Rachel Manson is a Toronto based writer, actor and comedian. She regularly tours across the country, opening for headliners like Jared Freid, Pinky Patel, Judah Freidlander, Sheba Mason and more. In 2023 Rachel was a part of JFL Vancouver, and also opened for Jared to 4 sold out shows at the Royal Cinema in Toronto. Rachel also completed a west coast tour performing around L.A, including opening for Canadian favorite Debra Digiovanni. Rachel has also competed in the SheDevil and Devil Cup Comedy Competitions in NYC where she came in the top 3. Before that, she's performed at the Dallas Comedy Festival, the Milwaukee Comedy Festival, the San Diego Comedy Festival, Seattle Highlarious Comedy Festival, and many more. Rachel writes features for TUBI and her feature Dying For Admission will be released in 2023. Her original project, Nerotica, was chosen as a MIPTV Official Selection for the Drama Pitch Category at Cannes, a Top 10 finalist in Stage32 Script Writing Competition, a finalist in Script Pipeline and for CBC Relief Funding. You can catch Rachel at Hot Docs this summer with Comedians Getting High and Watching Hallmark Movies. As an actor, she has appeared in What We Do In The Shadows Season 2 and WAYNE on Amazon Prime.