actor | singer | funny girl
Rachel is an LA-based actor with 30 years of experience on stage, screen, and voiceover. She has used improv to host corporate events as well as train police officers and doctors, but her heart is in comedy; original characters and improv is where she finds her joy.
She has 14+ years of experience writing, producing, directing, and using art for social change on stage and in classrooms across Minnesota. She is the recipient of the 2019 Minnesota State Arts Board Artist Initiative grant, through which her solo show, Love Labor, was born.
Rachel holds a certificate in Arts & Culture Strategy from the University of Pennsylvania.
Love Labor
a solo show about my experiences as a young caregiver
Love Labor Project
a nonprofit founded to provide support to young caregivers
Rachel Loves Nachos
…or how I spent 4 hours during the pandemic
Commercial VO Demo
A Winter Love
a film by Navajo artist Rhiana Yazzie, feat. Rachel Austin
Soul Food
a music video by Darius Dotch — Rachel Austin, 1st AD
Everyday Saint, Nick
20th Digital Studios
film by e.g. bailey and Sha Cage, featuring Rachel Austin
My Mission
I believe in ethically-sourced art, where people and process are treated with intentionality and dignity, and where story comes first. My purpose is to make sense of us making sense, and I courageously and passionately meet that challenge in every job I do.
Education + Training
Macalester College
Theatre & Cultural Studies — Issues of Identity and Representation in Art + Media
University of Pennsylvania
Arts & Culture Strategy — Impact Management, Equitable + Inclusive Mission and Vision
UCB, LA
Commercial Audition (Casey Feigh)
Improv 101-401 (Toni Charline, Monika Smith, Joel Spence, Casey Feigh)
Musical Improv 101-201 (Tara Copeland, Aaron Wilson)
Character 101 (Hal Rudnick)
Groundlings, LA
Sketch 101