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Currently, Rachel Talalay is 66 years, 4 months and 6 days old. Rachel Talalay will celebrate 67rd birthday on a Saturday 16th of August 2025. Below we countdown to Rachel Talalay upcoming birthday.
| Popular As | Rachel Talalay |
| Occupation | Director |
| Age | 66 years old |
| Zodiac Sign | Virgo |
| Born | August 16, 1958 ( Chicago, Illinois, United States) |
| Birthday | August 16 |
| Town/City | Chicago, Illinois, United States |
| Nationality | United States |
Rachel Talalay’s zodiac sign is Virgo. According to astrologers, Virgos are always paying attention to the smallest details and their deep sense of humanity makes them one of the most careful signs of the zodiac. Their methodical approach to life ensures that nothing is left to chance, and although they are often tender, their heart might be closed for the outer world. This is a sign often misunderstood, not because they lack the ability to express, but because they won’t accept their feelings as valid, true, or even relevant when opposed to reason. The symbolism behind the name speaks well of their nature, born with a feeling they are experiencing everything for the first time.
Rachel Talalay was born in the Year of the Dog. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Dog are loyal, faithful, honest, distrustful, often guilty of telling white lies, temperamental, prone to mood swings, dogmatic, and sensitive. Dogs excel in business but have trouble finding mates. Compatible with Tiger or Horse.
Talalay has worked in a number of different capacities in filmmaking before making her directorial debut with the film Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare (1991). Talalay also worked on the first four A Nightmare on Elm Street films. Her work with the earlier Nightmare films utilized her computer skills and finding ways to create better special effects while still keeping costs low. Despite her familiarity with the Freddy movies, when she directed Freddy's Dead, she was given internal memos telling her not to be "too girly" or "too sensitive."
Talalay also directed Tank Girl in 1995, and was looking into re-optioning the rights to make a new film in 2008. As a film Producer, Talalay worked with Director John Waters on the films Hairspray (1988) and Cry-Baby (1990). She was also a production assistant on Waters' 1981 film Polyester.
Talalay states that ever since Doctor Who was revived in 2005, she wanted to work on the show. Talalay directed the Series 8 finale episodes, "Dark Water" and "Death in Heaven". She returned for Series 9, directing that season's finale episodes "Heaven Sent" and "Hell Bent"—the former one of the most critically acclaimed since the revival began, considered by many to be of the best episodes in the show's 54-year history. She returned for Series 10, again directing the final two episodes "World Enough and Time" and "The Doctor Falls." In May 2017, it was announced that Talalay would also be directing the Doctor Who 2017 Christmas Special, "Twice Upon a Time".
