Rachel Michaels

Rachel Eloise Michaels (born October 19, 1971) is a Canadian actress and voice actress. She is best known for her work with, and is well-known for voicing Mariel Gullwhacker and Wild Ivy in Redwall projects, Quinten the Mouse Boy in Wonderbeaver and The Continued Adventures of Wonderbeaver, Babs and Sophie in Neopets, and Little Sister in Little Critter.

Life and career
Michaels was born and raised in,. Her parents emigrated from, where her older siblings were born. She attended. Before voice acting, Michaels worked as a dancer in.

In October 2023, Michaels announced she would be "taking a break" from voice acting to undergo treatment for leukemia. Yvonne Hendley took over the roles of Mariel Gullwhacker and Wild Ivy in her absence, while Dana Theodoropoulou confirmed she would stand in for Michaels as Quinten the Mouse Boy in the fourth season of The Continued Adventures of Wonderbeaver.

Personal life
Michaels has stated that if she weren't an actress, she would be working with people with thalassemia, from which she suffers. Since she was 10 years old, she has been in and out of the hospital due to the painful condition. Michaels opened up about the disease in an interview for Redwall Online in 2006. In 2009, she was hospitalized for three months due to a flare-up of thalassemia.

Michaels is the cousin of fellow voice actress Kristian Michaels.

In 2018, Michaels revealed that she was battling a potentially fatal brain tumor. A successful GoFundMe campaign by fans of Wonderbeaver, encouraged by creators Ty Wojciehowicz and Phelan Morkel, raised $100,530 for Michaels to undergo surgery at to remove the tumor.