Rachel Bloom
DEATH, LET ME DO MY SPECIAL
Rachel Bloom is an actress, comedian, producer, singer/songwriter and author.
Bloom is best known from the CW musical dramedy CRAZY EX-GIRLFRIEND, which she co-created, executive produced, and starred in as ‘Rebecca Bunch.’ Bloom won the 2016 Golden Globe for Best Actress in a TV Series – Musical or Comedy, Critics’ Choice Award for Best Actress in a TV Comedy, and TCA Award for Individual Achievement in Comedy. In 2019, she won an Emmy Award for Original Music and Lyrics along with her songwriting partners Adam Schlesinger and Jack Dolgen for “Antidepressants Are So Not a Big Deal.” The series was also awarded a Gotham Independent Film Award for Breakthrough Series.
It was recently announced that Bloom has joined the cast of HBO Max’s JULIA for season two, premiering this spring. Currently, she is performing her new comedy special, for which tickets sold out during pre-sale, across Los Angeles, New York, and San Francisco. She can also be seen in Hulu’s recent comedy series REBOOT alongside Keegan-Michael Key, Judy Greer, Johnny Knoxville and Paul Reiser.
Bloom appeared in Aline Brosh McKenna and Netflix’s YOUR PLACE OR MINE which premiered on February 10, 2023.
In 2019, Bloom sold out Radio City Music Hall performing CRAZY EX-GIRLFRIEND: LIVE as well as at The London Palladium, the latter of which earned her a five-star review from The Guardian. She also wrote and performed in YES: IT’S REALLY US SINGING: THE CRAZY EX-GIRLFRIEND CONCERT which aired after the series finale on the CW. She also starred in her own solo tour, WHAT AM I GOING TO DO WITH MY LIFE NOW? in 2019, which included a week-long residency at JUST FOR LAUGHS.
Bloom’s feature voiceover credits include the role of ‘Barb’ in TROLLS 2: WORLD TOUR opposite Anna Kendrick and Justin Timberlake, ‘Silver’ in THE ANGRY BIRDS MOVIE 2 opposite Jason Sudeikis, ‘Batgirl’ in BATMAN VS. TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES opposite Darren Criss, ‘Op’ in EXTINCT opposite Adam Devine and Ken Jeong and in CHIP ‘N’ DALE: RESCUE RANGERS. Television guest credits include PORTLANDIA, RUPAUL’S DRAG RACE, THE SIMPSONS, ROBOT CHICKEN, BOJACK HORSEMAN, MY LITTLE PONY: FRIENDSHIP IS MAGIC, and iCARLY.
Bloom released her first book, I Want To Be Where the Normal People Are, in 2020 through Grand Central Publishing.