Rachel Boston

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Rachel Boston
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Born
Chattanooga, Tennessee, U.S.
OccupationActress
Years active2001–present
SpouseTolya Ashe [1]
Children1 [2]

Rachel Boston is an American actress. She has had leading roles in a number of independent films, and was a regular cast member in several television series. She starred in the NBC drama series, American Dreams as Beth Mason from 2002 to 2005, in the short-lived CBS sitcom The Ex List in 2008, and on the USA Network series In Plain Sight from 2011 to 2012. From 2013 to 2014, Boston starred as Ingrid Beauchamp in the Lifetime fantasy-drama series, Witches of East End .

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Early life

Boston was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, to William Terry Boston and Brenda Billingsley Boston. Her father was executive vice president of power system operations for the Tennessee Valley Authority. [3] [4] She grew up in Signal Mountain, Tennessee, before moving to New York City at the age of seventeen to attend New York University. She was Miss Tennessee Teen USA in 1999, placing in the Top 10 at the national pageant. [5]

Career

Boston starred in the NBC series American Dreams , which aired from 2002 to 2005. She portrayed the character Beth Pryor (née Mason), the wife of the oldest son of the Pryor family, around whom the series was centered. She has made guest appearances in other series such as The Closer , Las Vegas , The Daily Show , Curb Your Enthusiasm , Grey's Anatomy , Rules of Engagement , and Crossing Jordan, and NCIS .

Boston at the Paley Center in April 2012 Rachel Boston12PF1.jpg
Boston at the Paley Center in April 2012

Boston landed the lead role on ABC's Ric Swartzlander comedy pilot The News (2007). The show was set in a chaotic Phoenix television newsroom. Boston played a rising star at the station who had recently been promoted to executive producer of all news programs. Boston also starred with Donal Logue in the Fox pilot "Hackett", directed by Barry Sonnenfeld, and starred with Ed O'Neill and Christine Baranski in the CBS pilot Inseparable.

Boston starred as Daphne Bloom in the short-lived CBS series The Ex List . In that same year she also guest starred on NBC's ER playing an American soldier. She filmed Ghosts of Girlfriends Past with Matthew McConaughey and Jennifer Garner in February 2008. She has also filmed 500 Days of Summer with Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Zooey Deschanel in spring 2008.

In early 2011, Boston joined the cast of USA Network's hit series In Plain Sight , [6] where she played Abigail Chaffee, an Albuquerque Police Detective and the love interest of Marshall Mann (Frederick Weller). For the fifth and final season, Boston continued her role as a series regular. [7]

Boston at Entertainment Weekly Party, Beverly Hills Post Office, Sep 20, 2008 RachelBoston.jpg
Boston at Entertainment Weekly Party, Beverly Hills Post Office, Sep 20, 2008

For her role opposite Noah Bean in the independent feature The Pill, Boston garnered rave reviews on the festival circuit and earned accolades including the Best Actress Award from the San Diego Film Festival, [8] the Stargazer Award from the Gen Art Film Festival, [9] and the Emerging Artist Award from the Big Apple Film Festival. [10]

Boston was the executive producer for the independent film Black Marigolds, and also starred in the film, which reunited her with her costar from The Pill, Noah Bean. [11] The film was shot over a two-week span in the Palomar Mountain Range of Southern California.

In 2012, Boston starred in the feature film It's a Disaster alongside Julia Stiles and America Ferrera. [12] Also in 2012, Boston would then be cast as one of the leads in the Lifetime fantasy-drama series Witches of East End , based on a novel of the same name by Melissa de la Cruz, opposite Julia Ormond, Jenna Dewan and Mädchen Amick. [13] [14] [15] The show debuted on October 6, 2013. [16] [17]

During her tenure on Witches of East End, she was cast in the original independent romantic comedy A Ring by Spring, a Hallmark original film, directed by Kristoffer Tabori. [18] Shortly thereafter she was cast in Hallmark Movies & Mysteries' original telefilm A Gift of Miracles, opposite Jesse Moss and Rita Moreno. [19]

Shortly after Lifetime's cancellation of Witches of East End, Boston signed on to Hallmark Channel's original telefim, Ice Sculpture Christmas, a part of Hallmark's 2015 Countdown to Christmas event. [20] [21] In April 2016, Boston completed work on Hallmark Channel's original telefilm Stop the Wedding , co-starring Niall Matter, Alan Thicke, Lini Evans and Teryl Rothery. [22] [23] At the end of 2016, Boston announced a partnership with Hallmark and author de la Cruz on a new original movie, Christmas in Angel Falls, about an angel who falls in love during the Christmas season. [24]

Between 2018 and 2019, Boston would sign on to her first theatrical leading role in six years, in the film I Hate Kids opposite Tom Everett Scott. [25] In November 2018, Boston would guest on the ABC drama the Good Doctor as Claire's college roommate and friend, Kayla, who is seeking treatment for her cancer. [26]

Personal life

Boston and professional chef Tolya Ashe were engaged June 16, 2021. In January 2022 she gave birth to the couple's first child, a baby girl named Grace.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2002Smoking HerbJaquelyn Mason
2006 Fifty Pills Lindsay
2009 (500) Days of Summer Alison
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past Deena the Bridesmaid
201010 Years LaterKyra Lee
2011 The Pill Mindy
Chance of ShowersWoman in YellowShort
2012Blind TurnSamantha Holt
It's a Disaster Lexi Kivel
Holiday High School ReunionGeorgia HuntTV movie
Coming HomeMegan MorganShort
2013Black MarigoldsKate Cole
Who the F Is Buddy ApplebaumJanie
2014A Ring by SpringCaryn BriggsTV movie
2015A Gift of MiraclesDarcyTV movie
Ice Sculpture ChristmasCallieTV movie
2016 Stop the Wedding Annabelle ColtonTV movie
2017A Rose for ChristmasAndy LindryTV movie
Christmas in Angel FallsGabby MessengerTV movie
2018A Christmas in TennesseeAllison BennetTV movie
2019I Hate KidsSydney Bartlett
The Last BridesmaidBeccaTV movie
Check Inn to ChristmasJulia CrawleyTV movie
2020A Christmas CarouselLila ThomasTV movie
2022Dating the DelaneysMaggieTV movie
The Engagement PlotHanna KnightTV movie
A Christmas Cookie CatastropheAnneTV movie
2023Field DayJen DavisTV movie
The More Love GrowsHelenTV movie
A Biltmore ChristmasHerselfTV Movie
2024Debbie Macomber’s Joyful Mrs. MiracleMrs. MiracleTV Movie

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2001 The Andy Dick Show TinaEpisode: "Professor Talcum"
2002-05 American Dreams Beth MasonMain Cast
2005 The Closer JenniferEpisode: "About Face"
Love, Inc. JillEpisode: "Thick and Thin"
2006 The Loop JennaEpisode: "Jack Air"
Happy Hour ShaunaEpisode: "Crazy Girls"
NCIS Siri AlbertEpisode: "Dead and Unburied"
7th Heaven Ms. MargoRecurring Cast: Season 11
Crumbs AlisonEpisode: "Maybe I'm Tony Randall"
2007 Grey's Anatomy RachelEpisode: "Great Expectations"
Crossing Jordan Geneva ToddEpisode: "Mr. Little and Mr. Big"
Rules of Engagement AmyEpisode: "Flirting with Disaster"
Las Vegas PatsyEpisode: "The Glass Is Always Cleaner"
Curb Your Enthusiasm WaitressEpisode: "The N Word"
2008 ER Beth AckermanEpisode: "Status Quo"
The Ex List Daphne BloomMain Cast
2009 The Cleaner Ruby GeilerEpisode: "Split Ends"
Eastwick CharleneEpisode: "Fleas and Casserole"
2010 Accidentally on Purpose BrendaEpisode: "Speed"
Scoundrels Tanya LeterreRecurring Cast
Castle Penny MarchandEpisode: "He's Dead, She's Dead"
2011 Mad Love Erin SinclaireRecurring Cast
2011-12 In Plain Sight Det. Abigail ChaffeeRecurring Cast: Season 4, Main Cast: Season 5
2013-14 Witches of East End Ingrid BeauchampMain Cast
2018 The Good Doctor KaylaEpisode: "Hubert"
2020 Kidding LisaEpisode: "The Puppet Dalai Dilemma"
2020-21 SEAL Team Hannah OliverRecurring Cast: Season 3-5

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  1. ↑ "Rachel Boston Opens up About Portraying a Mom for the First Time Since Welcoming Her Own Daughter".
  2. ↑ "Rachel Boston on Instagram: "Welcome to the world my little angel!!!! 💗💗💗 Baby Grace is here and our hearts are so very full!!! Thank you to everyone surrounding us with so much love. 💓💓💓 #amazinggrace #2022 #welcomehome"".
  3. ↑ Kufahl, Pam (December 23, 2013). "Terry Boston: A Gentleman's Rise in the Energy World". T&D World. Endeavor Business Media. Retrieved May 20, 2021.
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  12. ↑ Borys Kit. "Rachel Boston Joins Indie Comedy 'It's a Disaster' (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved March 15, 2015.
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  16. ↑ LISA DE MORAES, TV Columnist (July 27, 2013). "TCA: Lifetime's 'Witches Of East End' Debuts Oct. 6". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved August 17, 2013.
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  19. ↑ "'A Gift of Miracles'". HallmarkMysteriesandMovies.com. February 15, 2015. Retrieved March 18, 2015.
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