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'{{BLP sources|date=February 2013}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2013}} {{Infobox person |name = Rachel Miner |image =Rache Miner 2013.jpg |imagesize = 250px [[thumbnail]] = http://www.google.ie/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&docid=F38BadtEx1MLAM&tbnid=W5HcvXJLerKO1M:&ved=0CAUQjRw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.examiner.com%2Farticle%2Fsupernatural-happenings-who-s-new-who-s-returning-and-jensen-ackles-sings-video&ei=dwAHVJPML_Ce7AaQxYH4BA&psig=AFQjCNGCdD3U6DqnAw7f9CEy9qgZakRHTw&ust=1409831364502754 |image_size = |birth_name = Rachel Miner |birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1980|7|29}} |birth_place = [[New York City, New York]], [[United States|U.S.]] |death_date = |death_place = |occupation = Actress |years_active = 1990–2013 |spouse = [[Macaulay Culkin]]<small> (m. 1998–2002)</small> |parents = Peter Miner (father) |relatives = [[Worthington Miner]] (grandfather) <br/> [[Frances Fuller]] (grandmother) }} '''Rachel Miner''' (born July 29, 1980) is a [[Broadway (Manhattan)|Broadway]], film, and television actress, born in [[New York City]]. ==Career== ===Television=== Miner's television credits include Vickie in ''[[Shining Time Station: 'Tis a Gift]]'' (1990), [[Michelle Bauer Santos|Michelle Bauer]] on ''[[Guiding Light]]'' (1989–1995), a guest starring role as Laurel in a ''[[Sex and the City]]'' episode, "Twenty-something Girls vs. Thirty-something Women" (1999) and Astrid in ''[[NY-LON]]'' (2004). She appears in the 2007 television series ''[[Californication (TV series)|Californication]]'', as [[Dani (Red Hot Chili Peppers)|Dani California]], a reference to a character appearing in several songs by the [[Red Hot Chili Peppers]]. In 2008, she appeared in "[[The Sacrifice (Fear Itself episode)|The Sacrifice]]", an episode of ''[[Fear Itself (TV series)|Fear Itself]]''. From 2009 to 2013, Miner played the [[Meg Masters]] demon in ''[[Supernatural (U.S. TV series)|Supernatural]]''. She first appeared in "Sympathy for the Devil", the Season 5 premiere and Episode 10 "Abandon All Hope". She reprised the role in Season 6's "Caged Heat" and Season 7's "The Born-Again Identity", with further appearances in "Reading is Fundamental" and the season finale "Survival of the Fittest". She appeared again in Season 8's "Goodbye Stranger". The role was intended to be larger, but Miner suffered a back injury while filming "Caged Heat" that prevented her from doing more physical material. ===Theater=== Among her theater credits are Jennifer in Laura Cahill's ''Naked Faith: The Way at Naked Angels in New York'' (1994), Margot Frank (replacing original cast member Missy Yager) in ''The Diary of Anne Frank'' on Broadway (1997), Rivkele in Donald Margulies's adaptation of [[Sholem Asch]]'s ''God of Vengeance'' at ACT Theatre in Seattle (2000), Sandy in [[Rebecca Gilman]]'s ''Blue Surge'' at the [[Goodman Theatre]] in Chicago (2001) and at [[The Public Theater]] in New York (2002). ==Personal life== A third-generation Miner in show business, she is the daughter of director and teacher Peter Miner and the granddaughter of director/producer [[Worthington Miner]] and actress [[Frances Fuller]]. In 1998, she married ''[[Home Alone]]'' actor [[Macaulay Culkin]].<ref>[http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-20473177.html "He's not home alone now. (teen actors Rachel Miner and Macaulay Culkin, both 17, announce their marriage intentions.] Highbeam.com. 1998-04-13. Retrieved 2009-08-07.</ref> The marriage ended in divorce four years later.<ref name="foxnews">{{cite news|url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,60843,00.html|title=Macaulay Culkin's Happy 'Ending'|work=Fox News.com|date=August 20, 2002|accessdate=2010-02-21 | first=Roger | last=Friedman}}</ref> In 2012 she began suffering from [[multiple sclerosis]], severely affecting her career. It has been rumored that this is why she left Supernatural or that she asked for her character Meg to be killed off, but this has been proven untrue in interviews where Rachel has said that there was no prior discussion and that you'd have to 'ask the writers' if her MS was why they chose to kill Meg. ==Filmography== ===Film=== {|class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |- | 1990 | ''[[Alice (1990 film)|Alice]]'' | 12-year-old Alice | |- | 1990 | ''[[Shining Time Station: 'Tis A Gift]]'' | Vickie | TV Movie |- | 1997 | ''[[Henry Fool]]'' | Girl in Library No. 3 | |- | 1999 | ''[[Joe the King]]'' | Patty | |- | 2001 | ''[[Bully (2001 film)|Bully]]'' | Lisa Connelly | Won – [[Stockholm Film Festival]] for Best Actress |- | 2004 | ''[[Haven (film)|Haven]]'' | Eva | |- | 2005 | ''Man of God'' | Karen Cohen | Direct to-DVD |- | 2005 | ''[[Little Athens]]'' | Allison | Direct to-DVD |- | 2005 | ''[[Circadian Rhythm (film)|Circadian Rhythm]]'' | Sarah | |- | 2006 | ''[[Fatwa (film)|Fatwa]]'' | Cassie Davidson | Direct to-DVD |- | 2006 | ''[[Love & Debate]]'' | Sophia | Direct to-DVD |- | 2006 | ''[[The Black Dahlia (film)|The Black Dahlia]]'' | Martha Linscott | |- | 2006 | ''Onion Underwater'' | Tara | Short film |- | 2006 | ''Grasshopper'' | Terri | Short film |- | 2006 | ''[[Penny Dreadful (film)|Penny Dreadful]]'' | Penny Deerborn | |- | 2006 | ''[[The Still Life (2006 film)|The Still Life]]'' | Robin | |- | 2007 | ''Cult'' | Mindy | Direct to-DVD |- | 2007 | ''[[The Blue Hour (2007 film)|The Blue Hour]]'' | Julie | |- | 2007 | ''[[The Memory Thief]]'' | Mira | Direct to-DVD |- | 2007 | ''[[Tooth and Nail (film)|Tooth & Nail]]'' | Neon | Direct to-DVD |- | 2008 | ''Hide'' | Betty | |- | 2008 | ''[[The Butterfly Effect 3: Revelations]]'' | Jenna Reid | Direct to-DVD |- | 2009 | ''[[Life of Lemon]]'' | Esther | Direct to-DVD |- | 2010 | ''The Love Affair'' | Karen Hall | Short film |- | 2010 | ''[[Love & Distrust]]'' | Terri | Direct to-DVD |- | 2011 | ''[[51 (film)|51]]'' | Sgt. Hannah | TV Movie |- | 2011 | ''Elwood'' | Lulu Palu | Short Film |- | 2012 | ''In Their Skin'' | Jane | |- | 2013 | ''East of Acadia'' | Clair | |- |} ===Television=== {|class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |- | 1990–1995 | ''[[The Guiding Light]]'' | Michelle Bauer | 50 episodes Won – <small>[[Young Artist Award]] for Best Young Actress in a Daytime Series</small> <small>(1992, 1994)</small><br />Nominated – <small>[[Young Artist Award]] for Best Young Actress in a Daytime Series</small> <small>(1993, 1995)</small><br />Nominated – <small>[[Soap Opera Digest Award]] for Outstanding Child Actor</small> <small>(1993, 1994)</small><br />Nominated – <small>[[Daytime Emmy]] for Outstanding Younger Leading Actress in a Drama Series</small> <small>(1995)</small> |- | 1995 | ''[[American Experience]]'' | Voice Actor - Multiple Roles | Episode: "The Orphan Trains" |- | 1999 | ''[[Sex and the City]]'' | Laurel | Episode: "Twenty-Something Girls vs. Thirty-Something Women" |- | 2004 | ''[[NY-LON]]'' | Astrid | 7 episodes |- | 2005 | ''[[Bones (TV series)|Bones]]'' | Mary Costello | Episode: "[[The Girl in the Fridge]]" |- | 2006 | ''[[Medium (TV series)|Medium]]'' | Emilia 'Lia' Purcell | Episode: "Lucky in Love" |- | 2006 | ''[[CSI: Crime Scene Investigation]]'' | Valerie Whitehall | Episode: "Rashomama" |- | 2006 | ''[[Without a Trace]]'' | Julia Martic | Episode: "Damage Done" |- | 2007–2008 | ''[[Californication (TV series)|Californication]]'' | Dani | 12 episodes |- | 2008 | ''[[Fear Itself (TV series)|Fear Itself]]'' | Chelsea | Episode: "[[The Sacrifice (Fear Itself episode)|The Sacrifice]]" |- | 2008 | ''[[The Cleaner (TV series)|The Cleaner]]'' | Sarah Gibbons | Episode: "The Eleventh Hour" |- | 2008 | ''[[Life (NBC TV series)|Life]]'' | Squeaky Uhry | Episode: "Canyon Flowers" |- | 2009 | ''[[CSI: Miami]]'' | Tammy Witten | Episode: "Presumed Guilty" |- | 2009–2013 | ''[[Supernatural (U.S. TV series)|Supernatural]]'' | [[Meg Masters]] | 7 episodes |- | 2009 | ''Psycho Girlfriend'' | Meagan | Episode: "The New Girl" |- | 2009–2010 | ''The Online Gamer'' | Beth | 2 episodes |- | 2010 | ''[[Cold Case (TV series)|Cold Case]]'' | Anna Coulson | Episode: "Two Weddings" |- | 2010 | ''[[No Ordinary Family]]'' | Rebecca Jessup | Episode: "No Ordinary Quake" |- | 2010 | ''[[Terriers (TV series)|Terriers]]'' | Eleanor Gosney | 2 episodes |- | 2010 | ''[[Army Wives]]'' | Jasmine Wilkes | Episode: "Deadly Force" |- | 2011 | ''[[Criminal Minds]]'' | Molly Grandin | Episode: "Today I Do" |- | 2011–2012 | ''[[Sons of Anarchy]]'' | Dawn Trager | 2 episodes |- |} ==Music Videos== * ''[[Sunday (Sonic Youth song)|Sunday]]'', [[Sonic Youth]] (1998) * ''[[Only One (Yellowcard song)|Only One]]'', [[Yellowcard]] (2005) ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== * {{IMDb name|1540}} * {{amg name|49473}} {{Authority control}} {{Persondata <!-- Metadata: see [[Wikipedia:Persondata]]. --> | NAME =Miner, Rachel | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION =American actress | DATE OF BIRTH =July 29, 1980 | PLACE OF BIRTH =New York City, U.S. | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Miner, Rachel}} [[Category:1980 births]] [[Category:Actresses from New York City]] [[Category:American child actresses]] [[Category:American film actresses]] [[Category:American people of English descent]] [[Category:American soap opera actresses]] [[Category:American stage actresses]] [[Category:American television actresses]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:People with multiple sclerosis]]'