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Rachel Benaissa

Screenwriter | Actor

Biography

Rachel Benaissa is a French actress and writer whose writing blends drama with dark humour and finds the comedy in the absurdity and challenge of everyday life.  She writes unabashed about mental health challenges, identity and the conflict of multi-heritage labels with a fresh, vibrant humour and contemporary relevance.

Rachel runs production company One Trick Pone with Martin Freeman.

Her dramedy feature script JULIET IS FINE placed in the top 10% of the Academy Nicholl Screenwriting Fellowship and as a Finalist in the PAGE International Screenwriting Awards. She has recently been shortlisted for BBC Pilot Scheme. She is currently working on a dark comedy-horror TV series and a dark comedy-drama about technology and its repercussions.

Rachel Benaissa is a French actress and writer whose writing blends drama with dark humour and finds the comedy in the absurdity and challenge of everyday life.  She writes unabashed about mental health challenges, identity and the conflict of multi-heritage labels with a fresh, vibrant humour and contemporary relevance.

Rachel runs production company One Trick Pone with Martin Freeman.

Her dramedy feature script JULIET IS FINE placed in the top 10% of the Academy Nicholl Screenwriting Fellowship and as a Finalist in the PAGE International Screenwriting Awards. She has recently been shortlisted for BBC Pilot Scheme. She is currently working on a dark comedy-horror TV series and a dark comedy-drama about technology and its repercussions.

Projects (9)

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Good Girl
Television (Half-hour)
  • Action .
  • Dramedy .
  • Fantasy
0 Recommendation
4 Awards
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The Wringer
Treatment
  • Dramedy
0 Recommendation
0 Award
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DOG MOMMA
Treatment
  • Action .
  • Dramedy
0 Recommendation
0 Award
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ANY THING ANY MORE
Television (One-hour)
  • Dramedy .
  • Rom-Com .
  • Science Fiction
0 Recommendation
2 Awards
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Available

Education

Raindance
Gaiety School of Acting
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Rachel Benaissa

Screenwriter | Actor

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