Biography

Rachel Bay Jones is best known for originating the role of 'Heidi Hansen' in the Original Broadway Cast of Dear Evan Hansen, and received a Tony Award, Emmy Award, Grammy Award, Lucille Lortel Award, and Drama League Nomination for her performance.

She will next be seen on Television in Chuck Lorre's "Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage" for CBS the Fall of 2024, the SXSW Grand Jury prize-winning "Bob Trevino Likes It," and the independent film, "Rise & Shine." She recently recurred on "Young Sheldon," "The Good Doctor," "The United States of Al," "Panic," "Why Women Kill," "Modern Family" and "God Friended Me."

On Film she can be seen in "Ben Is Back," opposite Julia Roberts and "Critical Thinking," directed by and opposite John Leguizamo.

Additional Broadway credits include Pippin, Hair, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown. Off-Broadway & Regional/National Tour include Next To Normal (Kennedy Center), Dear Evan Hansen (Drama Desk Nomination) at Second Stage, First Daughter Suite at The Public Theater, Hello Again, A Christmas Story, Pippin, Sylvia, and The King and I.

On Television, Rachel also appeared on NBC's "Law & Order: SVU," ABC's "Grey's Anatomy," "The Family," and the FX series "Louie."

Her debut solo album "Showfolk" can be purchased on iTunes and Amazon.
- IMDb mini biography by: TKC

Jones has one sibling, her brother Darren.