Rainsford

November / December, 2017

RainsfordLET’S PLAYRainey Qualley is painfully shy—until you press PLAY. “I started dancing when I was two,” says the 27-year-old, who makes music under the name Rainsford. “I’m introverted, but when you’re dancing, you have to experience it, to be in the music rather than passively listening.” Her actions certainly speak volumes. In Mad Men’s 2015 midseason premiere, she donned a fur—and little else—for a spellbound Don Draper. With no more than a few words, she handily stole the scene and laun...