Rachael Leigh Cook

Rachael Leigh Cook

Date of Birth
4 October 1979, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

Height
5' 2" (1.57 m)

Mini Biography
Minneapolis native Rachael Leigh Cook began her career as a model at the tender age of 10, gracing Milk-Bone(R) boxes and Target(R) ads nationwide in the USA. She also appeared in a now-famous (in the USA) anti-drug TV spot in which, armed with a frying pan, she bashed her way through a kitchen to show the disastrous effects of heroin. At 14, her modeling agency sent her to read for a short film (26 Summer Street (1996)) and changed the course of her young life--from that moment on, Cook was hooked on acting. When she reached L.A. later that year, Cook bypassed the wannabe stage and nailed her first audition (for the part of a budding entrepreneur in The Baby-Sitters Club (1995)). She returned to theaters three months later in the Jonathan Taylor Thomas vehicle Tom and Huck (1995), then filled her calendar with appearances in independent and made-for-TV movies. She divided her time between Minneapolis and Tinseltown, shuttling from school events to movie shoots with her mother in tow. Cook's starlet status crystallized in 1999, when she starred opposite Freddie Prinze Jr. in the Pygmalion retelling She's All That (1999). Her on-screen transformation from ugly duckling to ravishing beauty scored several teen-oriented awards and made Cook a hot commodity in Hollywood. She signed for a handful of plum follow-up roles, including a troubled adolescent in Sylvester Stallone's Get Carter (2000), a frontier gal in Texas Rangers (2001), and the caterwauling lead in the live-action version of Josie and the Pussycats (2001). Cook now lives primarily in Los Angeles, but she returns home frequently to visit with friends and family. Her father, Tom (a former stand-up comic), is a social worker in the public school system, and her younger brother, Ben, is an aspiring filmmaker.

**~~philips25~~** · 15th November 2007, 11:52

**MaD** · 16th November 2007, 19:49

**newt** · 26th November 2007, 22:57

Wow Thanks for that update!

**Dasher** · 27th November 2007, 01:30

Though I don't think of her as a superbabe, she has always had something I can't resist... It's probably that whole innocence cute girl next door attitude

**kaneda** · 2nd September 2008, 15:49

CB · 29th September 2008, 16:39

BEVERLY HILLS, CA - SEPTEMBER 18: Rachael Leigh Cook attends Day 1 of the 2008 Pre-Emmys DPA Gifting Lounge at the Luxe Hotel on September 18, 2008 in Beverly Hills, California.

**jimaroon** · 30th September 2008, 13:10

Rachael Leigh Cook @ Kari Feinstein Emmy Style Lounge at a private residence in Los Angeles on September 19:

**jimaroon** · 5th October 2008, 17:09

Rachael Leigh Cook poses for Portrait session for the You Vote Campaign, Los Angeles, September 22:

**~~Xray~~** · 23rd October 2008, 22:20

Save the Future

**~~Xray~~** · 26th October 2008, 16:29

**FF-W** · 16th November 2008, 19:43

CB · 23rd November 2008, 11:08

HOLLYWOOD - NOVEMBER 22: Actress Rachael Leigh Cook arrives at the Second Annual "CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute" at the Kodak Theatre, Hollywood and Highland on November 22, 2008 in Hollywood, California.

**FF-W** · 23rd November 2008, 17:43

thanks for the pics CB

**jimaroon** · 24th November 2008, 11:49

**~~Xray~~** · 24th November 2008, 22:06

Rachael leigh Cook - CNN Heroes Gala

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