Rachel Chagall

Rachel Chagall (born Rachel Levin) is an American actress, best known for roles as Gaby[1] in the film Gaby: A True Story (1987), for which she was nominated for Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama and as Val Toriello on The Nanny (1993–1999).

Rachel Levin was born in New York City,[2] to a Jewish family.[3]

In 1982, she contracted Guillain–Barré syndrome, recovering sufficiently to be cast in the starring role of Gaby, A True Story.[4][5]

She is perhaps best known for her role as the dimwitted sidekick Val Toriello, on the 1990s television series The Nanny. She and her husband Greg Lenert, who was The Nanny’s stage manager, had twins on March 19, 1999, named Eve and Jonah.