# Rachel Axler

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{{Short description|American screenwriter and playwright}}
{{Infobox person
| name                      = Rachel Axler
| image                     = Rachel Axler.jpg
| birth_date                = 
| birth_place               = [New York City](/source/New_York_City), [New York](/source/New_York_(state)), U.S.
| death_date                = 
| death_place               = 
| education                 = [Williams College](/source/Williams_College) {{small|([BA](/source/Bachelor_of_Arts))}}<br>[University of California, San Diego](/source/University_of_California%2C_San_Diego) {{small|([MFA](/source/Master_of_Arts))}}
| occupation                = Television writer, playwright
| years_active              = 2005–present
}}
'''Rachel Axler''' is an American [screenwriter](/source/screenwriter) and playwright. In television, her credits include ''[Childrens Hospital](/source/Childrens_Hospital)'', ''[How I Met Your Mother](/source/How_I_Met_Your_Mother)'', ''[The Goodwin Games](/source/The_Goodwin_Games)'', ''[New Girl](/source/New_Girl_(TV_series))'', ''[Bored to Death](/source/Bored_to_Death)'', ''[Parks and Recreation](/source/Parks_and_Recreation)'', ''[Veep](/source/Veep)'', and ''[The Daily Show](/source/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](/source/Williams_College) in 1999. She received a [Master of Fine Arts](/source/Master_of_Fine_Arts) degree from the [University of California, San Diego](/source/University_of_California%2C_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](/source/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>

==References==
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==External links==
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Category:Primetime Emmy Award winners
Category:Living people
Category:Hunter College High School alumni
Category:University of California, San Diego alumni
Category:American women dramatists and playwrights
Category:American women television writers
Category:Television writers from California
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
Category:Place of birth missing (living people)
Category:Screenwriters from New York (state)
Category:Writers Guild of America Award winners
Category:21st-century American women writers
Category:Screenwriters from San Diego

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