Rachael Leigh Cook

Rachael Leigh Cook

Known for
Acting
Born
October 4, 1979 (age 47)
Birthplace
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

Biography

Rachael Leigh Cook (born October 4, 1979) is an American actress, model, voice artist, and producer. She is best known for her starring film roles as Laney Boggs in She's All That (1999), Doreen Carter in Get Carter (2000), Josie McCoy in Josie and the Pussycats (2001), as well as TV roles as Kate Moretti on Perception, and Clara Wheeler on Into the West. She had recurring roles as Penny Posin on Las Vegas, Abigail Lytar on Psych, and the voice of Lt. Jodi Yanarelli on Titan Maximum. She is also the voice behind various characters in Robot Chicken and Tifa Lockhart in the English version of Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children. She has produced and starred in multiple TV movies. She 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, most notably in nationwide advertisements for Target and appearing on the boxes of Milk-Bone dog biscuits. She married actor Daniel Gillies in August 2004, after less than a year of dating. They have one daughter, Charlotte Easton Gillies, born in September 2013.

Known For

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Filmography

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There She Goes poster

There She Goes

Movie · as Molly

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The Christmas Affair

The Christmas Affair

Movie · as Natalie

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Jodi Lyn O'Keefe: A Life on Screen poster

Jodi Lyn O'Keefe: A Life on Screen

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

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Fearless poster

Fearless

TV · as Gaia Moore · 1 ep

2026
Straight Shot poster

Straight Shot

Movie · as Colleen Ashland

2026
Caught by Love poster

Caught by Love

Movie · as Annie

2026
Double Booked for the Holidays poster

Double Booked for the Holidays

Movie · as Abigail/Charlie

2025
Sisterhood, Inc. poster

Sisterhood, Inc.

Movie · as Megan Noore

2025
Heroic Dose poster

Heroic Dose

Movie · as Rachael

2025
Celebrity Weakest Link poster

Celebrity Weakest Link

TV · as Self - Contestant · 1 ep

2023
Rescuing Christmas poster

Rescuing Christmas

Movie · as Erin

2023
A Tourist's Guide to Love poster

A Tourist's Guide to Love

Movie · as Amanda Riley

2022
Spirit Halloween: The Movie poster

Spirit Halloween: The Movie

Movie · as Sue

2021
'Tis the Season to be Merry poster

'Tis the Season to be Merry

Movie · as Merry Griffin

2021
He's All That poster

He's All That

Movie · as Anna Sawyer

2021
Name That Tune poster

Name That Tune

TV · as Self - Contestant · 1 ep

2021
Celebrity Wheel of Fortune poster

Celebrity Wheel of Fortune

TV · as Self - Contestant · 1 ep

2020
Film Fest poster

Film Fest

Movie · as Self

2020
Love, Guaranteed poster

Love, Guaranteed

Movie · as Susan

2020
Cross Country Christmas poster

Cross Country Christmas

Movie · as Lina

2020
The Second City Presents: The Last Show Left on Earth poster

The Second City Presents: The Last Show Left on Earth

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2019
Valentine in the Vineyard poster

Valentine in the Vineyard

Movie · as Frankie Baldwin

2019
A Blue Ridge Mountain Christmas poster

A Blue Ridge Mountain Christmas

Movie · as Willow Petersen

2018
Frozen in Love poster

Frozen in Love

Movie · as Mary Campbell

2018
Liza on Demand poster

Liza on Demand

TV · as Rachael Leigh Cook · 2 eps

2017
A Midsummer Night's Dream poster

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Movie · as Hermia

2017
Summer in the Vineyard poster

Summer in the Vineyard

Movie · as Frankie Baldwin

2016
Summer Love poster

Summer Love

Movie · as Maya Sulliway

2016
Autumn in the Vineyard poster

Autumn in the Vineyard

Movie · as Frankie Baldwin

2014
Red Sky poster

Red Sky

Movie · as Karen Brooks

2012
Stealing Paradise poster

Stealing Paradise

Movie · as Amanda Collier

2012
Left to Die poster

Left to Die

Movie · as Tammi Chase

2012
Kingdom Come poster

Kingdom Come

Movie · as Self

2012
Broken Kingdom poster

Broken Kingdom

Movie · as Marilyn

2012
Perception poster

Perception

TV · as Kate Moretti · 39 eps

2011
The Family Tree poster

The Family Tree

Movie · as Rachel

2011
Vampire poster

Vampire

Movie · as Laura King

2010
Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode III poster

Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode III

Movie · as Beru Lars / Gary's Wife (voice)

2009
Falling Up poster

Falling Up

Movie · as Caitlin O'Shea

2009
The Lodger poster

The Lodger

Movie · as Amanda

2009
Bob Funk poster

Bob Funk

Movie · as Ms. Thorne

2009
PoliWood poster

PoliWood

Movie · as Self

2009
Titan Maximum poster

Titan Maximum

TV · as Lt. Jodi Yanarella (voice) · 9 eps

2008
Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II poster

Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II

Movie · as Beru Lars / Sally Johnson / Gary's Wife (voice)

2007
All Hat poster

All Hat

Movie · as Chrissie

2007
Descent poster

Descent

Movie · as Allison

2007
Nancy Drew poster

Nancy Drew

Movie · as Jane Brighton

2007
Blonde Ambition poster

Blonde Ambition

Movie · as Haley

2007
The Final Season poster

The Final Season

Movie · as Polly Hudson

2007
Matters of Life and Death poster

Matters of Life and Death

Movie · as Emily Jennings

2007
Tak and the Power of Juju poster

Tak and the Power of Juju

TV · 1 ep

2006
My First Wedding poster

My First Wedding

Movie · as Vanessa

2006
Psych poster

Psych

TV · as Abigail Lytar · 6 eps

2005
Head Cases poster

Head Cases

TV

2005
Robot Chicken poster

Robot Chicken

TV · as Josie McCoy (voice), Self (voice) · 1 ep

2005
Ghost Whisperer poster

Ghost Whisperer

TV · as Grace Adams · 1 ep

2005
Into the West poster

Into the West

TV · as Clara Wheeler · 6 eps

2005
Weekends at the D.L.

Weekends at the D.L.

TV · 1 ep

2005
Criminal Minds poster

Criminal Minds

TV · as Maxine · 2 eps

2004
11:14 poster

11:14

Movie · as Cheri

2004
Stateside poster

Stateside

Movie · as Dori Lawrence

2004
American Crime poster

American Crime

Movie · as Jesse St. Claire

2004
The Soup poster

The Soup

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2003
Scorched poster

Scorched

Movie · as Shmally

2003
Bookies poster

Bookies

Movie · as Hunter

2003
The Big Empty poster

The Big Empty

Movie · as Ruthie

2003
Tempo poster

Tempo

Movie · as Jenny

2003
Las Vegas poster

Las Vegas

TV · as Penny Posin · 5 eps

2003
Punk'd poster

Punk'd

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2003
Spike TV VGA Video Game Awards

Spike TV VGA Video Game Awards

TV · 10 eps

2002
29 Palms poster

29 Palms

Movie · as The Waitress

2002
Icons poster

Icons

TV · 1 ep

2001
Antitrust poster

Antitrust

Movie · as Lisa Calighan

2001
Texas Rangers poster

Texas Rangers

Movie · as Caroline Dukes

2001
Blow Dry poster

Blow Dry

Movie · as Christina Robertson

2001
Josie and the Pussycats poster

Josie and the Pussycats

Movie · as Josie McCoy

2001
Tangled poster

Tangled

Movie · as Jenny Kelley

2000
Get Carter poster

Get Carter

Movie · as Doreen Carter

2000
The Bumblebee Flies Anyway poster

The Bumblebee Flies Anyway

Movie · as Cassie

2000
The Hi-Line poster

The Hi-Line

Movie · as Vera Johnson

2000
Sally poster

Sally

Movie · as Beth

2000
Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker poster

Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker

Movie · as Chelsea Cunningham (voice)

1999
She's All That poster

She's All That

Movie · as Laney Boggs

1999
Teen Choice Awards poster

Teen Choice Awards

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1999
Batman Beyond poster

Batman Beyond

TV · as Chelsea (voice) · 2 eps

1998
The Naked Man poster

The Naked Man

Movie · as Deloris

1998
Strike! poster

Strike!

Movie · as Abigail 'Abby' Sawyer

1998
Living Out Loud poster

Living Out Loud

Movie · as Teenage Judith

1998
Dawson's Creek poster

Dawson's Creek

TV · as Devon · 3 eps

1998
Hollywood Squares poster

Hollywood Squares

TV · as Self - Panelist · 8 eps

1997
The House of Yes poster

The House of Yes

Movie · as Young Jackie-O

1997
The Eighteenth Angel poster

The Eighteenth Angel

Movie · as Lucy Stanton

1997
The Defenders: Payback poster

The Defenders: Payback

Movie · as Tracey Lane

1997
Family Rescue poster

Family Rescue

Movie · as Emma Baker

1997
True Women poster

True Women

TV · as Georgia Lawshe (young) · 2 eps

1996
Carpool poster

Carpool

Movie · as Kayla

1995
Tom and Huck poster

Tom and Huck

Movie · as Becky Thatcher

1995
The Baby-Sitters Club poster

The Baby-Sitters Club

Movie · as Mary Anne

1995
The Outer Limits poster

The Outer Limits

TV · as Cassie Boussard · 1 ep

1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno poster

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

TV · 1 ep

1975
People's Choice Awards poster

People's Choice Awards

TV · as Self - Presenter · 1 ep