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.
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.
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]
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.
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.
↑ "'A Gift of Miracles'". HallmarkMysteriesandMovies.com. February 15, 2015. Archived from the original on September 25, 2018. Retrieved March 18, 2015.
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