Rachel Brosnahan by Ben Watts for SHAPE March 2019

Rachel Elizabeth Brosnahan (born July 12, 1990) is an American actress. She is most known for appearing as aspiring stand-up comedian Miriam "Midge" Maisel in Prime Video's period comedy series The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (2017–present), for which she won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series in 2018 and two consecutive Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy in 2018 and 2019. She also had a recurring role in the Netflix political thriller series House of Cards (2013–15), for which she received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination and played a lead role in the WGN drama series Manhattan (2014–15).

Brosnahan made her film debut in the horror film The Unborn (2009) and has subsequently appeared in films including Beautiful Creatures (2013), Louder Than Bombs (2015), The Finest Hours (2016), and Patriots Day (2016).