The New York City native longed to be an actress from her youngest years, watching the performances of her stepmother, renowned stage actress Verona Barnes. True's own first breaks came when she would score recurring television roles on Dream On, Beverly Hills 90210, The Drew Carey Show, and Once and Again.A move to Los Angeles kick-started her film career. Her first appearance was opposite Chris Rock in the rap parody "CB4." She was then seen alongside Alyssa Milano in the cult thriller, "Embrace of the Vampire," and stayed with the occult theme for the more widely seen witch flick "The Craft," which opened at No. 1 at the box office. True plays a young Wiccan worshiper (opposite Fairuza Balk, Robin Tunney, and Neve Campbell), one of several roles she has taken that was originally written for a white actress.True ventured into indie filmmaking with Gregg Araki's "Nowhere," the third installment in his "apocalypse trilogy," in which she won acclaim for her portrayal of Mel, a sexually confused central cog of Araki's dystopian soap opera. She also played a veteran rave girl in Greg Harrison's "Groove." both movies premiered at the Sundance Film Festival.
She returned to more commercial fare with "Half Baked," in which she starred as Dave Chappelle's love interest and one of the few non-stoned characters, Mary Jane." Half Baked " also enjoys cult status with an army of loyal if lethargic fans...True was then cast as the lead in the hit UPN comedy, Half & Half. She played the character of Mona Thorne, a wacky, twenty-something music industry executive in San Francisco working on strengthening her relationship with the half sister who has just moved into her apartment building. She received an NAACP lead actress nomination for her role. The show enjoyed four seasons remains on TV, twice a day in wide syndication. Rachel has since appeared on Logo Networks, Noah's Arc, in the the Queen Latifah starring and produced, "Perfect Holiday", and "The Killing Of Wendy", shot on loacation in South Africa.I edited my profile with Thomas' Myspace Editor V4.4
