In 2016 she played Desdemona in 'Othello' at New York Theater Workshop opposite David Oyelowo and Daniel Craig. She also played Abby Isaacs for two seasons on the TV drama series 'Manhattan.' She first appeared on stage in 2009 in 'Up' at the Steppenwolf Theater, which was followed by her Broadway debut in 'The Big Knife' with the Roundabout Theater Company in 2013. Initially booked for two episodes and five lines, she caught Beau Willimon's eye soon, she was developed into a major character. After college, she began landing recurring roles in series such as The Blacklist (2013), the short-lived Black Box (2014)), and 'House of Cards' (2013-15), which brought her career prominence that included an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series in 2015. During college, she performed in single episodes of TV series such as Gossip Girl (2007), The Good Wife (2009), Grey's Anatomy (2005), and In Treatment (2008).

Brosnahan was cast in her first movie role as Lisa in the Michael Bay-produced horror movie The Unborn (2009) while she was still in high school.

She graduated in 2008, and graduated from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts in 2012. When Brosnahan was 16, she took a class with Carole Dibo, the director of Wilmette's Actors' Training Center, and now Brosnahan's manager. At Highland Park High School, she was on the wrestling team for two years and was a snowboarding instructor. She performed in musical theater during junior high school and high school. She attended Wayne Thomas Elementary School, and then Northwood Junior High School. Rachel is the niece of the late handbag designer Kate Spade, who was her father's sister. From the age of four, she was raised in Highland Park, Illinois. Her father is an American, of mostly Irish descent. Rachel is the daughter of Carol (Best) and Earl Brosnahan, who worked in children's publishing. She is also known for her previous roles in the film Beautiful Creatures (2013) as Genevieve Duchannes, in the Netflix original series House of Cards (2013) as Rachel Posner, and in the TV series Manhattan (2014) as Abby Isaacs. Maisel (2017) for which she has won two Golden Globes for Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy (2019, 2018), one Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series (2018), and one Critics' Choice Award for Best Actress in a Comedy Series (2018). She is best known for her role as 'Midge' Maisel in the Amazon Prime Video series The Marvelous Mrs.

Rachel Brosnahan was born in in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1990 and is an American actress.

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