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Born | [1] Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. | October 4, 1979
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Years active | 1995–present |
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Children | 2 |
Rachael Leigh Cook (born October 4, 1979 [1] ) is an American actress and model. She has starred in the films The Baby-Sitters Club (1995), She's All That (1999), and Josie and the Pussycats (2001), and in the television series Into the West and Perception . She is also the voice behind various characters in Robot Chicken and Tifa Lockhart in the Final Fantasy series, starting with the English version of the film Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children .
Rachael Leigh Cook was born on October 4, 1979, [1] in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the daughter of Thomas Howard Cook, a social worker and former stand-up comedian, and JoAnn, a cooking instructor and weaver. [2] She is of part-Italian descent. Cook first appeared in a public service announcement for foster care at seven years of age and began working as a child print model at the age of 10, including nationwide advertisements for Target and appearing on the boxes of Milk-Bone dog biscuits. She attended Clara Barton Open School, Laurel Springs School, and Minneapolis South High School.[ citation needed ]
Cook began auditioning for acting work at age 14. [2] She made her screen debut as an actress in the 1995 film The Baby-Sitters Club . She also played a role in the adventure film Tom and Huck , released in December 1995. In 1996, her modeling agency sent her to star in a short film, 26 Summer Street. In 1997, Cook appeared in a leading role in the film Country Justice as a 15-year-old rape victim who is impregnated by her rapist.
In 1999, Cook starred in her breakout role in the sleeper hit film She's All That , [3] a romantic comedy that so far is the most financially successful film of her career. In 2000, she starred opposite Elijah Wood in the well-received The Bumblebee Flies Anyway . She took the lead role in 2001's Josie and the Pussycats , which turned out to be a box office failure, although it has since become a cult classic.
In 2000, she was the cover girl for the U.S. March/April issue of FHM . She also starred in the music video for New Found Glory's 2000 single "Dressed to Kill". In 2002, she was ranked No. 26 in Stuff magazine's "102 Sexiest Women in the World". In 2003, she starred in the film 11:14 as Cheri. She also appeared as a main cast member in the 2005 television miniseries Into the West produced by Steven Spielberg. In 2006, she appeared in the music video for Daniel Powter's "Love You Lately".
In 2007, Cook was seen in the big screen adaptation of Nancy Drew . She played the female lead in the independent sports drama The Final Season . She has appeared in numerous episodes of the Seth Green comedies Titan Maximum and Robot Chicken . In 2008, she guest-starred as Abigail Lytar in two third-season episodes of the USA Network series Psych . She reprised the role in the following season.
In February 2010, Cook signed on to play the female lead role in Fox TV's comedy pilot Nirvana. [4] She had a role in the Western horror film Vampire , the English-language feature debut of Japanese director Iwai Shunji. [5] In 2012, Cook signed on to play the female lead role in the TNT crime drama series Perception opposite Eric McCormack. She starred in the independent film Broken Kingdom, which was directed by her husband Daniel Gillies. She also appeared in a Funny or Die sketch with Chad Michael Murray. [6] [7]
Cook starred in the Hallmark Channel original film Summer Love in 2016. [8] In the same year, she starred in another Hallmark film, Autumn In the Vineyard , followed by its sequel Summer in the Vineyard in 2017. [9] 2017 also saw Cook develop, star and executive produce the Hallmark Channel film Frozen in Love , which was broadcast in January 2018 as part of the channel's 'Winterfest' season of programming. [10] [11]
Cook provided the voice for Chelsea Cunningham on the Kids' WB animated series Batman Beyond and in the animated film Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker . Cook voiced Tifa Lockhart in the video games Kingdom Hearts II , Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII and Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy , as well as the film Final Fantasy VII Advent Children . In 2011, she voiced the character of Jaesa Willsaam in the MMO game, Star Wars: The Old Republic . Cook's latest voice-over role is for the video game Yakuza in which she voices the role of Reina. In 2020 Cook appeared in the fifteenth season of Criminal Minds playing the role of Max in the final episodes of the series. [12]
Cook owns her own production company, Ben's Sister Productions (in reference to her younger brother Ben Cook). She produced and starred in the film Love, Guaranteed , which debuted on Netflix on September 3, 2020. [13]
Cook first gained national attention in 1997, when she was featured in an updated This Is Your Brain on Drugs public service announcement (PSA) television advertisement, in which she proceeds to destroy a kitchen with a frying pan.
In 2011, she was selected by the Obama administration as a Champion of Change for Arts Education. [14]
In June 2012, she began to award a small scholarship to students between ages 14 and 19. The scholarship helps pay for career classes, mentoring programs, and other school fees. [2]
In 2017, Rachael Leigh Cook reprised her "This Is Your Brain on Drugs" role twenty years later for a PSA by the Drug Policy Alliance critiquing the War on Drugs and its contribution to mass incarceration, structural racism and poverty. The ad was posted to YouTube on April 20, 2017, in recognition of 4/20. [15]
Cook married New Zealand-Canadian actor Daniel Gillies on August 8, 2004, [16] whom she had dated since 2001. [17] They have two children: a daughter born in September 2013 [18] and a son born in April 2015. [19] The couple separated in June 2019 and divorced in 2021. [20] [21] [22]
Cook is a vegetarian. [23]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1995 | The Baby-Sitters Club | Mary Anne Spier | |
1995 | Tom and Huck | Becky Thatcher | |
1996 | Carpool | Kayla | |
1997 | The House of Yes | Young 'Jackie-O' | |
1997 | Country Justice | Emma Baker | |
1997 | The Eighteenth Angel | Lucy Stanton | |
1998 | All I Wanna Do | Abigail 'Abby' Sawyer | |
1998 | The Naked Man | Dolores | |
1998 | Living Out Loud | Teenage Judith Moore | |
1999 | The Hi-Line | Vera Johnson | |
1999 | She's All That | Laney Boggs | |
1999 | The Bumblebee Flies Anyway | Cassie | |
2000 | Sally | Beth | |
2000 | Get Carter | Doreen Carter | |
2000 | Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker | Chelsea Cunningham | Voice, direct-to-video [24] |
2001 | Antitrust | Lisa Calighan | |
2001 | Blow Dry | Christina Robertson | |
2001 | Texas Rangers | Caroline Dukes | |
2001 | Josie and the Pussycats | Josie McCoy | |
2001 | Tangled | Jenny Kelley | |
2002 | 29 Palms | The Waitress | |
2003 | Bookies | Hunter | |
2003 | Scorched | Shmally | |
2003 | The Big Empty | Ruthie | |
2003 | 11:14 | Cheri | |
2003 | Tempo | Jenny Travile | |
2004 | Stateside | Dori Lawrence | |
2004 | American Crime | Jesse St. Claire | Direct-to-video film |
2005 | Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children | Tifa Lockhart | Voice [24] |
2006 | My First Wedding | Vanessa | Direct-to-video film |
2007 | Descent | Allison | Direct-to-video film |
2007 | All Hat | Chrissie Nugent | Direct-to-video film |
2007 | Nancy Drew | Jane Brighton | |
2007 | The Final Season | Polly Hudson | |
2007 | Blonde Ambition | Haley | |
2009 | The Lodger | Amanda Manning | Direct-to-video film |
2009 | Bob Funk | Ms. Thorne | Direct-to-video film |
2009 | Falling Up | Caitlin O'Shea | Direct-to-video film |
2011 | Vampire | Laura King | Direct-to-video film |
2011 | The Family Tree | Rachel Levy | Direct-to-video film |
2012 | Broken Kingdom | Marilyn | Direct-to-video film |
2014 | Red Sky | Karen Brooks | Direct-to-video film |
2017 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Hermia | [25] [26] |
2020 | Love, Guaranteed | Susan | Also producer [13] |
2021 | He's All That | Anna Sawyer | |
2022 | Spirit Halloween: The Movie | Sue | [27] [28] |
2023 | A Tourist's Guide to Love | Amanda Riley | also producer, Netflix release |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1997 | True Women | Young Georgia Lawshe | Television miniseries |
1997 | The Defenders: Payback | Tracey Lane | Television film (Showtime) |
1998 | The Outer Limits | Cassie Boussard | Episode: "Glyphic" |
1999 | Dawson's Creek | Devon | 3 episodes |
2000 | Batman Beyond | Chelsea Cunningham | Voice, 2 episodes [24] |
2004 | Fearless | Gaia Moore | Unsold television pilot |
2005 | Into the West | Clara Wheeler | Television miniseries |
2005 | Las Vegas | Penny Posin | Recurring role |
2005 | I Love the '80s 3-D | Herself | Commentator; 2 episodes |
2006–2019 | Robot Chicken | various | Recurring voice role |
2008 | Ghost Whisperer | Grace Adams | Episode: "Big Chills" |
2008–2010 | Psych | Abigail Lytar | Recurring role |
2009 | Titan Maximum | Lt. Jodi Yanarella | Main voice role |
2010 | Nevermind Nirvana | Elizabeth | Unaired television pilot (Fox) [29] [30] |
2011 | Stealing Paradise | Amanda Collier | Television film |
2012 | Left to Die | Tammi Chase | Television film |
2012–2015 | Perception | Kate Moretti | Main role |
2013 | Team Unicorn | Rachael Leigh Cook | Episode: "The UniCorps Wants You!" |
2014 | A Christmas Tail | N/A | Television film |
2016 | Summer Love | Maya Sulliway | Television film (Hallmark) |
2016 | Autumn in the Vineyard | Frankie Baldwin | Television film (Hallmark) |
2017 | Summer in the Vineyard | Frankie Baldwin | Television film (Hallmark) |
2018 | Frozen in Love | Mary Campbell | Television film (Hallmark) |
2019 | Valentine in the Vineyard | Frankie Baldwin | Television film (Hallmark) |
2019 | A Blue Ridge Mountain Christmas | Willow Petersen | Television film (Hallmark Movies & Mysteries) |
2019 | Liza on Demand | Rachael Leigh Cook | Episodes: "New Year's Eve: Parts 1 & 2" |
2020 | Criminal Minds | Max | 2 episodes |
2020 | Cross Country Christmas | Lina | Television film (Hallmark) |
2021 | Celebrity Wheel of Fortune | Herself | 1 episode |
2021 | Tis the Season to Be Merry | Merry Rozelle | Television film (Hallmark) |
Year | Title | Artist |
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1999 | "Kiss Me" | Sixpence None the Richer |
2001 | "Dressed to Kill" | New Found Glory |
2006 | "Love You Lately" | Daniel Powter |
2017 | "Young Dumb & Broke" | Khalid |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2005 | Yakuza | Reina | [24] |
2005 | Kingdom Hearts II | Tifa Lockhart | [24] |
2006 | Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII | Tifa Lockhart | [24] |
2007 | Kingdom Hearts II: Final Mix+ | Tifa Lockhart | |
2011 | Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy | Tifa Lockhart | [24] |
2011 | Star Wars: The Old Republic | Jaesa Willsaam | [24] |
2013 | Star Wars: The Old Republic - Rise of the Hutt Cartel | Jaesa Willsaam | |
2014 | Star Wars: The Old Republic - Shadow of Revan | Jaesa Willsaam | |
2016 | Final Fantasy Explorers | Tifa Lockhart | Archive audio [24] |
2016 | World of Final Fantasy | Tifa Lockhart | [24] |
2018 | Mobius Final Fantasy | Tifa Lockhart | Archive audio[ citation needed ] |
2019 | Dissidia Final Fantasy NT | Tifa Lockhart |
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Year | Work | Award | Category | Result | Ref. |
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1997 | Tom and Huck | YoungStar Award | Best Performance by a Young Actress in a Comedy Film | Nominated | |
1999 | She's All That | YoungStar Awards | Best Performance by a Young Actress in a Comedy Film | Won | |
MTV Movie Awards | Best Breakthrough Female Performance | Nominated | |||
Best On-Screen Duo (Shared with: Freddie Prinze Jr.) | Nominated | ||||
Teen Choice Awards | Film – Sexiest Love Scene (Shared with: Freddie Prinze Jr.) | Won | |||
Dawson's Creek | Teen Choice Awards | TV – Breakout Performance | Nominated | ||
2000 | The Hi-Line | Santa Monica Film Festival | Best Actress | Won | |
She's All That | Kids' Choice Awards | Favorite Movie Couple (Shared with: Freddie Prinze Jr.) | Won | ||
Blockbuster Entertainment Awards | Favorite Actress – Newcomer (Internet Only) | Won | [31] | ||
Sally | New York International Independent Film & Video Festival | Best Actress | Won | ||
2001 | Herself | Young Hollywood Awards | Superstar of Tomorrow – Female | Won | |
Josie and the Pussycats | Teen Choice Awards | Film – Choice Actress | Nominated | ||
2006 | Into the West | Western Heritage Awards | Television Feature Film (Shared with cast) | Won | [32] |
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