ɹˈænəlz plˈeɪd ɐ stɹˈɪpɚɹ ɪnðə tˈuː θˈaʊzənd twˈɛlv fˈɪlm bˌætʃəlɚɹˈɛt ænd plˈeɪd ɐ lˈiːd kˈæɹɪktɚ, bɹˈaɪən kˈɑːlᵻnz, ɪnðə tˈuː θˈaʊzənd twˈɛlv θˈɜːtiːn tˈɛlᵻvˌɪʒən sˈɪɹiz ðə nˈuː nˈoːɹməl.
Rannells played a stripper in the 2012 film Bachelorette and played a lead character, Bryan Collins, in the 2012–13 television series The New Normal.