Rachael Leigh Cook is an actress.

Cook was born on October 4, 1979 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, she 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

  • 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)
  • Strike (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)