Rachel Miner wanted to be an actress from age two. She began working with an acting coach at eight, got an agent at nine and, by ten, had not only worked for Woody Allen, but was cast as Michelle Bauer on "The Guiding Light" (1952). Born into a show business family, she represents the third generation of Miners to take to the theatre, film and television. Her brother is the former actor Peter Miner. In addition to her film and television work, Rachel has several noteworthy theatrical credits. At fourteen, she appeared in Laura Cahill's The Way at Naked Angels (1994). She made her Broadway debut at seventeen, playing Margo Frank to Natalie Portman's Anne in Wendy Kesselman's adaptation of The Diary of Anne Frank (1996/97), directed by James Lapine. She originated the role of Rivkele in Donald Margulies' adaptation of Sholem Asch's God of Vengeance (2000), directed by Gordon Edelstein at ACT in Seattle. She also originated the role of Sandy in Rebecca Gilman's Blue Surge (2001), directed by Robert Falls at The Goodman Theatre in Chicago (and reprised in 2002 at The Public Theatre in NYC).