Rachael Leigh Cook

Biography

Rachael is a unmistakable doe-eyed beauty with a sexy innocent look that only adds to her alluring attraction. She is seasoned actress, and by no means a newcomer to showbiz. She has been doing feature films for almost six years. Her most notable present role, is the shy girl in "She's All That".

She bounced onto the set of the big screen, in the sleeper hit "She's All That", as the nerd turned high school sweetheart. Having risen to stardom with this film, Rachael's movie roles have been increasing at an exponential rate. She also had a guest starring recurring role in the high school series Dawson's Creek, an appearance on The Outer Limits, and roles in made for TV movies such as "True Women", "The Eighteenth Angel" and "Country Justice". Rachael's acting abilities have helped her stand out from her more perky teenage peers, and has helped her land more mature roles in upcoming movies.

Rachael was born October 4, 1979, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and graduated from high school in Spring 1998. As a very shy youngster, Rachael appeared in her first acting role when she was seven in a public service announcement encouraging adults to become foster parents. Rachael began doing modeling advertisements at the age of ten, and probably her best known for doing spots for Target and Milkbone.

She has gone on to make 11 movies in just 3 years, including "Carpool", "Living Out Loud" and "Strike". 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.

Rachael has been nominated for the MTV Award for Best Breakthrough Female Performance for her role in "She's All That", and currently is one of Hollywood's most promising young actresses. Rachael is passionate about art, especially drawing, and she would like to eventually try screen writing and has co-produce an independent film entitled "Tangled". Rachael enjoys reading, writing, tennis, roller blading, and shopping for clothes. She lives mostly in her L.A. apartment, and she has a boxer dog and two cats.