Episode 10 - RACHEL RESHEFF

Confessions of a Casting Director

In today's episode, Jen Rudin chats with seasoned young actor Rachel Resheff about balancing college and her professional acting career, with insights into Rachel's years as a child actor.

Rachel Resheff is an actor, singer, and dancer. At age eight, she started her career starring opposite Edie Falco and Elias Koteas in Eric Mendelsohn’s acclaimed film Three Backyards. On Broadway, Rachel originated the role of Young Fiona in Shrek, The Musical, followed by roles in Billy Elliot, Mary Poppins, The People in The Picture (originated lead opposite Donna Murphy) and Larry David's Fish in the Dark (originated principal). Rachel has workshopped and performed in dozens of new works and Off-Broadway plays at Playwrights Horizons, Signature Theater, New York Stage and Film, Roundabout, Soho Rep and the Eugene O'Neil Center. Some of her film and TV credits include Netflix’s: Seven Seconds, Friends from College, and Orange is the New Black and feature films: The Escort, The Boat Builder, Annabelle Hooper and The Ghosts of Nantucket, and the upcoming Giving Birth to a Butterfly. Rachel is an alumna of the prestigious LaGuardia Arts High School and currently attends Harvard University ('23).

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