Rachel Axler is an American screenwriter and playwright. In television, her credits include ''

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'', '' How I Met Your Mother'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Bored to Death'', '' Parks and Recreation'', ''

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'', and ''

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''.

Early life and education

Axler was born in Queens, New York. She graduated from Hunter College High School in 1995 and

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in 1999. She received a Master of Fine Arts degree from the

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, As a playwright her works include the plays ''Smudge'' and ''Archaeology''.

Career

Axler has won four Primetime Emmy Awards. In 2006 and 2009, Axler won two Emmys for her work on ''The Daily Show'' as a part of the writing team. In 2016 and 2017, she won two Emmys for Outstanding Comedy Series for her work as Supervising Producer on ''Veep''. She was also nominated for, but did not win, an Emmy in 2007 for ''The Daily Show.''

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Axler, Rachel American dramatists and playwrights American television writers Emmy Award winners Living people Hunter College High School alumni University of California, San Diego alumni American women dramatists and playwrights American women television writers Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) Screenwriters from New York (state) Screenwriters from California 21st-century American women