Hi, I’m Rae!
I’m a nonbinary actor based in Los Angeles, and my pronouns are they/them. During my six years working professionally, I’ve worked on a wide variety of projects for the stage and screen, including Shakespeare, TYA musicals, improvised comedy webseries, and multiple plays including time-traveling aliens having rock & roll encounters with religious historical figures. I’ve also developed new skills, taking more on-camera classes, interacting directly with young audiences both on- and off-stage, and learning two dialects to go on as an understudy for Dull Gret and Angie in Remy Bumppo’s Top Girls. I can play characters of any gender (other than trans characters who were specifically assigned male at birth), which has recently included a lesbian single mom, a genderless clown, a very sleepy woodsman, and an entire collective society. I’m represented by BMG Talent.
I originally hail from Pittsburgh, PA, and I moved to Illinois to pursue a BA in Theatre from Northwestern University, which I received in 2016 along with a Minor in French and a Minor in Japanese. Along with my degree, I got the opportunity to learn stage combat (including performing twice in a full staged wrestling show) and to translate and produce a play I originally saw in French at the Festival D’Avignon. Nowadays, when I’m not at rehearsal, you can usually find me riding or working on a bicycle, playing Dungeons & Dragons, or baking something decadent around my friends’ various dietary restrictions.
I’m excited to see where my journey takes me next! I recently moved from Chicago to Los Angeles to expand into voice work and more screen acting. If you want to learn more, check out my resume, production photos, or the reel on my video page! You can also check to see what I have upcoming and sign up for updates, or, if you don’t want to take my word for it, see what other people have to say about me.
Still have questions? Send me an email!
Photo by Nathan Oelker
Photo by Brian McConkey Photography
Not sure what “Nonbinary” Means? That’s okay!
Most of us were taught that gender is binary - in other words, that there are only two genders: male and female - and had one of those genders assigned to us at birth based on some of our external characteristics. But gender is more than one or two of our body parts; it affects the way we act, the way we perceive and speak about ourselves and others. Most people are familiar with the term “transgender” and know that it refers to people whose gender is different than what they were assigned at birth. As for “nonbinary”…
People who are nonbinary exist outside of that male/female gender binary. Many (including me!) also use the label transgender, but different nonbinary people experience & express themselves in different ways. I am neither a man nor a woman, and I also use the terms “agender,” meaning I have no gender, and “transmasculine,” meaning I am more masculine than my gender assigned at birth. I don’t self-describe as female, but rather “AFAB” or “DFAB,” which means “assigned” or “designated female at birth.”
My pronouns are they/them, which means that when talking about me in the third person, you could say things like…
“They like to ride their bicycle.”
“I sent them an email.”
“I was looking at their website.”
Even if you haven’t used they/them pronouns for an individual before, you probably already do this for people whose gender you don’t know, e.g. “Someone left their coat here; I hope they find it.” Still have questions? More info on nonbinary gender here and pronouns here!