Rachel Miner was born July 29, 1980 in New York City, New York. She is a Broadway, film and television actress. She is a Scientologist.

Her reputation among friends and coworkers is as a caretaker, a nurturer. She is an animal lover, a vegetarian since childhood and has rescued and cared for many stray animals over the years, eventually getting most of them adoptive homes. She has been described by those who know her as sweet, sharp, intelligent, talented, experienced, both youthful and wise beyond her years.

In 2000 Rachel began shooting her first costarring role in a feature film, playing Lisa Connelly, opposite Brad Renfro as Marty Puccio, in Larry Clark's Bully, for which she won Best Actress at the Stockholm Film Festival. The award reads, "With great artistic tact she combines innocense and evil in a modern version of Lady Macbeth."

In 2003, she played Cherie in Bus Stop for Voice of America and L.A. Theatreworks. The production was recorded onstage across two nights in front of live audiences in Washington, DC with a full cast and a Foley Artist.

Also in 2004 Rachel appeared as Ryan Key's girlfriend in the Yellowcard music video, "Only One" and was one of many "rising stars" in the Abercrombie and Fitch Christmas 2004 magazine.

Most recently concentrating on films and television, Rachel seems to be dividing her time between New York and Los Angeles.
She has a long and growing list of Independent films, including: The Blue Hour, Circadian Rhythm, Cult, Fatwa, The Guy in Row Five, Hide, Little Athens, Man of God, The Memory Thief, Penny Dreadful, The Still Life, Thanks to Gravity, Tooth and Nail, as well as the occasional bigger budget feature. In 2005 and 2006 she also guest starred on several prime-time dramas: Bones, CSI, Medium and Without a Trace, and shot a few short films: Grasshopper and Onion Underwater, both AFI thesis films.

Filmography

• Shifter (2008)
• The Blue Hour (2007)
• Tooth & Nail (2007)
• Hide (2007)
• The Still Life (2007)
• "October Road" (1 episode, 2007)
• Cult (2007)
• Penny Dreadful (2006)
• "Without a Trace" (1 episode, 2006)
• Grasshopper (2006)
• Onion Underwater (2006)
• The Black Dahlia (2006)
• Thanks to Gravity (2006)
• "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" (1 episode, 2006)
• Fatwa (2006)
• "Medium" (2 episodes, 2005-2006)
• The Memory Thief (2006)
• "Bones" (1 episode, 2005)
• Circadian Rhythm (2005)
• Little Athens (2005)
• Man of God (2005)
• Guy in Row Five (2005)
• "NY-LON" (7 episodes, 2004)
• Haven (2004)
• Bully (2001)
• "Sex and the City" (1 episode, 1999)
• Joe the King (1999)
• Henry Fool (1997)
• "The Guiding Light" (1952)
• Shining Time Station Christmas: 'Tis a Gift (1990)
• Alice (1990)