Rachael Leigh Cook

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**Rachael Leigh Cook** <tr><td colspan="2" style="text-align: center;">Image:RLC.jpg
Rachael Leigh Cook</td></tr>
Born:	October 4 1979 (age 30) Minneapolis, Minnesota
Occupation:	Actress <tr><th style="text-align: right;">Spouse:</th><td>Daniel Gillies</td></tr>

Rachael Leigh Cook (born October 4, 1979) is an American actress. She came to fame after her role in the 1999 teen romantic comedy, She's All That, and has since mostly appeared in lower-profile films.

1 Biography
2 Selected filmography
3 Interviews
4 External links

[edit] Biography

[edit] Early life

Cook was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota to Thomas H. Cook (a social worker and former stand-up comic) and JoAnn (an Italian American cooking instructor and weaver). She began working as a print model at the age of 10, most notably in nationwide advertisements for Target and appearing on the boxes of Milk-Bone dog biscuits for medium sized dogs.

[edit] Career

At the age of fourteen, Cook began auditioning for acting work. Her modeling agency sent her to read for a short film, 26 Summer Street (1996). She first gained national attention when she was featured in a memorable This is Your Brain on Drugs public-service television advertisement. Consequently, Cook began her feature film career, debuting in The Baby-Sitters Club (1995) as shy 13 year old baby-sitter Mary Anne Spier. The movie was based on Ann M. Martin's book series of the same name.

Cook's two highest-profile lead roles to date have been in the films She's All That (1999) and Josie and the Pussycats (2001). Cook has also appeared in a number of independent films and in the 2005 television miniseries Into the West.

In 2000, she was the cover girl for the premier issue of FHM US (March/April issue)

In 2002, she was ranked #26 in Stuff magazine's "102 Sexiest Women in the World".

Cook has provided the voice of Tifa Lockhart in the video games Kingdom Hearts II and Dirge of Cerberus -Final Fantasy VII-, as well as the CG movie, Final Fantasy VII Advent Children. She also starred in the video for New Found Glory's 2002 single, "Dressed to Kill".

Cook's latest voice-over role is for the video game, Yakuza, where she voices the role of Reina, a beautiful barkeep.

She has appeared in Daniel Powter's Love You Lately.

Cook owns her own production company, called Ben's Sister Productions (in reference to her younger brother, an aspiring filmmaker).

[edit] Personal life

Cook has dated actors Vincent Kartheiser, Ryan Reynolds, Shane West and Rider Strong.

Cook, a vegetarian, lives mostly in Los Angeles, but frequently goes back to visit her family in Minnesota.

She is now married to actor Daniel Gillies.

[edit] Selected filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006	Final Fantasy VII Advent Children	Tifa Lockhart	direct-to-video
2006	Matters of Life and Death	Emily Jennings
2005	Into the West	Clara Wheeler	Miniseries
2004	Stateside	Dori Lawrence
2003	11:14	Cheri
	Scorched	Shmally	limited release
	The Big Empty	Ruthie
2002	29 Palms	The Waitress	direct-to-video
2002	Tangled	Jenny Kelley
2001	Texas Rangers	Caroline Dukes
	Josie and the Pussycats	Josie McCoy
	Blow Dry	Christina Robertson
	AntiTrust	Lisa Calighan
2000	Get Carter	Doreen
1999	The Bumblebee Flies Anyway	Cassie	made-for-television
1999	She's All That	Laney Boggs
1998	The Eighteenth Angel	Lucy Stanton	direct-to-video
1998	Strike!	Abigail 'Abby' Sawyer
1997	The House of Yes	Young Jackie-O	minor role
1996	Carpool	Kayla
1995	Tom and Huck	Becky Thatcher
1995	The Baby-Sitters Club	Mary Anne Spier