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Rachel Dratch
Rachel Dratch as Debbie Downer on SNL.
Born	February 22, 1966 (1966-02-22) (age 41) Lexington, Massachusetts, U.S.

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Biography

Early life

Dratch was born in Lexington, Massachusetts to Elaine, an energy director, and Paul Dratch, a radiologist. She was raised in Reform Judaism^[1] at Temple Isaiah and graduated from Dartmouth College in 1988, majoring in drama and psychology. She is also an alumna of Lexington High School in Massachusetts. Location in Middlesex County in Massachusetts Coordinates: , Country State County Middlesex Settled 1642 Incorporated 1713 Government  - Type Representative town meeting Area  - Total 16. ... Radiology is the branch of medical science dealing with the medical use of x-ray machines or other such radiation devices. ... Reform Judaism can refer to (1) the largest denomination of American Jews and its sibling movements in other countries, (2) a branch of Judaism in the United Kingdom, and (3) the historical predecessor of the American movement that originated in 19th-century Germany. ... Dartmouth College is a private, coeducational university located in Hanover, New Hampshire, USA. Incorporated as Trustees of Dartmouth College,[6][7] it is a member of the Ivy League and one of the nine colonial colleges founded before the American Revolution. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup because it is in a list format that may be better presented using prose. ...

Career

Dratch was a member of the mainstage cast of The Second City comedy troupe for several years, performing alongside future SNL head writers Adam McKay and Tina Fey, as well as future 30 Rock performer Scott Adsit. The first incarnation of her SNL "Wicked" sketch was performed in Second City's Paradigm Lost. In addition to acting, Dratch also played the cello onstage. The theater also hosted the first incarnation of Dratch & Fey (her critically praised two-woman show with Tina Fey) which was later performed at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in New York, where it was dubbed "the funniest thing to be found on any New York comedy stage" by Time Out New York. Second City redirects here. ... Adam McKay is an Emmy-nominated American writer and film director. ... Elizabeth Stamatina Tina Fey (born May 18, 1970) is an Emmy-winning American writer, comedian and actress. ... This article is about the TV series. ... Scott Adsit is an actor best known for appearing on the late 1990s sketch comedy television program, Mr. ... The Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre, 2004. ... The distinctive Time Out logo, seen on all its publications Time Out is a publishing company based in London, England. ...

Dratch has appeared in several movies, including Martin & Orloff, The Hebrew Hammer, Down with Love, Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star, and Click, to name a few. She also has joined fellow SNL cast members on A.S.S.S.S.C.A.T.: Improv which aired September 7, 2005, on the Bravo channel. Dratch has also made television appearances on NBC's Third Watch and in a recurring role on King of Queens. Dratch wrote, directed, and performed in the short film The Vagina Monologues Monologues, which premiered at the New York Comedy Film Festival in 2001. Dratch also partcipated in a workshop for Legally Blonde: The Musical in the role of Paulette, but did not follow the production to its later San Fransisco or Broadway incarnation. Martin & Orloff is a feature film written by Matt Walsh & Ian Roberts (Upright Citizens Brigade) along with Katie Roberts. ... DVD cover The Hebrew Hammer is a film that was released in 2003. ... Down with Love is a 2003 American romantic comedy film. ... Click is a 2006 comedy/drama/fantasy film directed by Frank Coraci and written by Steve Koren and Mark OKeefe. ... is the 250th day of the year (251st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the U.S. cable network. ... This article is about the television network. ... Third Watch is an NBC television drama set in New York City that ran from 1999 to 2005. ... The King of Queens is an American situation comedy series that debuted in 1998 and is still running as of 2005. ... This article is about the city in California. ...

In 2007, Dratch played Larry's caseworker in the comedy I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry, starring Adam Sandler as "Chuck", and Kevin James as "Larry", the dad who needs to place his pension in his children's names. I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry (a. ... Adam Richard Sandler (born September 9, 1966) is an American comedian, actor, musician, screenwriter, and film producer. ... Kevin James (born April 26, 1965) is an American comedian and Emmy-nominated actor, perhaps best known for his portrayal of lead character Doug Heffernan on the television sitcom The King of Queens. ...

Saturday Night Live

After joining SNL in 1999 as a featured player and then a repertory player in 2001, Dratch played many people, both real and fictional. One of her most famous recurring characters was Debbie Downer, a depressed woman who creeps others out with disturbing non sequiturs. The first sketch featuring Dratch's Downer character caused everyone on the set including Dratch (save for Fred Armisen) to break character.^[2] Even though her first movie role was small (Partygoer in the Disney Film: Tower of Terror) She said it was just the right part for a first one. With seven seasons under her belt, Dratch became SNL's longest running female castmember (a record first held by Ana Gasteyer), and the first female castmember to have turned forty while on the show. Repertory or rep, called stock in the U.S., is a term from Western theatre. ... Debbie Downer Debbie Downer is a character played by Rachel Dratch on the television show Saturday Night Live. ... This article is about the logical fallacy. ... Ana Kristina Gasteyer (born May 4, 1967) is an American actress and comedian. ...

30 Rock

Dratch left SNL after the 2005-2006 season to join her co-star Tina Fey's new NBC sitcom 30 Rock, loosely based on Fey's experiences as head writer on SNL. Although the pilot episode originally featured Dratch as Jenna, the main star of 30 Rock's show-within-a-show, the show's format was re-worked and Dratch was replaced as Jenna by Jane Krakowski.^[3] However, Dratch has remained on the show and she now makes a cameo appearance as a different character in several episodes. See a full list here. Elizabeth Stamatina Tina Fey (born May 18, 1970) is an Emmy-winning American writer, comedian and actress. ... This article is about the television network. ... This article is about the TV series. ... A television pilot is a test episode of an intended television series. ... A show-within-a-show is typically a fictional television show featured within the fictional universe of a real television show, or a montage/one theatrical show within another theatrical show (like Annie Get Your Gun ). Less frequently, the term may be applied to a fictional radio show within a... Jane Krakowski (née Krajkowski, born October 11, 1968 in Parsippany, New Jersey) is a Tony Award-winning American actress and singer. ... A cameo role or cameo appearance (often shortened to just cameo) is a brief appearance of a known person in a work of the performing arts, such as plays, films, video games and television. ... This article is about the TV series. ...

Saturday Night Live characters

Original characters

• Abe Scheinwald, a sleazy movie executive who tries to stop his son (played by Seth Meyers) from making Scheinwald Studios' films artistic
• A cocktail waitress in "Rialto Grande"
• Debbie Downer
• Denise "Zazu" McDonough, one of the Boston Teens
• One of the dancers in the "Lundford Twins Feel Good Variety Hour"
• Lynne Bershad from Delicious Dish (replacing Molly Shannon's character for a short time)
• Nicole, the Girl With No Gay-Dar!
• Phoebe, a woman who has giant pets who ruin her dates (both giant pets [a parrot and a cat, respectively] have been played by Fred Armisen)
• Ruth Weinstock, one of the Adult Students
• Sheldon from Wake Up, Wakefield!
• Virginia Klarvin, one of the The Lovers
• Qterplix, a rejected X-Men character, said to be the love child of Angelina Jolie and her brother
• Loretta, one of the space lesbians from "Gays in Space"
• David Mack Wilson, a child Broadway star
• Tiara Zee, one of the veejays from "Deep House Dish"
• One of the Telemundo actresses from "Besos Y Lagrimas"

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Celebrity impersonations

• Amelia Henry
• Amy Ray (of The Indigo Girls)
• Anne Robinson
• Arianna Huffington
• Barbara Walters (also performed on 30 Rock)
• Brenda Chavis
• Brett Somers
• Britney Spears (in a pretaped fake commercial for the short-lived reality show, Britney and Kevin: Chaotic)
• Calista Flockhart
• Cheryl Cooley (of the music act, Klymaxx)
• Daniel Radcliffe (As Harry Potter)
• Denise Nickerson (best known for her role as Violet Beauregard, the girl who swelled up into a blueberry after chewing Willy Wonka's experimental gum, in the 1970s film version of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory)
• Diane Warren
• Drew Barrymore
• Elián González
• Elijah Wood
• Elizabeth Cohen
• Elizabeth Taylor (also performed on 30 Rock)
• Eva Longoria (coincidentally, on the episode hosted by Longoria in a sketch spoofing Vanity Fair's Desperate Housewives photo shoot)
• Harriet Miers
• Helena Bonham Carter portraying Smurfette in a fake commercial for an NBC made-for-TV mini-series based on The Smurfs
• Hilary Duff
• Hillary Clinton
• Jamie S. Gorelick
• Janeane Garofalo (former SNL castmember)
• Jean Schmidt
• Jeannie C. Riley
• Jenny Jones
• Judith Nathan
• Kelly Osbourne
• Kimberley Locke
• Lynndie England
• Maria Burrell
• Martha Stewart
• Martha-Ann Bomgardner
• Michael Gelman
• Monica Lewinsky, in an HBO: First Look parody of the latest Star Wars prequel at the time
• Natalie Maines (of The Dixie Chicks)
• Nicole Richie
• Paula Jones (in a Weekend Update segment about her Celebrity Boxing match with Tonya Harding, played by Amy Poehler)
• Paula Poundstone
• Rebecca DeWitt
• Rita Rudner
• Sheb Mami
• Sue Johanson
• Tara Reid
• Toni Basil
• Wendy Pepper
• Zelda Rubenstein, portraying her character from Poltergeist

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References

External links

• Rachel Dratch fan site
• Transcipt of the Debbie Downer Debut
• Rachel Dratch at the Internet Movie Database