Rachael Leigh Cook (born on October 4, 1979) is an American actress.
Cook was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She began working as a model at the age of 10 (her image still appears on boxes of Milk-Bone Dog Biscuits).
At 14, Cook began auditioning for acting work. She first gained national attention when she was featured in a series of public service anti-drug ads ("This is your brain...This is your brain on drugs"). Success in the acting profession followed quickly and she debuted in The Baby-Sitters Club (1995). Her two biggest roles to date have been the leads in She's All That (1999) and Josie and the Pussycats (2001). Cook has also appeared in a number of independent films.
Filmography
- Fearless (2004) (TV movie)
- My First Wedding (2004)
- American Crime (2004)
- Stateside (2004)
- Tempo (2003)
- 11:14 (2003)
- 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)
- The Hairy Bird (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)
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