Rachel Chin(I)
- Actress
Rachel Chin is an Trinidadian born, American Stage/Film Actress and
Singer. She moved to the US as a student and graduated with an
Associate Arts degree in Commercial Art and a Bachelor's Arts degree in
Communication Arts. During a decade of comprehensive training at The
Panaro Academy of Dramatic Arts and The Acting School of South Florida,
Rachel began her professional career with memorable roles in "B film"
parody horror cult classics such as her turn as Private Lee in "Corpses
are Forever", and Commander Pax in "The Monster Man", as well as
performances in the Indie projects "Chances" and "Phoenix Falling".
After her forays into the Sci-Fi/Horror genre, Rachel became a cult
film darling amongst avid Sci-Fi/horror aficionados. She continued to
develop with her professional stage debut in the 2008 critical smash
hit revival of "The Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel." Rachel was the
only woman in an ensemble. Ground Up & Rising(GUAR) inducted her as a
member in the award-winning, critically acclaimed ensemble-based
theatre company. Rachel's next performance was a critically lauded turn
in "Story Of A Soilder, Letters From Iraq", a palpable, lucid drama
that made Miami professional Arts history. It was the first
professional Arts production in the city to be named both "Best of
Theatre" and "Best of Classical Music" in the Miami Herald's-the
region's most eminent and reputable daily- Year end Awards column for
2008. This production had Rachel characterize a solider and real person
reading a real letter sent home before they lost their life in the war.
In addition to the difficult task of rendering a character juggling
hope, heartfelt familial connections, and the realities of wartime
circumstance; Rachel had to deliver her performance under the
syncopated orchestration of a chamber ensemble. Her expert handling of
this arduous challenge foreshadowed an innate musical gift Rachel would
cultivate and share with audiences over the following years. Rachel's
impressive GUAR resume also features the roles of Bianca in a 2010
post-apocalyptic adaptation of Shakespeare's Othello. Rachel then had
the opportunity to showcase her musical talents in two consecutive
productions with Miami's landmark Mad Cat Theatre company, another
theatre imprint with a sterling critical reputation. Under the
direction of heralded Stage and TV actor Paul Tei- who plays the
recurring character of Barry the Money launderer on USA's Hit show Burn
Notice, Rachel played one of a trio of singing witches in another
critically acclaimed turn, this time in a 2011 children's adaptation of
Shakespeare's Macbeth called "Macbeth and the Monster". She followed
that performance by adding another chapter to her diverse acting
portfolio, playing a hard-edged rapper in Mad Cat's "RPM" at the
Adrienne Arsht Center for the Miami Made Festival in 2012.
Rachel is presently under the tutelage of renown vocal coach Beth Cohen, whose former students include successful recording artists such as Scott Stapp (Creed), Danny Wood ("New Kids on the Block"), Desmond Child, (writer of "La Vida Loca"), Alejandra Gusman, Jada Pinkett Smith and Lindsay Lohan. Rachel is continuing her burgeoning career in the mediums of film, stage and television.
Rachel is presently under the tutelage of renown vocal coach Beth Cohen, whose former students include successful recording artists such as Scott Stapp (Creed), Danny Wood ("New Kids on the Block"), Desmond Child, (writer of "La Vida Loca"), Alejandra Gusman, Jada Pinkett Smith and Lindsay Lohan. Rachel is continuing her burgeoning career in the mediums of film, stage and television.
