{{Short description|American screenwriter and playwright}} {{Infobox person | name = Rachel Axler | image = Rachel Axler.jpg | birth_date = | birth_place = New York City, New York, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | education = Williams College {{small|(BA)}}<br>University of California, San Diego {{small|(MFA)}} | occupation = Television writer, playwright | years_active = 2005–present }} '''Rachel Axler''' is an American screenwriter and playwright. In television, her credits include ''Childrens Hospital'', ''How I Met Your Mother'', ''The Goodwin Games'', ''New Girl'', ''Bored to Death'', ''Parks and Recreation'', ''Veep'', and ''The Daily Show''.
==Early life and education== Axler was born in Queens, New York.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://guestofaguest.com/los-angeles/you-should-know/you-should-know-rachel-axler|title=You Should Know: Rachel Axler |work=Guest of a Guest |accessdate=March 29, 2018}}</ref> She graduated from Hunter College High School in 1995 and Williams College in 1999. She received a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of California, San Diego,<ref>[http://www.yaledailynews.com/news/2007/dec/05/axler-talks-career-at-daily-show/ Axler talks career at ‘Daily Show’] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130209202402/http://www.yaledailynews.com/news/2007/dec/05/axler-talks-career-at-daily-show/ |date=2013-02-09 }}, Yale Daily News</ref> As a playwright her works include the plays ''Smudge''<ref>[http://www.womensproject.org/Smudge_creativeteam.html Women's Project presents the World Premiere SMUDGE by Rachel Axler directed by Pam MacKinnon with Cassie Beck, Greg Keller, and Brian Sgambati]</ref> and ''Archaeology''.<ref>[http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Rachel_Axler_Makes_Her_Off_Bway_Playwriting_Debut_In_SMUDGE_Opens_1112010_20091214 Rachel Axler Makes Her Off B'way Playwriting Debut In SMUDGE, Opens 1/11/2010]</ref>
==Career== Axler has won four Primetime Emmy Awards. In 2006 and 2009, Axler won two Emmys for her work on ''The Daily Show'' as a part of the writing team.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.emmys.com/award_history_search?person=+Rachel+Axler&program=&start_year=1949&end_year=2010&network=All&web_category=All&winner=All |title=Primetime Emmy Awards and Nominations for Rachel Axler |publisher=Primetime Emmy® Award Database |accessdate=November 15, 2011}}</ref> In 2016 and 2017, she won two Emmys for Outstanding Comedy Series for her work as Supervising Producer on ''Veep''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://m.emmys.com/bios/rachel-axler|title=Rachel Axler}}</ref> She was also nominated for, but did not win, an Emmy in 2007 for ''The Daily Show.''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://m.emmys.com/bios/rachel-axler|title=Rachel Axler}}</ref>
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