Rachel Bloom
Bloom at the 2016College Television Awards
Born	Rachel Leah Bloom (1987-04-03)April 3, 1987 (age 38) Los Angeles County, California, U.S.
Alma mater	New York University (BFA)
Occupations	Actress comedian singer writer producer
Years active	2009–present
Spouse	Dan Gregor ​ (m. 2015)​
Children	1
Comedy career
Medium	Television film theatre music
Genres	Improvisational comedy sketch comedy black comedy blue comedy musical comedy surreal humor satire cringe comedy
Website	racheldoesstuff.com

Rachel Leah Bloom (born April 3, 1987) is an American actress, comedian, singer, writer, and producer. She is best known for co-creating and starring as Rebecca Bunch inThe CW musical comedy-drama seriesCrazy Ex-Girlfriend (2015–2019).^[1] The role has won her numerous accolades, including aGolden Globe Award, aTCA Award, aCritics' Choice Television Award, and aPrimetime Emmy Award.

Bloom first became known for herYouTube comedy music videos, including theHugo Award-nominated video "Fuck Me, Ray Bradbury". She has also appeared in films, includingMost Likely to Murder (2018),The Angry Birds Movie 2 (2019), andTrolls World Tour (2020). Her one-woman stage show turned comedy specialRachel Bloom: Death, Let Me Do My Special premiered onNetflix on October 15, 2024, after successful Off-Broadway runs at both theOrpheum Theatre andLucille Lortel Theatre.^[2] She also released a memoir titledI Want to Be Where the Normal People Are, which was published byGrand Central Publishing on November 17, 2020.

Bloom was born on April 3, 1987,^[3] inLos Angeles County, California,^[4] and grew up inManhattan Beach.^[5] She is the only child of Shelli (née Rosenberg), a musician, and Alan Bloom, a healthcare lawyer.^[6] She isJewish.^[7]

She attended Manhattan Beach public schools includingMira Costa High School, where she was involved in the school's drama program.^[8] Bloom has said she used performance as a way to try to fit in.^[9] In 2009, Bloom graduated fromNew York University'sTisch School of the Arts with aBFA in Drama. While at NYU, she was a head writer and director with the school's sketch comedy group, Hammerkatz.^[10] During college, Bloom first performed at theUpright Citizens Brigade Theatre in New York with the group, and later on her own at its venue in Los Angeles.^[5] She was once roommates with comedianIlana Glazer after college inBrooklyn.^[11]

Bloom recorded avideo for her original song "Fuck Me, Ray Bradbury" in April 2010 and it was released in advance ofthe writer's 90th birthday in August that year. The song was inspired by Bloom's re-reading of her favorite Bradbury book,The Martian Chronicles.^[12][13] Done as aparody ofteen pop but in tribute to Bradbury,the viral video on her "RachelDoesStuff" YouTube channel had more than 600,000 views in its first week of release and Bloom gained a following from it and her subsequent videos.^[14] The video was a finalist for theHugo Award in 2011. A photo of Bradbury, posted online Aug. 21, 2010, purported to show him watching the video.^[15]

In college, she worked as a writer's intern atSaturday Night Live and in 2012, she unsuccessfully auditioned for the show. The audition video she submitted included a bit asKatharine Hepburn doing the voice forBugs Bunny inSpace Jam.^[16][17]

Bloom released her first album of musical comedy,Please Love Me, on May 13, 2013. It featured the viral songs "Fuck Me, Ray Bradbury" and "You Can Touch My Boobies".^[18][14] Her second album,Suck It, Christmas, was a collaboration withDan Gregor (her husband) and Jack Dolgen. Released on November 19, 2013, the album is a comedic look atChanukah with songs including "Chanukah Honey".^[19] Bloom provided the voice ofPrincess Peach in the song "Luigi's Ballad" onStarbomb's self-titled debut album, released in December 2013.

Bloom also worked as a television writer onAllen Gregory andRobot Chicken.^[19]

Bloom co-starred in the filmMost Likely to Murder, opposite Adam Pally and Vincent Kartheiser. The film was directed by Dan Gregor, Bloom's husband. It premiered at the SXSW Film Festival in March 2018, and was released on Digital and on Demand in May 2018.^[20]

Bloom and herrescue dog Wiley appeared together in an #AdoptPureLovePSA for the Shelter Pet Project that began airing in 2019.^[21]

In November 2020, it was announced that Bloom would be releasing a memoir, titledI Want to Be Where the Normal People Are, published byGrand 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.^[22]

In 2022, Bloom co-starred in the Hulu show,Reboot, in which she played Hannah, the bitter daughter and co-worker of Paul Reiser's character. The series, which first premiered in September 2022, was created bySteven Levitan, and was nominated for a Critics Choice Award for Best Comedy Series, and Bloom was nominated for a 2023 HCA TV Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Streaming Comedy Series.

In 2022, Bloom began touring the country with a new standup/storytelling/musical calledDeath, Let Me Do My Show. It then ran off-Broadway at theLucille Lortel Theatre in September 2023 to critical acclaim. The show received an encore off-Broadway run at theOrpheum Theatre (Manhattan) in December 2023. Bloom was co-nominated for aDrama Desk Award for Original Lyrics in 2024.^[23]

Her Netflix special,Death, Let Me Do My Special was adapted from the off-Broadway show and premiered on Netflix on October 15, 2024.^[24]

On May 7, 2015, Bloom filmed a half-hour pilot forShowtime with co-executive producerAline Brosh McKenna (The Devil Wears Prada), directed byMarc Webb.^[25][26] It was picked up byThe CW for the fall 2015–2016 season.^[27]Crazy-Ex Girlfriend became a critically acclaimed hour-long series with more network-friendly content when it moved from cable to network TV^[28][29][30] and began to feature musical numbers.^[31] The show premiered on October 12, 2015,^[32] and ran until 2019.

On January 10, 2016, Bloom won theGolden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Television Series, Musical or Comedy.^[33] The following week, Bloom won theCritics' Choice Television Award for Best Actress in a Comedy Series.^[34] On September 23, 2019, Bloom won the 71stPrimetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics for her work onCrazy Ex-Girlfriend.

"Holy Shit (You've Got to Vote)" is a 2016 video created by Rachel Bloom to encourage people to vote in the2016 election. The star-filled cast sang profane lyrics directed atDonald Trump, such as "Donald Trump is humansyphilis/we could be the antidote".^[35] The video caught the attention of many news outlets, though some later questioned its effectiveness.^[36][37]

In 2015, Bloom married her boyfriend of six years, writer, actor, producer and directorDan Gregor.^[38] Her cousin, a rabbi, performed the ceremony.^[38] They have a daughter, born in March 2020.^[39]

Bloom has a history ofmental illness, having been diagnosed withdepression,anxiety, andOCD, about which she has candidly spoken.^[40][41]

On April 25, 2016, Bloom received the Visionary Award from theEast West Players at their annual gala.^[42] The award seeks to honor "individuals who have raised the visibility of the Asian Pacific American (APA) community through their craft”; her showCrazy Ex-Girlfriend was lauded for its decision to cast an Asian-American male in a trope- and stereotype-subverting lead role.^[43]

In 2016, on behalf of her work onCrazy Ex-Girlfriend, Bloom was honored by Planned Parenthood with the Excellence in Entertainment award^[44] as well as by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors for her work in promoting West Covina, the setting of the show.^[45] Also on behalf ofCrazy Ex-Girlfriend, Bloom was given the key to the city of West Covina^[46] and raised funds for NAMI through a massive prop/costume auction.^[47] She also participated in The Unusual Suspects Theatre Company 2nd Annual CREATE-A-THON Fundraiser.^[48] In 2019, Bloom was honored by the Human Rights Campaign as an Ally for Equality,^[49] and received the Ana Huna Leadership Award from Miry's List, an organization that welcomes new arrival refugee families to America.^[50]

Bloom hosted Teen Line's 2018 Food for Thought Brunch^[51] as well as Girls Rock Camp Foundation's first annual Girls to the Front benefit.^[52] In 2022, she was involved in a push to demand abortion protections from major studios,^[53] and in August 2024, she signed an open letter asking for better disability representation in Hollywood.^[54]

On June 10, 2020, Bloom participated in the #ShareTheMicNowInstagram initiative. Fifty-two black women took over the Instagram feeds of 52 white women with large platforms, includingJulia Roberts,Elizabeth Warren, andDiane von Fürstenberg to draw attention to their work to catalyze change. Bloom's Instagram account was taken over by authorChristine Michel Carter.^[55]

On November 18, 2020, Bloom was awarded the Lifesaver Award from ELEM/Youth in Distress in Israel, a nonprofit aiding youth in distress in Israel, at its Hats off to Heroes virtual gala.^[56][57]

After theHamas-led attack on Israel in October 2023, Bloom signed an open letter byCreative Community for Peace, calling for the world to "stand withIsrael as it defends itself against a terrorist regime inGaza that seeks Israel's destruction."^[58] In February 2024, Bloom headlined a comedy show fundraising for Israel, including Sheba Medical Center and The Koby Mandell Foundation.^[59]

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