Rachel Bloom
{{short description|American actress, comedian, and singer (born 1987)}}
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| name = Rachel Bloom
| image = Rachel Bloom at 37th College Television Awards-adj.jpg
| caption = Bloom at the 2016 College Television Awards
| birth_name = Rachel Leah Bloom
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1987|4|3}}
| birth_place = Los Angeles County, California, U.S.
| alma_mater = New York University (BFA)
| occupation = {{flatlist|
- Actress
- comedian
- singer
- writer
- producer
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| years_active = 2009–present
| spouse = {{marriage|Dan Gregor|2015}}
| children = 1
| module = {{Infobox comedian|embed=yes
| medium = {{hlist|Television|film|theatre|music}}
| genre = {{hlist|Improvisational comedy|sketch comedy|black comedy|blue comedy|musical comedy|surreal humor|satire|cringe comedy}}
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| website = {{official URL}}
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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 in The CW musical comedy-drama series Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (2015–2019).{{cite news |title=How to have the best Sunday in L.A., according to Rachel Bloom |url=https://www.latimes.com/travel/story/2023-02-17/rachel-bloom-sunday-funday-in-los-angeles |access-date=July 8, 2023 |quote=... for Bloom, the actor-writer-comedian who co-created and starred as Rebecca Bunch in the CW musical dramedy 'Crazy Ex-Girlfriend' |work=Los Angeles Times |date=February 17, 2023}} The role has won her numerous accolades, including a Golden Globe Award, a TCA Award, a Critics' Choice Television Award, and a Primetime Emmy Award.
Bloom first became known for her YouTube comedy music videos, including the Hugo Award-nominated video "Fuck Me, Ray Bradbury". She has also appeared in films, including Most Likely to Murder (2018), The Angry Birds Movie 2 (2019), and Trolls World Tour (2020). Her one-woman stage show turned comedy special Rachel Bloom: Death, Let Me Do My Special premiered on Netflix on October 15, 2024, after successful Off-Broadway runs at both the Orpheum Theatre (Manhattan) and Lucille Lortel Theatre.{{Cite web |last=Vincentelli |first=Elisabeth |date=September 14, 2023 |title='Death, Let Me Do My Show' Review: Rachel Bloom Can't Shake the Dread |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/14/theater/review-death-let-me-do-my-show.html |website=The New York Times}} She also released a memoir titled I Want to Be Where the Normal People Are, which was published by Grand Central Publishing on November 17, 2020.
Early life
Bloom was born on April 3, 1987,{{cite news |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/next-gen-fall-tv-10-817493 |title=Next Gen Fall TV: 10 Stars Poised for Breakouts |work=The Hollywood Reporter |publisher=Valence Media |location=Los Angeles, California |date=August 28, 2015 |access-date=December 2, 2015 |first1=Lacey |last2=O'Connell |first2=Michael |last1=Rose |last3=Sandberg |first3=Bryn Elise |last4=Stanhope |first4=Kate |last5=Goldberg |first5=Lesley |archive-date=November 29, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161129043945/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/next-gen-fall-tv-10-817493 |url-status=live}} in Los Angeles County, California,{{cite web |url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/rachel-bloom/bio/706353/ |title=Rachel Bloom > Biography |work=TV Guide |access-date=May 2, 2019 |archive-date=September 11, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160911050139/https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/rachel-bloom/706353/ |url-status=live}} and grew up in Manhattan Beach.{{cite web |title=OK! Rachel Bloom Is Just The Best |last1=Thomasian |first1=Deborah |website=Serial Optimist |date=August 7, 2012 |url=http://www.serialoptimist.com/interviews/rachel-bloom-is-just-the-best-9598.html |access-date=August 12, 2012 |archive-date=September 7, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120907043400/http://www.serialoptimist.com/interviews/rachel-bloom-is-just-the-best-9598.html |url-status=live}} She is the only child of Shelli (née Rosenberg), a musician, and Alan Bloom, a healthcare lawyer.{{cite web |last1=Heisler |first1=Steve |title=Rachel Bloom, comedian |url=http://gameological.com/2013/01/rachel-bloom-comedian |website=Gameological |access-date=October 13, 2015 |date=January 25, 2013 |archive-date=July 16, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170716060617/http://gameological.com/2013/01/rachel-bloom-comedian/ |url-status=dead}} She is Jewish.{{cite news |last1=Ungar-Sargon |first1=Batya |title=Andy Samberg, Kiss My Mezuzah! Rachel Bloom is going to be funny, no matter what you think of her and her lewd, Jewy, borderline-offensive brand of comedy |url=http://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-arts-and-culture/178143/rachel-bloom |access-date=October 13, 2015 |work=Tablet Magazine |date=July 9, 2014 |archive-date=June 12, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170612033736/http://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-arts-and-culture/178143/rachel-bloom |url-status=live}}
She attended Manhattan Beach public schools including Mira Costa High School, where she was involved in the school's drama program.{{Cite news |url=http://www.laweekly.com/arts/crazy-ex-girlfriends-rachel-bloom-keeps-getting-hit-by-bicyclists-8177551 |title=Crazy Ex-Girlfriend's Rachel Bloom Should Watch Out for Bicyclists |last=Stuart |first=Gwynedd |date=May 3, 2017 |work=L.A. Weekly |access-date=January 22, 2018 |archive-date=January 22, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180122235736/http://www.laweekly.com/arts/crazy-ex-girlfriends-rachel-bloom-keeps-getting-hit-by-bicyclists-8177551 |url-status=live}} Bloom has said she used performance as a way to try to fit in.{{cite web |title=Rachel Bloom: I Want To Be Where The Normal People Are |url=https://www.npr.org/2020/11/20/930467045/rachel-bloom-i-want-to-be-where-the-normal-people-are |publisher=NPR |date=November 20, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221214183136/https://www.npr.org/2020/11/20/930467045/rachel-bloom-i-want-to-be-where-the-normal-people-are |archive-date=December 14, 2022 |url-status=live}} In 2009, Bloom graduated from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts with a BFA in Drama. While at NYU, she was a head writer and director with the school's sketch comedy group, Hammerkatz.{{Cite web|title=Hammerkatz - Sketches, not skits! |url= https://nyunews.com/arts-issue-2018/hammerkatz-behind-the-laughter/ |last=Ramanathan |first=Guru |date=October 11, 2018 |publisher=Washington Square News |access-date=October 16, 2024 }} During college, Bloom first performed at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in New York with the group, and later on her own at its venue in Los Angeles. She was once roommates with comedian Ilana Glazer after college in Brooklyn.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.ew.com/article/2016/04/04/ilana-glazer-and-rachel-bloom-used-be-roommates |title=Ilana Glazer and Rachel Bloom used to be roommates |author= |date=April 4, 2016 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |access-date=July 30, 2016 |archive-date=July 13, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160713181341/http://www.ew.com/article/2016/04/04/ilana-glazer-and-rachel-bloom-used-be-roommates |url-status=live}}
Career
Bloom recorded a video for her original song "Fuck Me, Ray Bradbury" in April 2010 and it was released in advance of the 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.{{cite news |url=http://blog.seattlepi.com/booktryst/2010/08/20/the-girl-who-nsfw-loves-ray-bradbury |title=The Girl Who (NSFW) Loves Ray Bradbury |last1=Gertz |first1=Stephen J. |date=August 20, 2010 |work=Seattle Post-Intelligencer |access-date=May 1, 2011 |archive-date=July 5, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170705174900/http://blog.seattlepi.com/booktryst/2010/08/20/the-girl-who-nsfw-loves-ray-bradbury/ |url-status=live}}{{cite magazine |url=https://www.wired.com/underwire/2010/08/rachel-bloom-ray-bradbury |title=The Story Behind 'Fuck Me, Ray Bradbury', the NSFW Sci-Fi Birthday Tribute |last1=Wallace |first1=Lewis |date=August 22, 2010 |magazine=Wired |access-date=May 1, 2011 |archive-date=May 7, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110507080458/http://www.wired.com/underwire/2010/08/rachel-bloom-ray-bradbury/ |url-status=live}} Done as a parody of teen 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. The video was a finalist for the Hugo Award in 2011. A photo of Bradbury, posted online Aug. 21, 2010, purported to show him watching the video.{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2010/aug/23/ray-bradbury-video-tribute |title=The Ray Bradbury video tribute I never expected to see |last1=Barnett |first1=David |date=August 23, 2010 |work=The Guardian |access-date=May 1, 2011 |archive-date=January 3, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140103180238/http://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2010/aug/23/ray-bradbury-video-tribute |url-status=live}}
In college, she worked as a writer's intern at Saturday Night Live and in 2012, she unsuccessfully auditioned for the show. The audition video she submitted included a bit as Katharine Hepburn doing the voice for Bugs Bunny in Space Jam.{{cite magazine |last1=Holub |first1=Christian |title=Rachel Bloom remembers being Seth Meyers' intern at 'SNL' |url=https://ew.com/article/2016/01/15/rachel-bloom-snl-intern-seth-meyers/ |access-date=April 15, 2018 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=January 15, 2016 |archive-date=April 15, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180415191538/http://ew.com/article/2016/01/15/rachel-bloom-snl-intern-seth-meyers/ |url-status=live}}{{cite magazine |last1=Heldman |first1=Breanne L. |title=See 'Crazy Ex-Girlfriend' Star Rachel Bloom's 'Saturday Night Live' Audition Tape |url=https://ew.com/article/2016/09/02/rachel-bloom-saturday-night-live-audition/ |access-date=April 15, 2018 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=September 2, 2016 |archive-date=April 16, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180416012253/http://ew.com/article/2016/09/02/rachel-bloom-saturday-night-live-audition/ |url-status=live}}
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".{{cite web |url=http://www.tor.com/blogs/2011/04/2011-hugo-nominations |first1=Patrick |last1=Nielsen Hayden |title=2011 Hugo Finalists |date=April 24, 2011 |website=Tor Books |access-date=April 25, 2011 |archive-date=May 7, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110507164825/http://www.tor.com/blogs/2011/04/2011-hugo-nominations |url-status=live}}{{cite news |url=http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/mixmaster/2014/11/comedys_not_cute_rachel_bloom_talks_about_being_honest_with_pop_music_and_why_she_likes_ray_bradbury.php |title=Comedy's Not Cute: Rachel Bloom Talks About Being Honest with Pop Music and Why She Likes Ray Bradbury |last1=Gallagher |first1=Danny |date=November 7, 2014 |work=Dallas Observer |access-date=November 11, 2014 |archive-date=December 22, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141222011147/http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/mixmaster/2014/11/comedys_not_cute_rachel_bloom_talks_about_being_honest_with_pop_music_and_why_she_likes_ray_bradbury.php |url-status=live}} Her second album, Suck It, Christmas, was a collaboration with Dan Gregor (her husband) and Jack Dolgen. Released on November 19, 2013, the album is a comedic look at Chanukah with songs including "Chanukah Honey".{{cite news |url=http://heebmagazine.com/the-rachel-bloom-interview/45143 |title=Please Love Rachel Bloom |last1=Sass |date=May 20, 2013 |work=Heeb Magazine |access-date=October 13, 2015 |archive-date=October 22, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151022214038/http://heebmagazine.com/the-rachel-bloom-interview/45143 |url-status=live}} Bloom provided the voice of Princess Peach in the song "Luigi's Ballad" on Starbomb's self-titled debut album, released in December 2013. File:Rachel Bloom SF Sketchfest 2017 (32151374060).jpg]]
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Bloom also worked as a television writer on Allen Gregory and Robot Chicken.
On May 7, 2015, Bloom filmed a half-hour pilot for Showtime with co-executive producer Aline Brosh McKenna (The Devil Wears Prada), directed by Marc Webb. It was eventually picked up by The CW for the fall 2015–2016 season. Crazy-Ex Girlfriend became a critically acclaimed hour-long series with more network-friendly content when it transitioned from cable to network TV and features musical numbers. The show premiered on October 12, 2015, and ran until 2019.
Bloom co-starred in the film Most 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.{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6566830/ |title=Most Likely to Murder |date=March 12, 2018 |publisher=IMDb |access-date=July 21, 2018 |archive-date=August 3, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180803191928/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6566830/ |url-status=live}}
Bloom and her rescue dog Wiley appeared together in an #AdoptPureLove PSA for the Shelter Pet Project that began airing in 2019.{{cite web |url=https://humanepro.org/magazine/articles/full-bloom |title=In Full Bloom: Crazy Ex-Girlfriend actor and co-creator inspires people to #AdoptPureLove with the Shelter Pet Project |last=Adams |first=Bethany W. |work=Animal Sheltering |date=Fall 2019 |access-date=August 1, 2024}}
In November 2020, it was announced that Bloom would be releasing a memoir, titled I Want to Be Where the Normal People Are, published by Grand 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.{{cite news |last1=Itzkoff |first1=Dave |date=November 16, 2020 |title=Rachel Bloom's Life Is an Open Book |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/16/books/rachel-bloom-i-want-to-be-where-the-normal-people-are.html |access-date=November 17, 2020 |website=The New York Times |ref=62}}
In 2022, Bloom co-starred in the Hulu show, Reboot (2022 TV series), 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 by Steven 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 called Death, Let Me Do My Show. It then ran off-Broadway at the Lucille Lortel Theatre in September 2023 to critical acclaim. The show received an encore off-Broadway run at the Orpheum Theatre (Manhattan) in December 2023. Bloom was co-nominated for a Drama Desk Award for Original Lyrics in 2024.{{Cite web |last=Gould |first=Emily |date=October 10, 2024 |title=Rachel Bloom Is Reliving the Pandemic Onstage Every Night in Death, Let Me Do My Show She swears it's good for you. |url=https://www.thecut.com/article/rachel-bloom-death-let-me-do-my-show-profile.html |website=The Cut}}
Her Netflix special, Death, Let Me Do My Special was adapted from the off-Broadway show and premiered on Netflix on October 15, 2024.{{Cite web |last=Hailu |first=Selome |date=July 10, 2024 |title=Rachel Bloom Sets One-Woman Musical Comedy 'Death, Let Me Do My Show' as a Netflix Special |url=https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/rachel-bloom-netflix-special-death-let-me-do-my-show-1236064205/ |website=Variety}}
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On May 7, 2015, Bloom filmed a half-hour pilot for Showtime with co-executive producer Aline Brosh McKenna (The Devil Wears Prada), directed by Marc Webb.{{cite news |last1=Hahn |first1=Kate |title=Showtime Mixes Internet Sensation Rachel Bloom With Seasoned Writer for 'Crazy Ex-Girlfriend' |url=https://variety.com/2014/tv/news/showtime-crazy-ex-girlfriend-rachel-bloom-1201334777 |access-date=October 13, 2015 |work=Variety |date=October 21, 2014 |archive-date=October 18, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151018122118/http://variety.com/2014/tv/news/showtime-crazy-ex-girlfriend-rachel-bloom-1201334777/ |url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=http://www.cosmopolitan.com/celebrity/news/funny-women-to-watch-2014 |last1=Zulkey |first1=Claire |title=13 Funny Women to Watch in 2014 |website=Cosmopolitan |date=January 1, 2014 |access-date=January 2, 2014 |archive-date=January 3, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140103214809/http://www.cosmopolitan.com/celebrity/news/funny-women-to-watch-2014 |url-status=live}} It was picked up by The CW for the fall 2015–2016 season.{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2015/05/crazy-ex-girlfriend-dc-legends-of-tomorrow-cordon-cw-series-1201422393 |title=CW Picks Up Crazy Ex-Girlfriend As Hourlong Series, DC's Legends of Tomorrow & Cordon |last1=Andreeva |first1=Nellie |website=Deadline Hollywood |date=May 7, 2015 |access-date=May 8, 2015 |archive-date=May 7, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150507215408/https://deadline.com/2015/05/crazy-ex-girlfriend-dc-legends-of-tomorrow-cordon-cw-series-1201422393/ |url-status=live}} Crazy-Ex Girlfriend became a critically acclaimed hour-long series with more network-friendly content when it moved from cable to network TV{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2015/05/crazy-ex-girlfriend-showtime-comedy-the-cw-changes-cast-1201426315 |title='Crazy Ex-Girlfriend': How Did Racy Showtime Comedy Land at CW, What Will Be Changed, Who Is Leaving The Cast? |last1=Andreeva |first1=Nellie |date=May 14, 2014 |website=Deadline Hollywood |access-date=January 10, 2016 |archive-date=January 5, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160105000934/http://deadline.com/2015/05/crazy-ex-girlfriend-showtime-comedy-the-cw-changes-cast-1201426315/ |url-status=live}}{{cite news |last1=Fienberg |first1=Daniel |title='Crazy Ex-Girlfriend': TV Review |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/crazy-girlfriend-tv-review-830806 |access-date=October 13, 2015 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=October 8, 2015 |archive-date=October 11, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151011204057/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/crazy-girlfriend-tv-review-830806 |url-status=live}}{{cite magazine |last1=Berman |first1=Eliza |title=Rachel Bloom on Crazy Ex-Girlfriend and Flipping the Bechdel Test on Its Head |url=https://time.com/4068058/rachel-bloom-crazy-ex-girlfriend/ |access-date=October 13, 2015 |magazine=Time |date=October 12, 2015 |archive-date=October 13, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151013191634/http://time.com/4068058/rachel-bloom-crazy-ex-girlfriend/ |url-status=live}} and began to feature musical numbers.{{cite news |last1=Stanley |first1=T.L. |title=In 'Crazy Ex-Girlfriend', Rachel Bloom stalks and bursts into song |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/la-ca-st-fall-tv-crazy-girlfriend-20150913-story.html |access-date=October 13, 2015 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=September 10, 2015 |archive-date=October 12, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151012120813/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/la-ca-st-fall-tv-crazy-girlfriend-20150913-story.html |url-status=live}} The show premiered on October 12, 2015.{{Cite news |url=http://release-date.info/tv-series/crazy-ex-girlfriend-season-2-release-date-48903390/ |title='Crazy Ex-Girlfriend' Season 2 Release Date Revealed – Release Date |date=November 2, 2015 |newspaper=Release Date |access-date=October 24, 2016 |archive-date=October 24, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161024214611/http://release-date.info/tv-series/crazy-ex-girlfriend-season-2-release-date-48903390/ |url-status=dead}}
On January 10, 2016, Bloom won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Television Series, Musical or Comedy.{{cite news |url=https://deadline.com/2016/01/golden-globe-winners-2016-golden-globes-awards-winner-list-1201679616/ |title=2016 Golden Globes Winners: The Complete List |date=January 10, 2016 |website=Deadline Hollywood |access-date=January 22, 2016 |archive-date=January 25, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160125231910/https://deadline.com/2016/01/golden-globe-winners-2016-golden-globes-awards-winner-list-1201679616/ |url-status=live}} The following week, Bloom won the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actress in a Comedy Series.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.ew.com/article/2016/01/17/critics-choice-awards-2016-winners-list |title=Critics' Choice Awards 2016 winners: Spotlight, Mad Max, Leonardo DiCaprio, and more |date=January 17, 2016 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |access-date=January 22, 2016 |archive-date=January 18, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160118122332/http://www.ew.com/article/2016/01/17/critics-choice-awards-2016-winners-list |url-status=live}} On September 23, 2019, Bloom won the 71st Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics for her work on Crazy Ex-Girlfriend.
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"Holy Shit (You've Got to Vote)" is a 2016 video created by Rachel Bloom to encourage people to vote in the 2016 election. The star-filled cast sang profane lyrics directed at Donald Trump, such as "Donald Trump is human syphilis/we could be the antidote".{{Cite news |url=http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2016/11/04/rachel_bloom_elizabeth_banks_and_more_sing_anti_trump_song_video.html |title=Rachel Bloom, Elizabeth Banks, and Others Sing a Profane Anti-Trump Anthem à la "We Are the World" |last=Martinelli |first=Marissa |date=November 4, 2016 |work=Slate |access-date=October 15, 2017 |language=en-US |issn=1091-2339 |archive-date=May 4, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170504140702/http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2016/11/04/rachel_bloom_elizabeth_banks_and_more_sing_anti_trump_song_video.html |url-status=live}} The video caught the attention of many news outlets, though some later questioned its effectiveness.{{Cite web |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7565686/rachel-bloom-moby-funny-or-die-voting-video-hillary-clinton |title=Rachel Bloom, Moby & More Sing Their Support for Hillary in Profanity-Filled Funny or Die Video |magazine=Billboard |date=November 4, 2016 |access-date=August 3, 2020 |archive-date=July 19, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200719160021/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7565686/rachel-bloom-moby-funny-or-die-voting-video-hillary-clinton |url-status=live}}{{Cite web |first=Kenzie |last=Bryant |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2016/11/celebrity-endorsements-donald-trump-hillary-clinton |title=Did Celebrity Endorsements Contribute to Hillary Clinton's Presidential Upset? |magazine=Vanity Fair |date=November 21, 2016 |access-date=August 3, 2020 |archive-date=December 15, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191215203712/https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2016/11/celebrity-endorsements-donald-trump-hillary-clinton |url-status=live}}
Personal life
In 2015, Bloom married her boyfriend of six years, writer, actor, producer and director Dan Gregor.{{cite web |title=Actress Rachel Bloom's 'Ex-Girlfriend' is the love of her life |url=http://jewishjournal.com/culture/arts/178773/ |author=Gerri Miller |date=October 21, 2015 |access-date=March 26, 2017 |archive-date=March 27, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170327171511/http://jewishjournal.com/culture/arts/178773/ |url-status=live}} Her cousin, a rabbi, performed the ceremony. They have a daughter, born in March 2020.{{Cite web |title=Rachel Bloom and Husband Dan Gregor Welcome Daughter amid Pandemic: 'Emotionally Intense Week' |url=https://people.com/parents/rachel-bloom-welcomes-a-baby-girl-with-husband-dan-gregor/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200403031729/https://people.com/parents/rachel-bloom-welcomes-a-baby-girl-with-husband-dan-gregor/ |archive-date=April 3, 2020 |access-date=April 1, 2020 |website=People |language=EN}}
Bloom has a history of mental illness, having been diagnosed with depression, anxiety, and OCD, about which she has candidly spoken.{{Cite web |url=https://www.eonline.com/news/803184/crazy-ex-girlfriend-s-rachel-bloom-gets-candid-about-her-battle-with-depression |title=Rachel Bloom Gets Candid About Her Depression |date=October 19, 2016 |publisher=E! |access-date=October 11, 2019 |archive-date=October 11, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191011205659/https://www.eonline.com/news/803184/crazy-ex-girlfriend-s-rachel-bloom-gets-candid-about-her-battle-with-depression |url-status=live}}{{Cite news |url=https://people.com/celebrity/crazy-ex-girlfriend-rachel-bloom-reveals-depression-anxiety-battles/ |title=Rachel Bloom Opens Up About Her 'Spiral' into Depression and Anxiety — and How Meditation Has Helped |website=People |access-date=October 11, 2019 |archive-date=October 11, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191011205700/https://people.com/celebrity/crazy-ex-girlfriend-rachel-bloom-reveals-depression-anxiety-battles/ |url-status=live}}
On April 25, 2016, Bloom received the Visionary Award from the East West Players at their annual gala.{{Cite web |last=Wood |first=Ximón |title=East West Players 50th Anniversary Visionary Awards Dinner & Silent Auction April 25, 2016 Honors Broadway's Allegiance, Hit TV Show Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, and Pan Asian Repertory Theater Founding Artistic Director Tisa Chang |url=http://www.eastwestplayers.org/homepage-highlight/east-west-players-50th-anniversary-visionary-awards-dinner-silent-auction-april-25-2016-honors-broadways-allegiance-hit-tv-show-crazy-ex-girlfriend-and-pan-asian-repertory-theater-foundi/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190722183644/http://www.eastwestplayers.org/homepage-highlight/east-west-players-50th-anniversary-visionary-awards-dinner-silent-auction-april-25-2016-honors-broadways-allegiance-hit-tv-show-crazy-ex-girlfriend-and-pan-asian-repertory-theater-foundi/ |archive-date=July 22, 2019 |access-date=July 22, 2019 |website=East West Players}} The award seeks to honor "individuals who have raised the visibility of the Asian Pacific American (APA) community through their craft”; her show Crazy Ex-Girlfriend was lauded for its decision to cast an Asian-American male in a trope- and stereotype-subverting lead role.{{Cite web |last=Yuan |first=Jada |date=April 19, 2016 |title=In Its First Season, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend's Greatest Legacy Is (Finally) Bringing the Asian Bro to Television |url=https://www.vulture.com/2016/04/asian-bro-crazy-ex-girlfriend.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190722183638/https://www.vulture.com/2016/04/asian-bro-crazy-ex-girlfriend.html |archive-date=July 22, 2019 |access-date=July 22, 2019 |website=vulture.com}}
In 2016, on behalf of her work on Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Bloom was honored by Planned Parenthood with the Excellence in Entertainment award{{Cite web |last=Planned Parenthood |date=June 10, 2016 |title=PLANNED PARENTHOOD HONORS DEDICATED HEALTH CENTER STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS |url=https://www.plannedparenthood.org/about-us/newsroom/press-releases/planned-parenthood-honors-dedicated-health-center-staff-and-volunteers |website=Planned Parenthood}} as well as by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors for her work in promoting West Covina, the setting of the show.{{Cite web |last=City News Service |date=March 1, 2016 |title='Crazy Ex-Girlfriend's' Rachel Bloom to be honored for portrayal of West Covina |url=https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-crazy-ex-girlfriend-star-rachel-bloom-honored-for-positive-publicity-for-west-covina-20160301-story.html |website=Los Angeles Times}} Also on behalf of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Bloom was given the key to the city of West Covina{{Cite web |last=Pollack |first=Gina |date=April 5, 2019 |title=Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Is Over, But West Covina Lives On |url=https://laist.com/news/entertainment/crazy-ex-girlfriend-is-over-but-west-covina-lives-on |website=LAist}} and raised funds for NAMI through a massive prop/costume auction.{{Cite web |last=NAMI |date=November 4, 2019 |title="Crazy Ex-Girlfriend" Auction Proceeds to Benefit the National Alliance on Mental Illness |url=https://www.nami.org/press-releases/crazy-ex-girlfriend-auction-proceeds-to-benefit-the-national-alliance-on-mental-illness/ |website=NAMI}} She also participated in The Unusual Suspects Theatre Company 2nd Annual CREATE-A-THON Fundraiser.{{Cite web |last=The Unusual Suspects Theatre Company (US) |date=June 7, 2021 |title=The Unusual Suspects Theatre Company Launches 2nd Annual CREATE-A-THON Fundraiser |url=https://www.looktothestars.org/news/20195-the-unusual-suspects-theatre-company-launches-2nd-annual-create-a-thon-fundraiser#google_vignette |website=Look to the Stars}} In 2019, Bloom was honored by the Human Rights Campaign as an Ally for Equality,{{Cite web |last=Human Rights Campaign |date=April 10, 2019 |title=Rachel Bloom Honored with Ally for Equality Award at HRC Dinner |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=1mlvKG4AIM8 |website=YouTube}} and received the Ana Huna Leadership Award from Miry's List, an organization that welcomes new arrival refugee families to America.{{Cite web |last=Miry's List |date=June 19, 2019 |title=2019 World Refugee Day Awards |url=https://miryslist.org/events/2019worldrefugeeday |website=Miry's List}}
Bloom hosted Teen Line's 2018 Food for Thought Brunch{{Cite web |last=Teen Line |date=May 1, 2018 |title=2018 Food for Thought Brunch |url=https://teenlineonline.org/2018-food-for-thought-brunch/ |website=Teen Line}} as well as Girls Rock Camp Foundation's first annual Girls to the Front benefit.{{Cite web |last=Fadroski |first=Kelli |date=April 26, 2016 |title=Musicians come together to support girls rock camps |url=https://www.ocregister.com/2016/04/26/musicians-come-together-to-support-girls-rock-camps/ |website=The Orange County Register}} In 2022, she was involved in a push to demand abortion protections from major studios,{{Cite web |last=Dellatto |first=Marisa |date=August 1, 2022 |title=Over 400 TV Writers And Showrunners Demand Abortion Protections From Major Studios, Report Says |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/marisadellatto/2022/07/28/over-400-tv-writers-and-showrunners-demand-abortion-protections-from-major-studios-report-says/ |website=Forbes}} and in August 2024, she signed an open letter asking for better disability representation in Hollywood.{{Cite web |last=Grobar |first=Matt |date=August 14, 2024 |title=Paul Feig, Marlee Matlin, Samara Weaving & Sian Heder Among 30+ Signees Of Inevitable Foundation Letter Calling For Improved Disability Representation In Hollywood |url=https://deadline.com/2024/08/inevitable-foundation-letter-disability-representation-hollywood-1236039066/ |website=Deadline}}
On June 10, 2020, Bloom participated in the #ShareTheMicNow Instagram initiative. Fifty-two black women took over the Instagram feeds of 52 white women with large platforms, including Julia Roberts, Elizabeth Warren, and Diane von Fürstenberg to draw attention to their work to catalyze change. Bloom's Instagram account was taken over by author Christine Michel Carter.{{Cite web |title=Why black women are taking over white women's Instagram accounts today |url=https://fortune.com/2020/06/10/share-the-mic-now-instagram-black-women-activists-antiracism/ |access-date=June 23, 2023 |website=Fortune |language=en}}
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.{{Cite web |date=November 17, 2020 |title=Rachel Bloom to be Honored at Benefit for Israeli Youth |url=https://jewishjournal.com/culture/arts/324958/rachel-bloom-to-be-honored-at-benefit-for-israeli-youth/ |access-date=January 5, 2021 |website=Jewish Journal |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=ELEM's LifeSaver Award – ELEM |url=https://elem.org/news/lifesaver-award/ |access-date=January 5, 2021 |language=en-US}}
Filmography
=Film=
=Television=
class="wikitable sortable"
! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
2011
|{{n/a}} | Staff writer; 4 episodes |
2012
| Wanda | Episode: "The Drunk Train" |
2012–2019
| Various voices | 10 episodes; also writer |
2013
| Very Mallory | Mallory | 5 episodes |
2013–2014
| The High Fructose Adventures of Annoying Orange | Chickpea / Breakfast Pastry (voice) | 2 episodes; wrote episode: "Little Cart of Scaries" |
2014–2016
| Laura / Sitcom Writer (voice) | 5 episodes |
2014
| Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas | Additional voices | Television film |
2015–2019
| Rebecca Bunch | Main role; also co-creator, executive producer, and writer |
rowspan="2" | 2016
|rowspan=4| Herself | Episode: "Michael Shannon vs. Rachel Bloom" |
Adam Ruins Everything
| Episode: "Adam Ruins Hollywood" |
rowspan="2" | 2017
| 2 episodes |
Nightcap
| Episode: "Spinster Code" |
2017–2025
| Annette (voice) | 4 episodes |
rowspan="5" | 2018
| Rachel | Episode: "No Thank You" |
iZombie
| Nellie | Episode: "My Really Fair Lady"{{cite web |url=http://tvline.com/2018/03/22/rachel-bloom-izombie-season-4-cast/ |title=Rachel Bloom to Guest-Star on iZombie |first=Michael |last=Ausiello |work=TVLine |date=March 22, 2018 |access-date=March 29, 2018 |archive-date=March 28, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180328105114/https://tvline.com/2018/03/22/rachel-bloom-izombie-season-4-cast/ |url-status=live}}{{Cite news |url=https://comicbook.com/dc/2018/03/27/izombie-season-4-episode-6-my-really-fair-lady-promo/ |title='Crazy Ex-Girlfriend's Rachel Bloom Comes to 'iZombie' in "My Really Fair Lady" Preview |website=DC |access-date=October 11, 2019 |archive-date=October 11, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191011205659/https://comicbook.com/dc/2018/03/27/izombie-season-4-episode-6-my-really-fair-lady-promo/ |url-status=live}} |
Drunk History
| Herself | Episode: "Heists" |
My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
| Autumn Blaze (voice) | Episode: "Sounds of Silence"{{Cite web |url=https://www.etonline.com/media/videos/my-little-pony-friendship-is-magic-gets-a-musical-visit-from-rachel-bloom-exclusive |title='My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic' Gets a Musical Visit From Rachel Bloom! |date=September 27, 2018 |access-date=September 27, 2018 |work=Entertainment Tonight |archive-date=September 28, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180928044152/https://www.etonline.com/media/videos/my-little-pony-friendship-is-magic-gets-a-musical-visit-from-rachel-bloom-exclusive |url-status=live}} |
Explained
| Herself / narrator | Episode: "The Female Orgasm" |
2018–2020
| Dot the Dragon (voice) |
2019
| Cybil (voice) |
rowspan="5" | 2020
| Esmeralda / Crystal Ball (voice) | 2 episodes |
Diary of a Future President
| Ms. Wexler | Episode: "The National Mall" |
Into the Dark
| Ellie Burgis | Episode: "Pooka Lives!" |
Gayme Show
| Herself | Episode: "Acting Battle" |
RuPaul's Drag Race
| Herself / Guest Judge | 2 episodes |
rowspan="4" | 2021
| Kira (voice) | Episode: "Cyber Matrix" |
Blue's Clues & You!
| Ms. Marigold | Episode: "Blue's Show and Tell Surprise" |
The Chicken Squad
| Rebecca (voice) | "Honey Bee Boogie Woogie" |
Trolls: Holiday in Harmony
| Barb (voice) | TV special |
rowspan="2" | 2022
| iCarly | McKenna Donatacci |
Reboot
| Hannah Korman |Recurring role |
rowspan="5" |2024
|City Island |Venus Flytrap | Episode: "Venus Flytrap" |
Frasier
| Phoebe Glazer | Episode: "The Squash Courtship of Freddy's Father" |
Rachel Bloom: Death, Let Me Do My Special
| Herself | Stand-up special |
Is It Cake? Holiday
|Herself |Episode: “All-Stars Cakemas!” |
Dinner Time Live with David Chang
|Herself |Episode: "Halloween" |
Discography
=Studio albums=
class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |
scope="col"| Title
! scope="col"| Details |
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scope="row"| Please Love Me
|
|
scope="row"| Suck It, Christmas (A Chanukah Album) (with Jack Dolgen & Dan Gregor) |
|
=Soundtrack albums=
class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |
rowspan="2" | Title
! rowspan="2" | Album Details ! colspan="2" | Peak chart positions |
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scope="col" | US Soundtrack Sales ! scope="col" | US |
scope="row"| Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (Original Television Soundtrack) (Season 1, Vol. 1)
|
| – || 4 |
scope="row"| Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (Original Television Soundtrack) (Season 1, Vol. 2)
|
| – || 5 |
scope="row"| Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (Original Television Soundtrack) (Season 2)
|
| 24 || 2 |
scope="row"| Crazy Ex-Girlfriend: Karaoke Album (Original Television Soundtrack) (Season 1)
|
| – || — |
scope="row"| Crazy Ex-Girlfriend: Season 3 (Original Television Soundtrack)
|
| – || 4 |
scope="row"| The Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Concert Special (Yes, It's Really Us Singing!)
|
| – || 9 |
scope="row"| Crazy Ex-Girlfriend: Season 4 (Original Television Soundtrack)
|
| – || 2 |
=Singles=
class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
! rowspan="2" style="width:1em;" | Year ! rowspan="2" style="width:5em;" | Album ! rowspan="2" style="width:20em;" | Title ! colspan="1" style="width:5em;"| Peak chart positions |
scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| US Comedy Digital {{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/rachel-bloom/chart-history/comedy-digital-track-sales |title=Rachel Bloom – Chart History: Comedy Digital Track Sales |magazine=Billboard |access-date=August 8, 2019 |archive-date=August 8, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190808140517/https://www.billboard.com/music/rachel-bloom/chart-history/comedy-digital-track-sales |url-status=dead}} |
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2010
| rowspan="5" | Please Love Me | 4 |
rowspan="2" | 2011
|"I Steal Pets" | — |
"I Was a Mermaid and Now I'm a Pop Star"
| — |
rowspan="2" | 2012
|"Pictures of Your Dick" | — |
"You Can Touch My Boobies" (feat. Nicole Shabtai & Tess Paras)
| — |
rowspan="2" | 2013
| {{N/A|non-album single}} |"The Cake Farts Song (Live)" | — |
Suck It, Christmas!!! (A Chanukah Album)
|"Chanukah Honey" | — |
rowspan="2" | 2014
| rowspan="4" {{N/A|non-album single}} | "Who Wants to Watch the Tony Awards This Year?" | — |
"OcDance"
| — |
rowspan="2" | 2017
| "Ladyboss" | — |
"I Don't Care About Award Shows"
| — |
=Other appearances=
class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
! rowspan="1" style="width:1em;" | Year ! rowspan="1" | Album ! rowspan="1" style="width:15em;" | Title ! rowspan="1" | Other artist(s) |
2013
| Starbomb |"Luigi's Ballad" | {{left|Starbomb}} |
rowspan="3" | 2014
| rowspan="3" | Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas (Original Soundtrack) |"Happy All the Time" | {{unbulleted list|Fred Armisen| Ed Asner| Larry Dorf| Jim Parsons| Rachel Ramras| Kevin Schnick}} |
"A Christmas Song (Reprise)"
| {{unbulleted list|Max Charles| Larry Dorf| Mark Hamill| Rachael MacFarlane| Kate Micucci| Rachel Ramras| Kevin Shinick| Jim Parsons}} |
"The Story of Buddy the Elf"
| {{unbulleted list|Fred Armisen| Ed Asner| Max Charles| Larry Dorf| Gilbert Gottfried| Mark Hamill| Steve Higgins| Rachael MacFarlane| Kate Micucci| Rachel Ramras| Kevin Shinick| Jim Parsons}} |
2019
| Angry Birds 2: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack |"Silver Suite" | {{left|Heitor Pereira}} |
rowspan="5" | 2020
| rowspan="4" | Trolls World Tour: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack |"Barracuda" | {{n/a}} |
"Crazy Train"
| {{n/a}} |
"Rock You Like a Hurricane"
| {{n/a}} |
"Just Sing (Trolls World Tour)"
| {{unbulleted list|Justin Timberlake| Anna Kendrick| James Corden| Kelly Clarkson| George Clinton| Mary J. Blige| Anderson Paak| Kenan Thompson| Anthony Ramos| Red Velvet| Icona Pop| Sam Rockwell}} |
Saving for a Custom Van: A Tribute to the Music of Adam Schlesinger
|"Stacy's Mom" | {{n/a}} |
=Music videos=
class="wikitable sortable"
! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
2010
| Rachel | |
rowspan="3" | 2011
| I Steal Pets | Rachel | |
I Was a Mermaid and Now I'm a Pop Star
| Rachel | |
Charlie Brown: Blockhead's Revenge
| Lucy Van Pelt / Sally Brown | Produced by Funny or Die |
rowspan="4" | 2012
| The Secret of the Gypsy Queen | Ilsa |Produced by Skeptoid Media |
Pictures of Your Dick
| Rachel | |
You Can Touch My Boobies
| Rachel | |
We Don't Need a Man
| Rachel | |
rowspan="4" | 2013
| Die When I'm Young | Rachel | |
If Disney Cartoons Were Historically Accurate
| Princess Rachel | |
Chanukah Honey
| Rachel | |
Luigi's Ballad
| Princess Peach (voice) | |
rowspan="2" | 2014
| NOBODY WILL WATCH THE F*CKING TONY AWARDS WITH ME | Rachel | |
The OCDance!
| Rachel | |
2016
| Holy Shit (You've Got to Vote) | Herself | Public service advocacy with various artists |
rowspan="2" | 2017
| Ladyboss | Rachel | Produced by Bola Ogun and Vanity Fair |
I Don't Care About Award Shows
| Rachel | |
Awards and nominations
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