Rachel Parris is an actress, improviser and comedian based in London. She gigs across the UK performing musical comedy, stand-up and improv. In 2014 and 2015 She toured nationally with Chortle Award-winning improv show Austentatious, which she co-founded. She comes from Leicester and she studied Music at Oxford University before going on to train at Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. In 2013, her debut solo comedy show, The Commission, was praised by critics, with the Guardian calling it "captivating...a striking debut" and The Scotsman describing it as "classy clever comedy...uproarious".