Rachel Dratch was born on February 22. Before joining SNL in 1999, she was involved with the Second City mainstage where she worked for many years and met a young writer by the name of Tina Fey. She and now other current SNL cast member Tina Fey worked together at Second City for a few years. They also had a show together called 'Dratch & Fey.' Currently, her only recurring impression is of Calista Flockhart. Some of Rachel's characters include Boston teen Denise McDenna, middle school student Sheldon, and Virginia Klarvin, the wife of Professor Klarvin. Dratch spent her first two seasons as a featured player, but began the 2001-2002 season as a cast member.



The first person she did an impression of on "Saturday Night Live" (1975) was Calista Flockhart. Plays cello. Sister of Daniel Dratch With seven full season (at the end of this one) under her belt, she will be the longest running female cast member. She is also the first female cast member to turn forty while on the show. She was awarded the 1998 Joseph Jefferson Award for Actress in a Revue for "Promise Keepers, Losers Weepers," at the Second City Theatre in Chicago, Illinois.