Career
Raphael began her comedy career writing and performing with the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre (UCB) in New York and later in Los Angeles. Among her best known work at UCB, was the long-running sketch show Rode Hard and Put Away Wet, written and performed alongside her comedy partner and best friend Casey Wilson; the stage show ran from 2003 to 2006 in New York and Los Angeles and was an official selection at 2005's US Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen, Colorado. The two women, who had first met in a clown class during their sophomore year at NYU, went on to win the ECNY Award for "Best Comedy Duo" in 2005. They also performed as members of the UCB improv teams "Mr. and Mrs. All-Star", "Sentimental Lady", and "Hey, Uncle Gary!". Raphael and Wilson's comedic partnership has since branched out into an active writing career in film and television, they co-wrote the screenplay for the 2009 comedy Bride Wars, which they also appeared in with supporting roles. They had a development deal with the UPN network in 2005 to create a half-hour comedy pilot and in 2007 they worked as writers and story editors on the Americanized version of Creature Comforts on CBS. They also continue to contribute comedic videos to the humor website Funny or Die.
As a film and television actress, Raphael has made guest appearances on shows such as Party Down, Happy Endings, New Girl, Animal Practice, Funny or Die Presents, Big Lake, and Flight of the Conchords. She appeared with supporting roles in the films Going the Distance, Zodiac, Bachelorette, Forgetting Sarah Marshall and Year One. In 2010, Raphael co-starred as Barb in the improvised comedy series Players on Spike TV. She also starred in the first two seasons of the web series Burning Love alongside Ken Marino and Michael Ian Black.
Raphael continues to collaborate with writing partner Casey Wilson on scripts for film and television, they have worked on numerous script rewrites for films in development, such as projects with Anna Faris and America Ferrera attached to star. Recent scripts in development they have worked on include the Universal Pictures comedy The Bachelorette Party and the romantic comedy You Complete Us, produced by Endgame Entertainment. In 2012, their scripts for Walk of Shame and The Housewives were sold to ABC and being developed by Sony Pictures with Will Gluck attached as producer. As writer-performers, Wilson and Raphael also continue to generate material for themselves. They most recently wrote and starred together in the female buddy comedy Ass Backwards, which also co-stars Alicia Silverstone, Jon Cryer, and Vincent D'Onofrio. The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January 21, 2013.
In February 2010, Raphael joined the rotating cast of the Off-Broadway play Love, Loss, and What I Wore (written by Nora Ephron and Delia Ephron) at the Westside Theatre in Manhattan. In January 2011, Raphael and Casey Wilson created their newest comedic stage show The Realest Real Housewives, which they starred in alongside Jessica St. Clair, Melissa Rauch, Danielle Schneider and Morgan Walsh. The show ran monthly at Los Angeles' Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre throughout 2011. Raphael also contributed short stories to the 2010 book "Worst Laid Plans", based on the long-running stage show, which she frequently performed in.
In 2013, Raphael signed on to play the lead role of Donna in the pilot for the American remake of Pulling for ABC.
Raphael currently stars with Paul Scheer in the Adult Swim action-comedy series NTSF:SD:SUV::, which began airing on July 21, 2011. The second season began airing on August 9, 2012.
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