#sshqrachel

MADISON: I think we both know Schue is waffling between your solo and Brody and I’s duet for Saturday.

MADISON: I need you to bow out.

FINN: Hey I just wanna say I think it was super cool of you to give up your solo at Regionals.

full name: Rachel Barbra Berry age: 18 grade: Senior gender identity: Female pronouns: She/her sexual & romantic orientation: Bisexual/biromantic family members of importance: Hiram Berry (father), LeRoy Berry (father), Shelby Corcoran (biological mother) clubs/teams (if any): New directions, drama club, gay/straight alliance, yearbook club positive traits: Determined, resourceful, compassionate, creative, confident negative traits: Insecure, impatient, temperamental, selfish, narcissistic

biography

Rachel Barbra Berry would advise that you remember the name, because one day, very soon, it’s going to be in lights on a Broadway marquee. And not one of the 62 off-Broadway theaters, either. No, sir — the real deal. The Great White Way is where Rachel belongs, and from the moment she stepped on stage as Eliza Doolittle at two years old (she still has the shoes her fathers had bronzed in her room), she knew there was no other destiny for her. And though others may find her confidence to be grating, she doesn’t care. Well…she cares a little. But for the most part, Rachel’s determination far outshines any negativity that she has coming her way. At least people don’t throw slushies in her face as much anymore.

Everyone knows Rachel as an open — or, as her detractors may put it, loudmouthed and annoying — person, but something she has kept mum about recently is her realization regarding her sexuality. She isn’t remotely ashamed of the fact, but she just feels that this, at least, should be private. She has yet to actually be with a girl, but she knows how she feels. And if you were to ask her who was the first person to make her realize these feelings, she would clam up faster than Lord Tubbington’s mouth after he’s latched onto a cat treat.

Born to LeRoy and Hiram Berry via Shelby Corcoran, Rachel has always been surrounded by love. In fact, it could easily (and accurately) be said that she’s spoiled. Her fathers enrolled her in every dance class, every singing lesson, every competition, that her little heart desired. She always knew they loved and believed in her, and that’s something that Rachel values more than anything. The only thing in her life that ranks even close to her family and her career aspirations is Glee club. The New Directions are her best friends. Yes, she had a rocky start with some of them (and truth be told, she’s still a teensy bit afraid of Santana, but don’t tell her she said that!) but now they would do anything for each other.

But just because she’s now friends with some of the most popular kids in school doesn’t mean Rachel’s own social status has changed. She knows people still think of her as a loser, as a freak, as lame. Whatever words they want to use, the same words jealous people always use to degrade those they know are going to make it bigger than them. The only difference now is that Rachel knows she isn’t alone. Before the New Directions, all she had to cling to was her talent and her confidence, and yes, though those sustained her, they weren’t as fulfilling as having this group of loyal friends (actually, family) is to her.