Rachael Elaine Harris (born 12 January 1968; age 57) is an actress and comedienne who played Martis in the Star Trek: Voyager third season episode "Before and After".
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A theater graduate from Otterbain College, Harris made her television debut in a 1993 episode of seaQuest DSV. After her appearance on Voyager, she had a recurring role on Sister, Sister and went on to appear on Judging Amy, Friends (2002, with Mark Daniel Cade, Amanda Carlin and Christina Pickles), Curb Your Enthusiasm, The West Wing (2004, starring Martin Sheen, with Timothy Davis-Reed, Gary Cole and Wallace Langham), 8 Simple Rules (2005), Monk, The Sarah Silverman Program, and According to Jim (2004, with Dayna Devon and Tom Cano) among others. She also served as a correspondent on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart from 2002 through 2003. Between 2003 and 2022 she made recurring appearances on Reno 911!, playing Debbie Dangle, the ex-wife of Lt. Jim Dangle (Thomas Lennon). In 2003 she also appeared in an episode of the final season of Frasier starring Kelsey Grammer, with Bebe Neuwirth and David Burke.
She also had a role in the 2001 film The Gristle, starring Michael Dorn, and Showtime (2002, featuring William Shatner). She can also be seen in Best in Show (2000), A Mighty Wind (2003), and For Your Consideration (2006). All three of these films also featured Ed Begley, Jr. and Michael McKean. Harris' other film credits include Daddy Day Care (2003, starring Eddie Murphy, with Jimmy Bennett and Wallace Langham), The Haunted Mansion (2003, with Wallace Shawn, Derek Mears, and Michael McAdam), Starsky & Hutch (2004, with David Soul and Fred Williamson), After the Sunset (2004, with Robert Curtis Brown and Mark Moses), and Kicking & Screaming (2005, with Matt Winston). In 2009, she appeared in The Soloist and The Hangover.
Harris later co-starred as psychiatrist and love interest of the title character, Linda Martin, in Lucifer (2015-17) for which Scott Chambliss worked as production designer on the pilot episode.