All Movie Guide

Filmography

• Odd Brodsky (2007)
• Sweet Flame (2007)
• Spring Breakdown (2008)
• I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry (2007)
• "30 Rock" (11 episodes, 2006-2007)
• Click (2006)
• "Saturday Night Live" (136 episodes, 1999-2006)
• Winter Passing (2005)
• A.S.S.S.S.C.A.T.: Improv (2005)
• Her Minor Thing (2005)
• "O'Grady" (1 episode, 2005)
• The Pleasure Drivers (2005)
• Looking for Kitty (2004)
• "The King of Queens" (6 episodes, 2002-2004)
• "Frasier" (1 episode, 2004)
• "Game Over" (2004)
• "Monk" (1 episode, 2004)
• Home of Phobia (2004)
• Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star (2003)
• After School Special (2003)
• Down with Love (2003)
• The Hebrew Hammer (2003)
• "Kim Possible" (1 episode, 2002)
• Martin & Orloff (2002)
• "Third Watch" (1 episode, 2000)
• Serious Business (1999)