| Nick Name: |
None
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| Height: |
5'2"
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| Birthplace: |
Minneapolis,
Minnesota, USA
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| Date of Birth: |
October
4, 1979
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| Husband/Partner: |
Still Dating
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| Contact Info: |
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| Personal
Quote: |
"If
this whole acting thing doesn't work out,
I'll just get a talk show."
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Rachael
got her first acting role when she was around seven
in a non-speaking part in a public service announcement
encouraging adults to become foster parents. Around
age 10, Rachael started modeling. With her parents'
help, Rachael got an agent and soon started landing
modeling and commercial jobs. Rachael lives most
of the year in her apartment in Los Angelas, but
frequently visits with her parents, and younger
brother in Minnisota. Her younger brother Ben is
around 16, and Rachel and him get along really well.
Rachael Leigh Cook burst onto the Hollywood scene
in 1995, with the role of Mary Anne Spier in the
movie The Baby-Sitters Club, which was based on
the successful book series of the same name. She
starred alongside other well-known actresses such
as Larisa Oleynik ("Secret World of Alex Mack")
and Marla Sokoloff ("The Practice"). She won acclaim
also as Becky Thatcher in Tom and Huck, starring
opposite Jonathan Taylor Thomas ("Home Improvement").
However before catching the eye of the nation, she
was a model for print ads for about four years.
Her spots in the Target Stores ad and on the cover
of a Milkbone dog biscuit box are probably her best
known ones.
Rachael
has gone on to make 11 movies in just 3 years, including
Carpool, Living Out Loud and Strike. Rachael was
the first person to be cast in She's All That. She
was drawn to the script's humor. "Very few things
make you laugh out loud when you're by yourself.
But when I read the script, I was laughing my head
off in the middle of the night all alone" Other
films that she has done recently include Hi-Line,
an independent film, The Bumblebee Flies Anyway,
a teen drama set in a hospital that also stars Elijah
Wood, and The Naked Man, a comedy about sumo wrestling
written by Ethan Coen. |
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Last
Update:
June 15, 2003
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Films:
The Big Empty (2003)
American Crime (2003)
Tempo (2003)
Bookies (2003)
29 Palms (2002)
Sally (2002)
Scorched (2002)
Tangled (2001)
Texas Rangers (2001)
Josie and the Pussycats (2001)
Blow Dry (2001)
AntiTrust (2001)
Get Carter (2000)
The Bumblebee Flies Anyway (1999)
The Hi-Line (1999)
She's All That (1999)
Living Out Loud (1998)
The Naked Man (1998)
Strike (1998)
The Eighteenth Angel (1997)
The House of Yes (1997)
Carpool (1996)
26 Summer Street (1996)
Tom and Huck (1995)
The Baby-Sitters Club (1995)
Made for TV:
The Defenders: Payback (1997)
True Women (1997)
Country Justice (1997)
Direct to Video: None
TV Shows: Fearless (2003)
Cartoon Voices:
Batman Beyond (1999)
Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker (2000)
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