Rachel Feinstein (comedian)

Rachel Feinstein
Rachel Feinstein performing at the Eastville Comedy Club in New York City on December 26, 2014
Medium Stand-up, film, television
Genres Comedy
Website rachel-feinstein.com

Rachel Feinstein is an American actress and stand-up comedian. Feinstein was a finalist on Season 7 of Last Comic Standing. Rachel plays a comedian performing as herself in the feature film, Her Composition.

Early life

Feinstein grew up in Bethesda, Maryland.[1] Her father was a civil rights lawyer and a blues musician and her mother was a social worker.[2] Her father is from a Jewish family and her mother converted to Judaism.[3] She moved to New York City at age 17 and slowly developed her character-driven standup act.[4]

Career

Feinstein was a finalist on Season 7 of Last Comic Standing.[5] She played a comedian performing as herself in the feature film, Her Composition,[6] directed by Stephan Littger. She has also appeared on the HBO series Crashing.[7]

Personal life

On the Dudley and Bob morning radio show (KLBJ-FM, Austin, TX), Feinstein announced that her boyfriend is a comedy writer who writes on one of her television shows.[8] During a December 2014 appearance on The View,[9] Feinstein revealed her boyfriend is executive producer of truTV's Impractical Jokers. On her February 2018 appearance on the Artie and Anthony show she stated she was engaged to a New York City fire fighter captain.

Discography

  • 2011: Thug Tears.[10]
  • 2016: Only Whores Wear Purple [11]

Filmography

References

  1. ↑ "Rachel Feinstein - Comedian". Retrieved 11 February 2016.
  2. ↑ "Cap City Comedy - Comic Bio". Retrieved 11 February 2016.
  3. ↑ "Comic Rachel Feinstein draws on her Jewish roots - CBC Manitoba". 1 August 2013. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
  4. ↑ "Comedian Rachel Feinstein from Last Comic Standing!".
  5. ↑ "The Stand NYC :: Rachel Feinstein".
  6. ↑ "Her Composition :: Rachel Feinstein".
  7. ↑ "IMDbCrashing: :: Rachel Feinstein".
  8. ↑ "KLBJ-FM :: Rachel Feinstein".
  9. ↑ "Hulu :: Rachel Feinstein co-hosts The View".
  10. ↑ "Comedy Central Records Releases Rachel Feinstein's Thug Tears".
  11. ↑ http://thelaughbutton.com/rachel-feinstein/rachel-feinstein-tells-us-problems-wearing-purple/
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