Rachel Miner
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| Rachel Miner | |
|---|---|
| Born | July 29, 1980 New York City, New York, United States |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Spouse(s) | Macaulay Culkin (1998-2000) |
Rachel Miner (born July 29, 1980 in New York City, New York) is a Broadway, film and television actress.
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[edit] Early
A third generation Miner in show business, she is the daughter of director/teacher Peter Miner and the granddaughter of director/producer Worthington Miner and actress Frances Fuller. She briefly came under the media spotlight for her two-year (1998-2000) marriage to actor Macaulay Culkin. The marriage was noted for the relatively young age at which the two were wed.
[edit] Career
[edit] Television
Miner's television credits include Vickie in Shining Time Station: 'Tis A Gift (1990), Michelle Bauer on Guiding Light (1990 – 1995), a guest starring role as Laurel in a Sex and the City episode, "Twenty-something Girls vs. Thirty-something Women" (1999) and Astrid in NY-LON (2004).
She currently appears in the 2007 television series Californication, as Dani California, a reference to a character appearing in several songs by the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
In 2008, she appeared in an episode of Fear Itself entitled, 'The Sacrifice'.
[edit] Theater
Among her theatre credits,are Jennifer in Laura Cahill's Naked Faith: The Way at Naked Angels in New York (1994), Margo in The Diary of Anne Frank on Broadway (1997), Rivkele in Donald Margulies' adaptation of Sholem Asch's God of Vengeance at ACT Theatre in Seattle (2000), Sandy in Rebecca Gilman's Blue Surge at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago (2001) and at The Public Theatre in New York (2002).
[edit] Film
Her film credits include young Alice in Woody Allen's Alice (1990), Patty in Frank Whaley's Joe the King (1999), Lisa Connelly in Larry Clark's Bully (2001) in which she had frequent nude scenes, Jade in Guy in Row Five (2004), Eva in Frank E. Flowers' Haven (2004), and a role in Jefery Levy's Rabbi (2004). Most recently, she co-starred as Hilary Swank's sister in Brian DePalma's The Black Dahlia (2006).
Miner also starred in the music video "Only One", in which she played the girlfriend of Ryan Key, the lead singer of Yellowcard. She can also be seen with Culkin in Sonic Youth's video for "Sunday."
[edit] Selected filmography
- The Black Dahlia (2006)
- Penny Dreadful (2006)
- Circadian Rhythm (2005)
- NY-LON (2004) (TV series)
- Bully (2001)
- Joe the King (1999)
- The Guiding Light (TV series) (1990 – 1995)
- Shining Time Station: 'Tis A Gift (1990) (TV)
- Alice (1990)
- Fear Itself (TV series), The Sacrifice
