As an accomplished stage and film actress and President of Grate  Artists, Inc., Rachel Grate has been entertaining Los Angeles audiences  for the majority of her life. She's best known for playing Beth Novelli  in the CBS drama First Monday alongside Joe Mantegna and Linda Purl.  Grate was nominated for a Young Artist Award for her guest star  performance in the television series ER, and was featured on many other  television shows, including MADtv, Mr. Show, and Judging Amy. Since  graduating from UC Irvine with Honors in Acting, Rachel has guest  starred on NCIS, NCIS: Los Angeles, The Secret Life of the American  Teenager, The Young and the Restless, and Crazy Ex-Girlfriend. Films  include Camilla Dickinson, Modern Problems, Norm of the North, and Shoot  the Moon, for which she won best supporting actress at the Rome  International Film Festival. She was an executive producer on the  feature Sugar directed by Rotimi Rainwater, a film that aims to raise  awareness about the youth Homeless crisis in America. Rachel also works  with Cooking with Gabby, a non-profit organization that teaches children  the importance of eating healthfully and exercising. You can see Rachel  on your television in several high-profile commercials, including an  long-running Allstate spot with Dennis Haysbert and as Annie the social  media intern in Jack in the Box's popular ad campaign. She has been  active in the Theater in Los Angeles, and was most recently nominated  for an LA Stage Alliance Ovation Award for her performance as Rebellious  Kay in The Pliant Girls. Her company, Grate Artists, inc. produced the  January 2015 run of The Pliant Girls at the Colony Theatre in Burbank.