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 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.
Bio:
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.
Tivia:
In early 2001, she met actor Ryan Reynolds and the two immediately hit it off. However, she had to fly to England shortly after to film Blow Dry (2001). Ryan ended up suprising her, pulling out of his filming schedule and following her all the way to London. It was a success and they ended up dating for a year.Was in a memorable anti-drug commercial where she smashes an egg with a frying pan ("this is your brain on heroin") and proceeds to trash the room with the frying pan ("this is your family, friends, career, etc."). Arguably one of the few effective anti-drug spots ever made.Stephenie Meyer wrote the Twilight character of Alice Cullen with her in mind.Got engaged to Daniel Gillies after dating for ''maybe five months'' and they got married a couple of months after that, on August 14, 2004.Owns her own production company called Ben's Sister Productions.(June 13, 2019) Announced her separation from husband of nearly 15 years Daniel Gillies.Was 6 months pregnant with her daughter Charlotte when she completed filming the 2nd season of Perception (2012).Was a print model for 5 years before becoming an actress.Was recommended to the producers of Dawson's Creek (1998) by Texas Rangers (2001) co-star James Van Der Beek. She guest starred with him in 3 episodes.Noisy underground British artist 'Firexit' has created two songs especially for Rachael Leigh Cook. The two songs are called 'This is for Rachael Leigh Cook' and a rare acoustic track called 'Dear Rachael'. In a interview, Gareth Gerrard (aka Firexit) was asked about the songs, he replied "Rachael is everything, I love her very much".After reading R. Lee Fleming Jr.'s script for She's All That (1999), Rachael began to like the storyline more and more, and soon after was asked to play the role of Laney Boggs.Played the younger version of Parker Posey's character in The House of Yes (1997). Posey plays the villain in Josie and the Pussycats (2001).Mother, with her ex-husband Daniel Gillies of two children a daughter Charlotte Easton Gillies (b. September 28, 2013) and a son Theodore Vigo Sullivan Gillies (b. April 4, 2015).Did a school senior paper entitled "Politics, Shmolotics, and 10 other reasons I'll never be President".She's All That (1999) was the second time she had worked in a film with Freddie Prinze Jr., although in their first project together, The House of Yes (1997), they shared no scenes together.(August 14, 2004) Married her boyfriend Daniel Gillies after less than a year of dating.Had little interest in modeling by the time she was 15 and tried to focus more on school of which she became fonder.Attended Minneapolis South High School, the same school as actor Josh Hartnett and Genevieve Gorder.Her mother was a cooking instructor and is currently a weaver.Her guitar teachers were Fast Freddie & Phil X.Her father's roots include English, Irish, and one quarter Russian Jewish. Her mother's family is Italian, from Piedmont, Calabria, and Sicily.Was a student of the Laurel Springs School, a school for young actors who can't attend a more regular school due to time commitments.Ranked #26 in Stuff magazine's "102 Sexiest Women in the World" (2002).Filming Nancy Drew (2007) starring alongside Emma Roberts. (January 2006)With Kal Penn, appeared at Keene State College on November 3rd to campaign for Barack Obama. (November 2008)There is a Minneapolis rock and blues band called "Budding Hollywood Starlet" that is named in honor of her and other budding Hollywood starlets.On the set of The Final Season (2007). (July 2006) |
| Name: |
Rachael Leigh Cook |
Type: |
Actress,Producer,Writer (IMDB) |
| Area: |
All World |
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IMDB |
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Business scope: |
Actress,Producer,Writer |
| Products for sale: |
Actress,Producer,Writer |
| Model rank: |
51 |
| Last update: |
2024-07-01 03:00:10 |
Rachael Leigh Cook profile
| Height: |
5' 2' (1.57 m) |
| 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 fry |
| Trivia: |
In early 2001, she met actor Ryan Reynolds and the two immediately hit it off. However, she had to fly to England shortly after to film Blow Dry (2001). Ryan ended up suprising her, pulling out of his filming schedule and following her all the way to London. It was a success and they ended up dating for a year.Was in a memorable anti-drug commercial where she smashes an egg with a frying pan ("this is your brain on heroin") and proceeds to trash the room with the frying pan ("this is your family, friends, career, etc."). Arguably one of the few effective anti-drug spots ever made.Stephenie Meyer wrote the Twilight character of Alice Cullen with her in mind.Got engaged to Daniel Gillies after dating for ''maybe five months'' and they got married a couple of months after that, on August 14, 2004.Owns her own production company called Ben's Sister Productions.(June 13, 2019) Announced her separation from husband of nearly 15 years Daniel Gillies.Was 6 months pregnant with her daughter Charlotte when she completed filming the 2nd season of Perception (2012).Was a print model for 5 years before becoming an actress.Was recommended to the producers of Dawson's Creek (1998) by Texas Rangers (2001) co-star James Van Der Beek. She guest starred with him in 3 episodes.Noisy underground British artist 'Firexit' has created two songs especially for Rachael Leigh Cook. The two songs are called 'This is for Rachael Leigh Cook' and a rare acoustic track called 'Dear Rachael'. In a interview, Gareth Gerrard (aka Firexit) was asked about the songs, he replied "Rachael is everything, I love her very much".After reading R. Lee Fleming Jr.'s script for She's All That (1999), Rachael began to like the storyline more and more, and soon after was asked to play the role of Laney Boggs.Played the younger version of Parker Posey's character in The House of Yes (1997). Posey plays the villain in Josie and the Pussycats (2001).Mother, with her ex-husband Daniel Gillies of two children a daughter Charlotte Easton Gillies (b. September 28, 2013) and a son Theodore Vigo Sullivan Gillies (b. April 4, 2015).Did a school senior paper entitled "Politics, Shmolotics, and 10 other reasons I'll never be President".She's All That (1999) was the second time she had worked in a film with Freddie Prinze Jr., although in their first project together, The House of Yes (1997), they shared no scenes together.(August 14, 2004) Married her boyfriend Daniel Gillies after less than a year of dating.Had little interest in modeling by the time she was 15 and tried to focus more on school of which she became fonder.Attended Minneapolis South High School, the same school as actor Josh Hartnett and Genevieve Gorder.Her mother was a cooking instructor and is currently a weaver.Her guitar teachers were Fast Freddie & Phil X.Her father's roots include English, Irish, and one quarter Russian Jewish. Her mother's family is Italian, from Piedmont, Calabria, and Sicily.Was a student of the Laurel Springs School, a school for young actors who can't attend a more regular school due to time commitments.Ranked #26 in Stuff magazine's "102 Sexiest Women in the World" (2002).Filming Nancy Drew (2007) starring alongside Emma Roberts. (January 2006)With Kal Penn, appeared at Keene State College on November 3rd to campaign for Barack Obama. (November 2008)There is a Minneapolis rock and blues band called "Budding Hollywood Starlet" that is named in honor of her and other budding Hollywood starlets.On the set of The Final Season (2007). (July 2006) |
| Quotes: |
I'm not small, I'm space-efficient.
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I'd love to do a sequel. Even if it was 'Ernest Goes to Mars 3'- if these girls were in it, I'd do it in a minute". [Referring to Josie and the Pussycats (2001) in an interview she gave to TV Guide (Issue #2505, 31 March 2001; article title "What's new, Pussycats? by Josh Rottenberg)]
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I would love to work with Rosario Dawson u0026amp; Tara Reid again. We were a team on the set of Josie and the Pussycats (2001), our chemistry was great from the first day of filming u0026amp; you don't really expect that when you work with new people. I still call them everyday, like sisters to me!
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My height was never a factor.
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When I came into the business, things changed a lot, and my life was in a real state of flux. |
| Salaries: |
Josie and the Pussycats (2001) - $1,500,000 |
| Job title: |
Actress,Producer,Writer |
| Others works: |
Music video for Sixpence None The Richer: "Kiss Me"
Was in an anti-drugs commercial.
Was in a PSA that promoted adoptions, when she was a child.
Was a Target Stores catalog print model at age 11 (approx).
(July 2001) Appeared in New Found Gl |
| Spouse: |
Daniel Gillies (August 14, 2004 - March 10, 2021) (divorced, 2 children) |
| Children: |
Charlotte Easton GilliesTheodore Vigo Sullivan Gillies |
| Parents: |
Tom Cook
Joann Leigh |
| Relatives: |
Ben Leigh Cook (Sibling) |
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