Rachael Leigh Cook
Acting • Born 1979-10-04
Biography
Rachael Leigh Cook (born October 4, 1979) is an American actress, model, voice artist, and producer. She is best known for her starring film roles as Laney Boggs in She's All That (1999), Doreen Carter in Get Carter (2000), Josie McCoy in Josie and the Pussycats (2001), as well as TV roles as Kate Moretti on Perception, and Clara Wheeler on Into the West. She had recurring roles as Penny Posin on Las Vegas, Abigail Lytar on Psych, and the voice of Lt. Jodi Yanarelli on Titan Maximum. She is also the voice behind various characters in Robot Chicken and Tifa Lockhart in the English version of Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children. She has produced and starred in multiple TV movies. She first appeared in a public service announcement for foster care at seven years of age, and began working as a child print model at the age of 10, most notably in nationwide advertisements for Target and appearing on the boxes of Milk-Bone dog biscuits. She married actor Daniel Gillies in August 2004, after less than a year of dating. They have one daughter, Charlotte Easton Gillies, born in September 2013.
Filmography
99 credits
She's All That
Movie • 1999
Laney Boggs
Get Carter
Movie • 2000
Doreen Carter
All Hat
Movie • 2007
Chrissie
Scorched
Movie • 2003
Shmally
Descent
Movie • 2007
Allison
Carpool
Movie • 1996
Kayla
The Naked Man
Movie • 1998
Deloris
'Tis the Season to be Merry
Movie • 2021
Merry Griffin
My First Wedding
Movie • 2006
Vanessa
11:14
Movie • 2004
Cheri
The House of Yes
Movie • 1997
Young Jackie-O
The Eighteenth Angel
Movie • 1997
Lucy Stanton
Antitrust
Movie • 2001
Lisa Calighan
Texas Rangers
Movie • 2001
Caroline Dukes
Nancy Drew
Movie • 2007
Jane Brighton
Falling Up
Movie • 2009
Caitlin O'Shea
Bookies
Movie • 2003
Hunter
The Big Empty
Movie • 2003
Ruthie
Blonde Ambition
Movie • 2007
Haley
The Lodger
Movie • 2009
Amanda
Stateside
Movie • 2004
Dori Lawrence
The Final Season
Movie • 2007
Polly Hudson
Tom and Huck
Movie • 1995
Becky Thatcher
Blow Dry
Movie • 2001
Christina Robertson
Tempo
Movie • 2003
Jenny
The Baby-Sitters Club
Movie • 1995
Mary Anne
Josie and the Pussycats
Movie • 2001
Josie McCoy
Strike!
Movie • 1998
Abigail 'Abby' Sawyer
Bob Funk
Movie • 2009
Ms. Thorne
Tangled
Movie • 2001
Jenny Kelley
American Crime
Movie • 2004
Jesse St. Claire
The Family Tree
Movie • 2011
Rachel
29 Palms
Movie • 2002
The Waitress
The Bumblebee Flies Anyway
Movie • 2000
Cassie
Stealing Paradise
Movie • 2012
Amanda Collier
Vampire
Movie • 2011
Laura King
The Hi-Line
Movie • 2000
Vera Johnson
Left to Die
Movie • 2012
Tammi Chase
Kingdom Come
Movie • 2012
Self
Spirit Halloween: The Movie
Movie • 2022
Sue
Sally
Movie • 2000
Beth
The Defenders: Payback
Movie • 1997
Tracey Lane
Broken Kingdom
Movie • 2012
Marilyn
Rescuing Christmas
Movie • 2023
Erin
Red Sky
Movie • 2014
Karen Brooks
Family Rescue
Movie • 1997
Emma Baker
Film Fest
Movie • 2020
Self
There She Goes
Movie
Molly
Summer Love
Movie • 2016
Maya Sulliway
Autumn in the Vineyard
Movie • 2016
Frankie Baldwin
Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker
Movie • 2000
Chelsea Cunningham (voice)
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Movie • 2017
Hermia
Summer in the Vineyard
Movie • 2017
Frankie Baldwin
Frozen in Love
Movie • 2018
Mary Campbell
Matters of Life and Death
Movie • 2007
Emily Jennings
Valentine in the Vineyard
Movie • 2019
Frankie Baldwin
PoliWood
Movie • 2009
Self
A Blue Ridge Mountain Christmas
Movie • 2019
Willow Petersen
Love, Guaranteed
Movie • 2020
Susan
Cross Country Christmas
Movie • 2020
Lina
Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II
Movie • 2008
Beru Lars / Sally Johnson / Gary's Wife (voice)
Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode III
Movie • 2010
Beru Lars / Gary's Wife (voice)
Living Out Loud
Movie • 1998
Teenage Judith
He's All That
Movie • 2021
Anna Sawyer
A Tourist's Guide to Love
Movie • 2023
Amanda Riley
Sisterhood, Inc.
Movie • 2025
Megan
Heroic Dose
Movie • 2025
Rachael
The Christmas Affair
Movie
Natalie
Straight Shot
Movie • 2026
Colleen Ashland
Caught by Love
Movie • 2026
Annie
Head Cases
TV • 2005
Psych
TV • 2006
Abigail Lytar
Robot Chicken
TV • 2005
Ghost Whisperer
TV • 2005
Grace Adams
Dawson's Creek
TV • 1998
Devon
Las Vegas
TV • 2003
Penny Posin
Punk'd
TV • 2003
Self
Icons
TV • 2002
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
TV • 1992
Tak and the Power of Juju
TV • 2007
The Second City Presents: The Last Show Left on Earth
TV • 2020
Self - Guest
Into the West
TV • 2005
Clara Wheeler
The Outer Limits
TV • 1995
Cassie Boussard
Titan Maximum
TV • 2009
Lt. Jodi Yanarella (voice)
The Soup
TV • 2004
Self
Weekends at the D.L.
TV • 2005
Spike TV VGA Video Game Awards
TV • 2003
Perception
TV • 2012
Kate Moretti
Fearless
TV
Gaia Moore
True Women
TV • 1997
Georgia Lawshe (young)
Teen Choice Awards
TV • 1999
Self
Name That Tune
TV • 2021
Self - Contestant
Robot Chicken
TV • 2005
Josie McCoy (voice)
Batman Beyond
TV • 1999
Chelsea (voice)
Criminal Minds
TV • 2005
Maxine
Celebrity Wheel of Fortune
TV • 2021
Self - Contestant
Celebrity Weakest Link
TV • 2025
Self - Contestant
People's Choice Awards
TV • 1975
Self - Presenter
Hollywood Squares
TV • 1998
Self - Panelist