Rachael Leigh Cook Biography (Age, Height, Weight, Boyfriend & Hallmark movies)
Rachael Leigh Cook is an American actress and also model. She was born on 4th October 1979 in Minneapolis, Minnesota in the USA. Her nicknames are The Indie Queen and Cook.
She is well-known for her movies such as She’s All That in the year 1999, Josie and the Pussycats in the year 2001, and The Baby-Sitters Club in the year 1995, and she was also in a television series Into the West and Perception. She has also voiced for Robot Chicken and Tifa Lockhart in a series named Final Fantasy series.
Personal Details
Full Name | Rachael Leigh Cook |
Nick Name | Rachael, The Indie Queen, Cook |
Date of Birth | October 4, 1979 |
Age | 43 Years as of June 2023 |
Birth Place | Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States |
Residence | Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States |
Ethnicity | Part-Italian descent |
Zodiac Sign | Libra |
Religion | Christianity |
Nationality | American |
Profession | Actress and Model |
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Net Worth | $5 Million USD as of 2023 |
Marital Status | Divorced |
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Physical Appearance
Eye Color | Brown |
Hair Color | Blonde |
Figure | 34-25-34 |
Height | 5’2″ Feet |
Weight | 56 kg |
Dress Size | 4 (US) |
Shoe Size | 8 (US) |
Personal Life (Family, Friends, Boyfriends, Children)
Father | Thomas H. Cook |
Mother | JoAnn Cook |
Sibling | Ben Cook (Brother) |
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Husband | Daniel Gillies (married in 2004 – divorced in 2021) |
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Early life, Family, and Relationship
Rachael Leigh Cook, the American actress was born to Thomas H.Cook and JoAnn Cook. Her father Thomas Howard Cook was a former stand-up comedian and a social worker whereas her mother JoAnn is a cooking instructor and a weaver. She has a part of Italian descent and she has been in social service since she was a child.
Her very first social work was when she went in on a public service announcement for foster care when she was just a seven-year-old by age she started working as a child-print model at the age of ten and she is most known for nationally known or nationwide advertisements for Target and also on the Milk-Bone dog biscuit boxes. As for her schooling, she went to Clara Barton Open School, Laurel Springs School, and Minneapolis South High School.
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Rachael Leigh Cook’s Success and career
Rachel Leigh Cook started her auditioning for acting in her early teens i.e. when she was fourteen years old and she made her first on-screen debut as an actress in the year of 1995 in the movie The Baby-Sitters Club. She also acted in the Tom and Huck release in December 1995 an adventure film.
In the year of 1996, she had her short film which she got on with a little help from her modeling agency was named 26 Summer Street. Later then she got a lead role in the movie, Country Justice, in the year of 1977 and she acted like a 15 years old rape victim. She also played in Josie and the Pussycats in the year though it was a box office failure.
Awards:
- In 1999 She won YoungStar awards for Best Performance by a Young Actress in a Comedy Film.
- Same year she won Teen Choice Awards for Film – Sexiest Love Scene.
- In 2000 she won Santa Monica Film Festival for Best Actress.
- Kids’ Choice Awards for Favorite Movie Couple. (2000)
- New York International Independent Film & Video Festival for Best Actress. (2000)
- Blockbuster Entertainment Awards for Favorite Actress – Newcomer.(2000)
- In the year 2001 she won Young Hollywood awards for Superstar of Tomorrow-Female.
- In 2006 She won Western Heritage Awards for Television Feature Film.
Hallmark Movies
Premiere Date | Hallmark Movies | Casts |
December 19, 2021 | ‘Tis the Season to be Merry (CtC) | Travis Van Winkle and Rachael Leigh Cook |
December 20, 2020 | Cross Country Christmas (CtC) | Greyston Holt and Rachael Leigh Cook |
November 7, 2019 | A Blue Ridge Mountain Christmas (MoC) | Benjamin Ayres and Rachael Leigh Cook |
February 2, 2019 | Valentine in the Vineyard (CtVD) | Rachael Leigh Cook and Brendan Penny |
January 13, 2018 | Frozen in Love (W) | Rachael Leigh Cook and Niall Matter |
August 12, 2017 | Summer in the Vineyard (SN) | Rachael Leigh Cook Brendan Penny |
August 20, 2016 | Summer Love (SN) | Rachael Leigh Cook and Lucas Bryant |
October 8, 2016 | Autumn in the Vineyard (FH) | Rachael Leigh Cook and Brendan Penny |
2016-2019 | In the Vineyard | Rachael Leigh Cook and Brendan Penny |
Rachael Leigh Cook Movies and Television Shows List:
Television:
Year | TV Shows | Worked As |
2021 | Celebrity Wheel of Fortune | Herself |
2020 | Criminal Minds | Max |
2019 | Liza on Demand | Rachael Leigh Cook |
2014 | A Christmas Tail (TV Movie) | N/A |
2013 | Team Unicorn | Rachael Leigh Cook |
2012–2015 | Perception | Kate Moretti |
2012 | Left to Die (TV Movie) | Tammi Chase |
2011 | Stealing Paradise (TV Movie) | Amanda Collier |
2010 | Nevermind Nirvana (TV Movie) | Elizabeth |
2009 | Titan Maximum | Lt. Jodi Yanarella |
2008–2010 | Psych | Abigail Lytar |
2008 | Ghost Whisperer | Grace Adams |
2006–2019 | Robot Chicken | various |
2005 | Las Vegas | Penny Posin |
2005 | Into the West (TV Mini Series) | Clara Wheeler |
2004 | Fearless | Gaia Moore |
2000 | Batman Beyond | Chelsea Cunningham |
1999 | Dawson’s Creek | Devon |
1998 | The Outer Limits | Cassie Boussard |
1997 | The Defenders: Payback (TV Movie) | Tracey Lane |
1997 | True Women (TV Mini Series) | Young Georgia Lawshe |
1997 | Country Justice (TV Movie) | Emma Baker |
Film:
Year | Film Title | Worked As |
Upcoming | Who Is No/One | Julia |
Upcoming | There She Goes | – |
Upcoming | Rescuing Christmas | – |
2023 | A Tourist’s Guide to Love | Amanda Riley |
2022 | Spirit Halloween: The Movie | Sue |
2021 | He’s All That | Anna Sawyer |
2020 | Love, Guaranteed | Susan |
2017 | A Midsummer Night’s Dream | Hermia |
2014 | Red Sky | Karen Brooks |
2012 | Broken Kingdom | Marilyn |
2011 | The Family Tree | Rachel Levy |
2011 | Vampire | Laura King |
2009 | Falling Up | Caitlin O’Shea |
2009 | Bob Funk | Ms. Thorne |
2009 | The Lodger | Amanda Manning |
2007 | Blonde Ambition | Haley |
2007 | The Final Season | Polly Hudson |
2007 | Nancy Drew | Jane Brighton |
2007 | All Hat | Chrissie Nugent |
2007 | Descent | Allison |
2006 | My First Wedding | Vanessa |
2005 | Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children | Tifa Lockhart |
2004 | American Crime | Jesse St. Claire |
2004 | Stateside | Dori Lawrence |
2003 | Tempo | Jenny Travile |
2003 | 11:14 | Cheri |
2003 | The Big Empty | Ruthie |
2003 | Scorched | Shmally |
2003 | Bookies | Hunter |
2002 | 29 Palms | The Waitress |
2001 | Tangled | Jenny Kelley |
2001 | Josie and the Pussycats | Josie McCoy |
2001 | Texas Rangers | Caroline Dukes |
2001 | Blow Dry | Christina Robertson |
2001 | Antitrust | Lisa Calighan |
2000 | Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker | Chelsea Cunningham |
2000 | Get Carter | Doreen Carter |
2000 | Sally | Beth |
1999 | The Bumblebee Flies Anyway | Cassie |
1999 | She’s All That | Laney Boggs |
1999 | The Hi-Line | Vera Johnson |
1998 | Living Out Loud | Teenage Judith Moore |
1998 | The Naked Man | Dolores |
1998 | All I Wanna Do | Abigail ‘Abby’ Sawyer |
1997 | The Eighteenth Angel | Lucy Stanton |
1997 | The House of Yes | Young ‘Jackie-O’ |
1996 | Carpool | Kayla |
1995 | Tom and Huck | Becky Thatcher |
1995 | The Baby-Sitters Club | Mary Anne Spier |
Rachael Leigh Cook Unknown Facts:
- Rachael is a vegetarian.
- On August 8, 2004 Racheal got married with actor Daniel Gillies, after 15 years of married life they separated in June 2019 and took divorced in 2021.
- They have two children, daughter Charlotte Easton Gillies was born on September 2013 and son Theodore Vigo Sullivan Gillies was born on April 2015.
Rachael Leigh Cook Biography (Age, Height, Weight, Boyfriend & More)