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{{short description|American actress (active 1987–2006)}}
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'''Rachel Chagall''' is an American actress, best known for roles as Gaby in the film ''[[Gaby: A True Story]]'' (1987), for which she was nominated for [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama]] and as [[Val Toriello]] on ''[[The Nanny]]'' (1993–1999).

==Life and career==
In 1982, she contracted [[Guillain–Barré syndrome]], recovering sufficiently to be cast in the starring role of ''Gaby, A True Story.''<ref>{{cite web |title=Gaby - A True Story |first=Andrea |last=Passafiume |date= |website=[[Turner Classic Movies]] |url=http://tcm.tv/this-month/article.html?isPreview=&id=499692%7C218343&name=Gaby-A-True-Story |access-date= |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304001450/http://tcm.tv/this-month/article.html?isPreview=&id=499692%7C218343&name=Gaby-A-True-Story |archive-date=2016-03-04}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sonymoviechannel.com/movies/gaby-true-story/details |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140426232921/http://www.sonymoviechannel.com/movies/gaby-true-story/details |archive-date=2014-04-26 |title=Gaby - A True Story Details {{!}} Sony Movie Channel}}</ref>

She is perhaps best known for her role as the dimwitted sidekick Val Toriello, on the 1990s television series ''[[The Nanny (TV series)|The Nanny]]''.

She made guest appearances on ''[[Just Shoot Me!]]'' and ''[[Strong Medicine]]''. She also played a mysterious woman in ''[[What I Like About You (TV series)|What I Like About You]]''. As Rachel Levin, Chagall appeared in ''[[Gaby: A True Story]]'' (1987) in the title role as [[Gabriela Brimmer]] and ''[[White Palace (film)|White Palace]]'' (1990) in the role of Rachel. She also appeared in ''[[The Last Supper (1995 film)|The Last Supper]]'' (1995). On December 6, 2004, Chagall appeared at the cast reunion for ''[[The Nanny (TV series)|The Nanny]]'', ''[[The Nanny Reunion: A Nosh to Remember]]''.

==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Other notes
|-
| 1987
|''[[Gaby: A True Story]]''
| Gaby
| Nominated: [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Drama]]
|-
| 1990
|''[[White Palace (film)|White Palace]]''
| Rachel
|
|-
| 1993–1999
|''[[The Nanny (TV series)|The Nanny]]''
| [[Val Toriello]]
| 79 episodes
|-
| 1995
| ''[[The Last Supper (1995 film)|The Last Supper]]''
| Abortion Activist
|
|-
| 1998
|''[[The Simple Life (1998 TV series)|The Simple Life]]''
|As Val from The Nanny.
|
|-
|rowspan=2|2001
|''Odessa or Bust''
| Declining Agent
|
|-
|''[[Just Shoot Me!]]''
|Aunt Mindy
| "Sid & Nina"
|-
|rowspan=2|2004
| ''[[Strong Medicine]]''
| Renee Edwards
|"Like Cures Like"
|-
|''[[The Nanny Reunion: A Nosh to Remember]]''
|Herself
|
|-
| 2006
|''[[What I Like About You (TV series)|What I Like About You]]''
|Chocolate Lady
|"Now and Zen"
|}

==References==
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==External links==
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[[Category:American film actresses]]
[[Category:American television actresses]]
[[Category:Jewish American actresses]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:20th-century American actresses]]
[[Category:21st-century American actresses]]
[[Category:21st-century American Jews]]
[[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]]
[[Category:Actresses from New York City]]

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