Award-Winning Actress, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Rachel Brosnahan: Biography at a Glance
- Rachel Brosnahan is an award-winning actress currently filming James Gunn’s Superman for DC, as the iconic “Lois Lane.”
- She is also well known for playing Miriam "Midge" Maisel in the hit Amazon series, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, and is awaiting release on the 20th Century feature The Amateur, directed by James Hawes, opposite Rami Malek.
- Brosnahan has received the Golden Globe and Critics’ Choice awards for Best Actress in a Comedy Series, along with the show itself earning a Golden Globe and Critics' Choice award for Best Comedy
- On Stage, she co-produced and starred in the Tony-nominated Broadway revival of Lorraine Hansberry’s “The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window.” Starred as “Desdemona,” opposite Daniel Craig and David Oyelowo, in Sam Gold’s production of Shakespeare’s “Othello” at the New York Theatre Workshop.
- Brosnahan launched her own production company, Scrap Paper Pictures, which focuses on character-driven stories that expand the world we recognize on Screen and Stage.
Biography
Rachel Brosnahan is currently filming James Gunn's Superman, in which she will star as the iconic 'Lois Lane.’ It’s slated for a worldwide release on July 11, 2025.
She also co-stars opposite Academy Award Winner Rami Malek in the 20th Century feature The Amateur, directed by James Hawes. It’s slated for a worldwide release on April 11, 2025.
Rachel recently co-produced and starred opposite Oscar Isaac in the Tony-nominated Broadway Revival of Lorraine Hansberry's seminal "The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window." The Broadway production followed a sold-out run at BAM.
Rachel starred in the title role in Amazon Prime’s critically acclaimed, global hit Series The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. She has won an Emmy, 2 Golden Globes, a Critics Choice, and a SAG Award for her performance as Best Actress.
Additional Stage Credits include Roundabout's Broadway Revival of Clifford Odets’ "The Big Knife," directed by Doug Hughes, and Shakespeare’s "Othello" at the New York Theatre Workshop, as "Desdemona," opposite Daniel Craig and David Oyelowo, directed by Sam Gold.
She founded and runs a production company, Scrap Paper Pictures. Brosnahan is overseeing a robust Slate of upcoming Projects across Platforms as she produces Films, Series, Theater, and Digital Content with a focus on character-driven stories that expand the world we recognize on Screen and Stage. She starred in and produced Julia Hart's Amazon Prime feature I'm Your Woman. She developed and produced 2 installments of the award-nominated Amazon Prime Comedy Special, "Yearly Departed." She'll next lead and executive produce the Limited Series Lois & Varga. The Series is based on a short story by Lisa Taddeo, with Bodies Bodies Bodies Director Halina Reijn attached to helm.
Rachel is also developing and will star in the Scrap Paper Pictures and Blueprint Pictures feature The Switch, based on the best-selling novel by Beth O'Leary.
Additional credits include Dead for a Dollar (Dir: Walter Hill), The Courier (Dir: Dominic Cooke), Patriots Day (Dir: Peter Berg), The Finest Hours (Dir: Craig Gillespie), Louder Than Bombs (Dir: Joachim Trier), Beautiful Creatures (Dir: Richard LaGravenese), House of Cards (Netflix, Emmy Nomination), Manhattan (WGN), Olive Kitteridge (HBO).
