Rachael Leigh Cook

Rachael Leigh Cook is an American actress, producer, model, and voice artist. She is best known for her role as Laney Boggs in the film ‘She’s All That’, as Kate Moretti in the TV series ‘Perception’ and as Abigail Lytar in the TV series  ‘Psych’. She has won YoungStar Award for Best Performance by a Young Actress in a Comedy Film and Teen Choice Awards for her performance in the film, ‘She’s All That’. She is also voiced for various characters in animated series, ‘Robot Chicken’ and as Tifa Lockhart in the Final Fantasy series.

Rachael Leigh Cook was selected by the Obama administration as a Champion of Change for Arts Education in 2011. From 2012, she started to grant a small scholarship to students between ages 14 and 19 which helps pay for career classes, mentoring programs, and other school fees.

She is quite active in social media platforms with over 228k followers on Instagram @rachaelleighcook and over 102k followers on Twitter @RachaelLCook.

What’s Rachael Leigh Cook’s claim to fame?

She is well-known in the United States as an actress and model.

Rachael Leigh Cook was born in the United States.

Rachael Leigh Cook was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on October 4, 1979. She is the daughter of Thomas H. Cook, a social worker and former stand-up comic, and Jo-Ann Cook, a weaver and cooking teacher. Ben Cook, her younger brother, is her only sibling.

She is of White ethnicity and has an American nationality. Libra is her zodiac sign. Her mother’s side of the family has Italian heritage.

She attended Clara Barton Open School, Laurel Springs School, and Minneapolis South High School for her education, but no details about her educational qualifications is available.

Highlights of Rachael Leigh Cook’s Career

When she was seven years old, Rachael Leigh Cook featured in a public service advertisement about foster care.
She began posing as a child print model at the age of ten, appearing in Target ads around the country as well as on the boxes of Milk-Bone dog biscuits.

Rachael Leigh Cook began auditioning for roles as an actress at the age of 14 and made her acting debut in the comedy-drama film ‘The Baby-Sitters Club’ in 1995. The film was based on the same-named book series by Ann M. Martin. In the same year, she appeared in the adventure film ‘Tom and Huck’ as Rebecca ‘Becky’ Thatcher.

She played Kayla in the short film 26 Summer Street and the comedy film Carpool in 1996.

In the made-for-television crime drama film ‘Country Justice,’ she portrayed Emma Baker, a 15-year-old rape survivor who is impregnated by her rapist. In the same year, she featured in a variety of TV shows and films, including ‘Real Women,’ ‘The Defenders: Payback,’ ‘The House of Yes,’ and ‘The Eighteenth Angel.’

She gained national recognition in 1998 when she appeared in the popular anti-drug ad ‘This Is Your Brain on Drugs,’ in which she was seen breaking an egg and damaging a kitchen with a frying pan while speaking about the negative effects of heroin on a person’s life.

In the same year, she appeared as a guest star in an episode of ‘The Outer Limits’ titled “Glyphic.” In the same year, she appeared in films such as ‘Everything I Wanna Do,’ ‘The Naked Man,’ and ‘Living Out Loud.’

She made her breakthrough in the unforgettable romantic comedy film ‘She’s All That’ in 1999, which remains her most financially successful film to date. In the same year, she also starred as Vera Johnson in the film ‘The Hi-Line’ and Cassie in the film ‘The Bumblebee Flies Anyway.’

In the year 2000, she voiced Chelsea Cunningham in the animated film ‘Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker.’ In the same year, she also provided her voice for Chelsea Cunningham in the animated TV series ‘Batman Beyond,’ for the episode “Last Resort.”

She has appeared on the covers of several magazines as a model, including the March/April 2000 issue of FHM in the United States.

She went on to star in films such as ‘Antitrust’ (2001), ‘Josie and the Pussycats’ (2001), ‘Tangled’ (2001), ‘Bookies’ (2003), ’11:14′ (2003), ‘Stateside’ (2004), and ‘American Crime’ (2005). (2005).

She also appeared in the music videos “Dressed to Kill” by New Found Glory in 2000, “Love You Lately” by singer Daniel Powter in 2006, and “Young Dumb & Broke” by singer Khalid in 2017.

She made her acting debut in the television miniseries ‘Into the West,’ produced by Steven Spielberg and Dreamworks, in 2005. In the same year, she voiced Tifa Lockhart in ‘Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children,’ a Japanese computer-animated film.

She appeared as Vanessa in the romantic comedy film ‘My First Weeding’ the following year. She has provided voices for a number of characters in the animated television series ‘Robot Chicken.’

She starred in the big-screen version of ‘Nancy Drew’ in 2007. In the same year, she starred in films such as ‘Descent,’ ‘All Hat,’ ‘The Final Season,’ and ‘Blonde Ambition.’

In 2008, she appeared as Abigail Lytar in an episode of the USA Network series ‘Psych,’ and as Grace Adams in an episode of the CBS series ‘Ghost Whisperer.’

She has also played Caitlin O’Shea in the film ‘Falling Up,’ and Amanda Manning in the film ‘The Lodger,’ both in 2009.

In 2010, she was cast as Elizabeth, the female lead in Fox TV’s sitcom pilot ‘Nirvana.’ She appeared in the horror-thriller film ‘Vampire’ and the comedy-drama film ‘The Family’ the following year.

Her husband, Daniel Gillies, directed the independent film ‘Broken Kingdom,’ which she also starred in. On October 2, 2012, the film had its world premiere.

From 2012 to 2015, she played the female lead opposite Eric McCormack in the TNT crime drama series Perception.
She appeared in the Hallmark Channel original film “Summer Love” in 2016, as well as another Hallmark film, “Autumn In the Vineyard,” which was followed by sequels “Summer in the Vineyard” in 2017 and “Valentine in the Vineyard” in 2019.

In 2018, she played Mary Campbell in the Hallmark Channel film ‘Frozen in Love.’

She appeared as a guest star in the crime drama TV series ‘Criminal Minds’ on episodes of “Saturday” and “Date Night” in 2020.

She has voiced Tifa Lockhart in the video games ‘Kingdom Hearts 2’, ‘Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy 7’, ‘Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy,’ and the CG film ‘Final Fantasy 7 Advent Children.’

She provided the voice of Reina in the video game ‘Yakuza,’ which she dubbed.

She also runs her own production company, Ben’s Sister Productions, which she named after her younger brother, Ben Cook. ‘Love, Guaranteed,’ which she directed and starred in, will premiere on Netflix on September 3, 2020.
Awards and Achievements of Rachael Leigh Cook

Rachael Leigh Cook received the YoungStar Award for Best Performance by a Young Actress in a Comedy Film and the Teen Choice Award for her appearance in the film “She’s All That” in 1999.

She was nominated for an MTV Movie Award in the category of Best Breakthrough Female Performance for She’s All That the same year.

She also won Best Actress at the Santa Monica Film Festival in 2000 for her role in the film The Hi-Line.

In 2000, she received a Kids’ Choice Award and a Blockbuster Entertainment Award for her role in the film She’s All That.

For the film Sally, she won the Best Actress Award at the New York International Independent Film & Video Festival.

In 2001, she was nominated for a Young Hollywood Award in the category of Superstar of Tomorrow – Female.

For Into the West, she received a Western Heritage Award in the category of Television Feature Film in 2006.

She was ranked No. 26 on Stuff magazine’s list of the “102 Sexiest Women in the World” in 2002.

Husband of Rachael Leigh Cook

Rachael Leigh Cook has a husband. On August 14, 2004, she married actor Daniel Gillies. Charlotte Easton Gillies, who was born in September 2013, and Theodore Vigo Sullivan Gillies, who was born in April 2015, are the couple’s two children.

In June of this year, the couple announced their split.

Height and Weight of Rachael Leigh Cook

Rachael Leigh Cook, in her early 40s, is a lovely lady with a fair skin tone. She has a beautiful hourglass figure. She stands 1.58 meters (5 feet and 2 inches) tall and weighs about 57 kilograms (125 lbs.). She has a 36B bra size and a 4 dress size (US). Her shoe size is an eight (US). Her hair is Dark Brown, and her eyes are Darl Brown as well. Straight is her sexual orientation.

Rachael Leigh Cook’s Net Worth

Rachael Leigh Cook has quite good earnings from her professional career as an actress and model. As of 2020, her net worth is estimated to be $5 million. There is no information about her salary and other assets.