PAINTING FAYE SALVEZ, a full length musical written and scored by Covey, joined the New York Musical Festival (NYMF)’s 2017 Festival. Covey was interviewed about her experience with the piece as well as greater issues of the American theatre by The Interval. Covey was also listed in Playbill’s “11 Women Creatives You Need to Know at NYMF This Year.”

In 2016, Covey filmed an episode of ABC’s What Would You Do?, cast as a teenager bullied by her peers.

In 2014, Covey joined the cast of the Radio City Spectacular, Heart and Lights, though the production was delayed and subsequently rewritten.

In 2007, she appeared in the Disney movie Enchanted as Morgan Philip, the young daughter of Patrick Dempsey’s character. For Covey’s performance in the film, she received a nomination for “Young Actress Age Ten or Younger” at the 29th Young Artist Awards, but lost to Bailee Madison from Bridge to Terabithia.

In 2005, Covey appeared in the film Duane Hopwood as the daughter of David Schwimmer’s character, leading Variety magazine to select Covey and her costar Ramya Pratt for particular praise.

Rachel Covey (born June 15, 1998) is an American actress known for her roles in the 2005 film Duane Hopwood alongside David Schwimmer and the 2007 Disney movie Enchanted alongside Patrick Dempsey and Amy Adams. For her role in the latter film, she received a nomination for “Young Actress Age Ten or Younger” at the 29th Young Artist Awards. In recent years, she has begun playwriting and composing, and has both directed and performed in her original work. Her one-act, one-woman play “Waiting Room” was performed at The Player’s Theatre in New York City. “Waiting Room” was also featured in play festivals at Manhattan Repertory Theatre and Albany’s Capital Repertory Theatre. Painting Faye Salvez, a full length musical written and scored by Covey, joined the New York Musical Festival (NYMF) in July, 2017.

Covey has performed in various developmental workshops of plays and musicals, and has worked with directors such as Jeffrey Seller, Kathleen Marshall, among others. These credits include a staged reading of Rajiv Joseph’s Fly, a Peter Pan retelling in which Covey portrayed an angsty Wendy, several readings of Zina Goldrich and Marcy Heisler’s Ever After, a Cinderella retelling based on the 1998 film of the same name, and more. She has performed at the Baryshnikov Arts Center and The Actor’s Studio. Her theatrical resume can be found on RachelCovey.com.

Covey was born on June 15, 1998. She recently graduated from The Dalton School alongside her classmates, and is currently a senior at Northwestern University. In 2009, Covey and other celebrities such as Abigail Breslin and Laila Ali attended a benefit for Project Sunshine, a New York City-based charity that holds an annual week of service to help families in hospitals.