Rachael Harris

Rachael Harris
Birth name:	Rachael Elaine Harris
Born:	January 12, 1968 Worthington, Ohio
First credit:	Treehouse Trolls Forest of Fun and Wonder (1992)
Link(s):	IMDb Wikipedia

Rachael Harris is an American actress and comedian. She portrayed Sheila Sazs in Suits.

Suits credits

Sheila Sazs

25 episodes

203. Meet the New Boss 211. Blind-Sided 215. Normandy 310. Stay 311. Buried Secrets 314. Heartburn 410. This Is Rome 512. Live to Fight 513. God's Green Earth 514. Self Defense 708. 100 712. Bad Man 713. Inevitable 714. Pulling the Goalie 715. Good-Bye 802. Pecking Order 804. Revenue Per Square Foot 807. Sour Grapes 808. Coral Gables 810. Managing Partner 813. The Greater Good 901. Everything's Changed 903. Windmills 905. If the Shoe Fits 908. Prisoner's Dilemma

Selected other credits

Filmography

• Wreck-It Ralph (2012)
• Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days (2012)
• Being Bin Laden (2011)
• Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules (2011)
• Natural Selection (2011)
• Family Album (2011)
• Golf Therapy: Life, Lessons & the Pursuit of Par (2010)
• Diary of a Wimpy Kid (2010)
• The Hangover (2009)
• The Soloist (2009)
• Cop House (2009)
• Matters of Life & Dating (2007)
• License to Wed (2007)
• Evan Almighty (2007)
• For Your Consideration (2006)
• Kicking & Screaming (2005)
• After the Sunset (2004)
• Starsky & Hutch (2004)
• Weekends (2004)
• The Haunted Mansion (2003)
• Daddy Day Care (2003)
• A Mighty Wind (2003)
• The Lunchbox Chronicles (2003)
• Stuart Little 2 (2002)
• Showtime (2002)
• The Gristle (2001)
• Best in Show (2000)
• Between Christmas and New Year's (2000)
• The Week That Girl Died (1998)
• The Disappearance of Kevin Johnson (1996)
• Cellblock Sisters: Banished Behind Bars (1995)

Other credits

• An Idiot Tale (short)
• Armitage: Dual Matrix (video)
• Cougar 101 (video short)
• Hostage: A Love Story (short)
• I'm Not Gay (short)
• In the Dog House (short)
• Lashisse (video short)
• Leader of the Pack (short)
• Picture Paris (short)
• The New Brad (short)
• The Surrogate (short)
• Treehouse Trolls Forest of Fun and Wonder (video)

Biographical information

Personal life

Harris was born in Worthington, Ohio, and graduated from Worthington High School. She went on to graduate from Otterbein College, in 1989, majoring in theatre.

Career

Harris performed with the Los Angeles, California, improvisational comedy troupe the Groundlings, and taught for a time with the Groundlings school. She debuted on television in a 1993 episode of SeaQuest DSV.

After an appearance on Star Trek: Voyager in 1997, Harris went on to a recurring role in The WB's Sister, Sister. Other television credits include a stint as a correspondent for The Daily Show's 2002–2003 season, as well as roles on The Sarah Silverman Program, Reno 911!, The West Wing, The Good Guys, Friends, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Monk, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and, in November 2008, Desperate Housewives.

Harris played the supporting role of Kevyn Shecket, Kirstie Alley's personal makeup artist, on the Showtime series Fat Actress in 2005. She played Cooper in the ABC sitcom Notes from the Underbelly.

Her film credits include roles in Best in Show, A Mighty Wind, For Your Consideration, Kicking & Screaming, and Daddy Day Care. In the 2009 comedy The Hangover she played Melissa, girlfriend to Ed Helms's character Stu; she previously co-starred with Helms on The Daily Show. She played Greg's mother in the film Diary of a Wimpy Kid, and reprised the role in the two sequels.

Harris hosted Smoking Gun TV in 2004, and has made multiple appearances on such VH1 documentaries as I Love the '80s, I Love the '90s, and Best Week Ever.

Harris' TV commercial work includes ads for Dinty Moore, Avis, Expedia, Quaker Oats, T-Mobile, Geico, and a Super Bowl commercial for the 2010 Census. She is the voice of turtle Karolyn Slowsky in the Comcast Slowskys television commercials.

Harris starred in ABC's Cougar Town as Shanna, a woman described as being the "nemesis" of Jules. Also on ABC, she made a guest appearance in the Modern Family episode "Caught in the Act" as a restaurateur.

Harris starred in the indie comedy/drama film Natural Selection which was well received at its 2011 South by Southwest debut, winning both jury and audience awards for best narrative feature, in addition to best screenplay, best editing, and best score/music. Harris received the breakthrough performance award for her role as Linda.