Rachel True
- Birthday
- Nov 15, 1966
- Birthplace
- New York City, New York, USA
Bio: New York City native Rachel True longed to be an actress from her youngest years, watching the performances of her stepmother, renowned stage actress Verona Barnes. True's own first break came when she was cast for several episodes of The Cosby Show in 1991, as a friend of Theo's. She would later score recurring television roles on Beverly Hills 90210, The Drew… More Bio: New York City native Rachel True longed to be an actress from her youngest years, watching the performances of her stepmother, renowned stage actress Verona Barnes. True's own first break came when she was cast for several episodes of The Cosby Show in 1991, as a friend of Theo's. She would later score recurring television roles on Beverly Hills 90210, The Drew Carey Show, Once and Again, and HBO's Dream On.In 1993, True moved to Los Angeles, which kick-started her film career. Her first notable appearance was opposite Chris Rock in the rap parody CB4 (1993). She next starred alongside Alyssa Milano in Embrace of the Vampire (1994), then stayed with the occult theme for the more widely seen witch flick The Craft (1996). True plays the most underwritten of four young Wiccan worshipers (opposite Fairuza Balk, Robin Tunney, and Neve Campbell), one of several roles she has taken that was originally written for a white actress. She and Campbell became best friends as a result of working together on the project.True ventured into indie filmmaking with Gregg Araki's Nowhere, the third installment in his "teen apocalypse trilogy," in which she won some acclaim for her portrayal of Mel, a sexually confused central cog of Araki's dystopian soap opera. She returned briefly to more commercial fare with Half Baked (1998), in which she plays Dave Chappelle's love interest and one of the few non-stoned characters. Since then it's been back to lesser-seen films -- most notably as a veteran rave girl in Greg Harrison's Groove (2000) -- as well as her television work. ~ Derek Armstrong, Rovi
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Filmography
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Pink Eye (2009)
- Actor
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The Perfect Holiday (2007)
- Brenda
- 16%
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New Best Friend (2002)
- Julianne
- 5%
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Groove (2000)
- Beth Anderson
- 56%
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The Auteur Theory (1999)
- Actor
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Rachel True Videos
The Craft
2 minutes 53 seconds
Half Baked
1 minutes 47 seconds
Groove
3 minutes 42 seconds
The Perfect Holiday
2 minutes 3 seconds
Cb4: The Movie
2 minutes 27 seconds
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