Rachael Leigh Cook

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Biography

Practically born in front of the camera, actress Rachael Leigh Cook began her career in the public eye when she decided to become a model while in the second grade. Before she tried her hand at acting, Cook appeared extensively in print campaigns and was featured in a public service announcement encouraging people to be foster parents. The Minnesota native began acting at age 15 - a career choice that would have her working steadily through …
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Job Title

Actor, Producer

Born

October 4, 1979

Career Milestones

Born and raised in Minnesota

Co-executive produced and starred in "Invisible Girl" (lensed 2001)

Formed Ben's Sister Prods

Worked as a print model; featured in campaigns for Milk-Bones, Target stores and 3M products

1994

Film acting debut in the short "26 Summer Street"

1995

Played Becky Thatcher in "Tom and Huck"

1995

Starred in the film "The Baby-sitter's Club", based on the popular children's book series

1996

Had featured role in "Carpool"

1997

Appeared as the younger incarnation of Parker Posey's character in "The House of Yes"

1997

Featured as a withdrawn assault victim in the Showtime courtroom drama "The Defenders: Payback"

1997

Portrayed the younger version of Angelina Jolie's character in the CBS miniseries "True Women"

1997

Starred in the CBS TV-movie drama "Country Justice"

1998

Acted in the teen ensemble comedy "Strike!/The Hairy Bird!"

1998

Appeared as the younger incarnation of Holly Hunter's character in "Living Out Loud"

1998

Featured in an anti-drug public service announcement

1999

Featured in "The Bumblebee Flies Anyway" with Janeane Garofalo and Elijah Wood

1999

Starred as an adopted girl searching for her birth mother in the drama "The Hi-Line"

1999

Starred opposite Freddie Prinze Jr in the teen comedy "She's All That"

2001

Cast as Josie, an aspiring rock singer, in the live-action version of the cult cartoon series "Josie and the Pussycats"

2001

Portrayed a computer programmer in "Antitrust"

2003

Acted in the comedy "The Big Empty"

2004

Starred opposite Jonathan Tucker in the drama "Stateside"

2005

Cast as Clara Wheeler in the TNT mini-series "Into the West"

2005

Guest-starred in three episodes of NBC's "Las Vegas," playing the love interest for Danny McCoy (Josh Duhamel)

2007

Cast in the big-screen adaptation of "Nancy Drew"

Awards

1999

MTV Movie Award for Best Female Breakthrough Performance in She's All That

1999

MTV Movie Award for Best On-Screen Duo in She's All That