Early life

MacFarlane was born in Kent, Connecticut. Her parents, Ronald Milton MacFarlane (born 1946) and Ann Perry Sager (1947-2010), were born in Newburyport, Massachusetts. Her brother is filmmaker, animator, and voice actor Seth MacFarlane (born 1973). She is of English, Scottish, and Irish descent. MacFarlane's parents met in 1970, when they both lived and worked in Boston, Massachusetts, and married later that year. The couple moved to Kent in 1972, where Ann began working in the Admissions Office at South Kent School. She later worked in the College Guidance and Admissions Offices at the Kent School, a selective college preparatory school where Ronald also was a teacher.

MacFarlane went to Boston Conservatory but did not graduate before moving to Los Angeles to begin a career in voice acting.

Career

MacFarlane first started voicing characters on Hanna-Barbera shows. She mostly worked on the shows that her brother, Seth, worked on such as Johnny Bravo and Dexter's Laboratory. Then after her career on Hanna-Barbera had ended, MacFarlane then began voicing many characters on Cartoon Network.

In addition to voice acting, Rachael has also been involved in other aspects of animation, such as being a production manager for The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy and Welcome to Eltingville, and wrote an episode of The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy, titled "Educating Grim" - where she also met her husband. Seth MacFarlane asked her to help him with his new pilot for the Fox Broadcasting Company, which would become Family Guy. Rachael MacFarlane worked on the show providing incidental voices, and her brother told her she was good at it and asked her to stay, prompting her to move from New York City to Los Angeles. This launched her career as a voice actress; she remained an incidental cast member on Family Guy for several years and began getting other voice-over work on her own, working for both The Walt Disney Company and Cartoon Network. In 2005, her brother Seth cast her in his second major prime time animated show, American Dad!.

MacFarlane also continues to contribute to Family Guy, on a regular basis. In September 2012, she released her first album Hayley Sings, which is a jazz vocal tribute to Hayley Smith, her character on American Dad!.

Personal life

MacFarlane is married to animator Spencer Laudiero. They have two daughters, Bella Francesca Laudiero and Perrin Elizabeth Laudiero.

On July 16, 2010, MacFarlane's mother, Ann Perry Sager, died after a long battle with cancer. Her death was reported by Larry King on his show Larry King Live, who acknowledged a conversation he had with her during an interview with her son in May 2010.

MacFarlane has noted her similarities to Hayley Smith on American Dad!, revealing, "We both share the same political views".

Her daughter's name means French Beauty (Bella Francesca).

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2005	Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story	Katie Couric, Britney Spears (voice)
2006	Codename: Kids Next Door: The Movie: Operation Z.E.R.O.	Numbuh 362 (voice)	TV film
2007	Billy & Mandy's Big Boogey Adventure	2 Headed Parrot (voice)	TV film
2007	Billy & Mandy: Wrath of the Spider Queen	Mindy, Velma's Mom, Eris (voice)	TV film
2008	Underfist: Halloween Bash	Mindy (voice)	TV film
2009	Superman/Batman: Public Enemies	Nightshade, Lady Shiva (voice)
2010	Lego Atlantis: The Movie	Samantha Rhodes (voice)
2013	I Know That Voice	Herself	Documentary
2014	Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas	Emily Hobbs (voice)	TV film
2015	Ted 2	Meighan Assistant

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1997-2002	Johnny Bravo	Various voices	5 episodes
2002	The Powerpuff Girls	Girl #1 and #2, Boy (voice)	Episode: "Keen on Keane/Not So Awesome Blossom"
1999-2002, 2005-present	Family Guy	Various voices	Recurring role
2002-2004	Fillmore!	Enid Quintara, Luella Spear (voice)	2 episodes
2002-2007	The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy	Mindy, Eris, the Goddess of Discord and Chaos, Various voices	30 episodes
2003-2008	Codename: Kids Next Door	Numbuh 362, Various voices	12 episodes
2003	Dexter's Laboratory	Miss Salinger, Cheerleader, Girl (voice)	Episode: "Sis-Tem Error/Bad Cable Manners/Dexter's Library"
2003	Static Shock	Nina Crocker/Time-Zone (voice)	Episode: "Flashback"
2004	Megas XLR	Gina (voice)	Episode: "Dude, Where's My Head?"
2004	Samurai Jack	Mom (voice)	Episode: "Jack and the Baby"
2005	What's New, Scooby-Doo?	Connie Crunch, Sugar, Sheila (voice)	2 episodes
2005-present	American Dad!	Hayley Smith, Various voices	Main cast
2007	The Batman	Blaze (voice)	Episode: "White Heat"
2007	The Grim Adventures of the Kids Next Door	Numbuh 362, Mindy (voice)	TV special
2008	Can You Teach My Alligator Manners?	Mom, Librarian (voice)	2 episodes
2008-2009	Seth MacFarlane's Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy	Various voices	4 episodes
2011	Winx Club	Chimera (voice)	6 episodes
2011-2014	Robot Chicken	Various voices	3 episodes
2014	The Tom and Jerry Show	Hildie (voice)	2 episodes
2015	Turbo FAST	Thora, Queen Tarsa (voice)	Episode: "Maggotron/Love Hurts"
2016	Sofia the First	Cordelia (voice)	Episode: "Gone with the Wind"

Video games

Year	Title	Voice
2006	The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy	Eris
2006	Family Guy Video Game!	Various voices
2008	The Incredible Hulk	Vapor
2010	StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty	Kate Lockwell
2012	Family Guy: Back to the Multiverse	Various
2013	StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm	Kate Lockwell
2014	Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy	Olga the Diva

Discography

Studio albums

Title	Details	Peak chart positions
		US	US Jazz
Hayley Sings	Release date: September 25, 2012 Label: Concord Records Formats: CD, vinyl LP and digital download	—	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

[ Source: Wikipedia ]