Rachael Leigh Cook (born on October 4, 1979) is an American actress.

Cook was born 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, Cook 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

• Fearless (2004) (TV movie)
• My First Wedding (2004)
• American Crime (2004)
• Stateside (2004)
• Tempo (2003)
• 11:14 (2003)
• 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)
• The Hairy Bird (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)

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