Rachel Brosnahan

 Rachel Elizabeth Brosnahan was born on July 12 on the 12th of July, 1990. She plays stand-up comic Miriam "Midge" Maisel in the Amazon Prime Video period comedy series The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (2017-present) and for which she was awarded the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in an Comedy Series in 2018 and two consecutive Golden Globe Awards for Best Actress in a Television Series Musical or Comedy in 2018 and 2019.She was also a regular role in the Netflix political thriller series House of Cards (2013-2015) as Rachel Posner, for which she won a Primetime Emmy Award nomination, and was a lead character in the WGN drama series Manhattan (2014-2015).She made her debut film appearance in the film horror The Unborn (2009), and has been in several films like Beautiful Creatures (2013), Louder Than Bombs (2015), The Finest Hours (2016), Patriots Day (2016), The Courier (2020), and I'm Your Woman (2020).Brosnahan was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to Carol and Earl Brosnahan, who worked in the field of children's books. Her mother is British as is her father, who is American and Irish. From age four, Brosnahan was raised in Highland Park, Illinois She has a younger brother and sister. Brosnahan is the daughter of Kate Spade (nee Brosnahan) who was a fashion designer who died in 2009. She also has a younger brother and sister. She claims that she was "happily being immersed" in Jewish culture due to the Jewish community of Highland Park, Illinois