Rachel Shapiro
Acting
Biography
Rachel Shapiro is a Chicago based actor and singer originally from Berkeley, California. She attended Northwestern University where she majored in Theatre and Music Theatre and minored in Business. While at school, Rachel performed in many productions and served as Co-Chair of the annual WAA-MU show. In addition, she was a member of the country's largest and oldest student run theatre board, Arts Alliance, for all four of her years. Since moving to Chicago, Rachel has worked with such local theaters as: Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, Windy City Playhouse, Remy Bumppo, The House Theatre of Chicago, Drury Lane Theatre, Piven Theatre Workshop, Theater Wit, and Boho Theatre Ensemble (among others). Regionally she has worked with Kansas City Repertory Theatre and American Conservatory Theatre. She has also taken improvisation classes at Second City. When she is not onstage, Rachel runs her business (Storybook Princess Parties) that provides character entertainment for children's birthday parties and is a volunteer at PAWS Chicago. She loves buttered noodles, chocolate milk, quoting Friends, reciting every dog's inner monologue as they pass her by, and all things Disney.
Known For
An emotional thrill ride through the day-to-day chaos of the city's most explosive hospital and the courageous team of doctors who hold it together. They will tackle unique new cases inspired by topical events, forging fiery relationships in the pulse-pounding pandemonium of the emergency room.
Chicago Med
ER explores the inner workings of an urban teaching hospital and the critical issues faced by the dedicated physicians and staff of its overburdened emergency room.
ER
4400 overlooked, undervalued, or otherwise marginalized people who vanished without a trace over the last hundred years are all returned in an instant, having not aged a day and with no memory of what happened to them. As the government races to analyze the potential threat and contain the story, the 4400 themselves must grapple with the fact that they've been returned with a few "upgrades", and the increasing likelihood that they were all brought back now for a specific reason.
4400
An experimental film interpreting direct language used by a couple in real life trying to have phone sex for the first time.
Phone Sex
A transformative unconventional story blending coming-of-age cinema verite in a deep personal tale of weightloss struggles and love. Based on the true relationships of Chicago natives in the two years leading up to the historic world series win.