The starring role of Rachel Cooke was Laney Boggs in the youth comedy "It's All Her." The heroine turned into such a beauty that for a long time she became an ideal for many guys. The actress continues to conquer the hearts of the audience with her talented acting and striking appearance.
The actress Rachel Leigh Cook became known thanks to her filming in commercials as a child. The future celebrity was born in Minneapolis in 1979, on October 4. The girl's father was a social worker, her mother worked as a cooking instructor. Rachel has a brother, Ben.
Successful career start
From the age of seven, the girl's modeling career started. For the first time in an advertisement, Rachel starred for the state social service. The picture of the girl was adorned with the puppy food packaging. The young actress took part in photo shoots for popular publications. At ten she already had her own agent. Thanks to his work, Cook began to appear frequently in television commercials.
Along with receiving school education, Rachel managed to take part in school performances of musicals. He did not leave the work of the model.
The film debut took place in the film "Merry Nurses" in 1995. Nobody paid special attention to the character of Mary Ann Spier, but the heroine became the reason for inviting her performer to the film "Om and Huck". For the role of Becky, the young actress was noted by critics. Cook received the 1997 Young Star Award.
At the same time, the actress appeared in the television series "Rural Justice", the comedy "Parking lot", where she played with Tom Arnold. Cook starred in a dozen films prior to her starring role. In 1997, fame came to her.
The heroine of the youth comedy "It's All She" Lainie Boggs was not one of the first beauties. At school, the student was considered an ugly and nondescript simpleton. But Tejov, the first beauty, was her clear antipode. And the boyfriend of the first star of the school was Zach Sayler, the most enviable party. However, shortly before graduation, Taylor exchanged Zach for a more suitable, in her opinion, gentleman. The frustrated guy made a rash promise that he would turn any ugly woman into a ball queen instead of a traitor. The most ideal candidate for transformation was the result of a dispute with Lainey.
Millions of teenage viewers enthusiastically followed the story of the transformation of the ugly duckling into a beautiful swan, the romantic relationship of Zach and Laney. The bright role brought the performer five prestigious awards, including the MTV Movie Awards, Teen Choice Awards and Kids' Choice Awards.
Best work
After the screening of the film, the actress became a super popular and highly demanded artist. A new success was the film "Flight of the Bumblebee" in 1999. In the romantic story, the actress starred with Elijah Wood. In the story of a psychiatric patient, Bernie Snow, a meeting with Cassie, the heroine of Rachel, comes back to life.
In 2000, the actress starred in Remove Carter opposite Sylvester Stallone, Michael Caine and Mickey Rourke. Cook became Doreen, the daughter of Frank Carter, whose murder his brother Jack, played by Stallone, came to investigate.
Immediately five films with Rachel were released in 2001. Having played the main character of the trier "Dangerous Truth", the girl took up a new high-profile project "Texas Rangers". The film shows the history of events on the Mexican border after the Civil War.
At this time, the actress made her debut in British cinema. In "The Barber of England" she participated with Alan Rickman and Natasha Richardson. In 2001, the premiere of the comedy "Josie and the Kitties" was held with a resounding success. The film told the story of the conquest of the big stage by the talented singing trio of Tara Reed, Rosario Dawson and Rachel Cook. All the actresses became friends while working together, and Cook also learned to play the guitar.
Of all the cinema genres, Rachel prefers comedy. She starred in her "black" version called "11:14". Cook became Sheri, an adventurer who extorts money from a fan. The heroine is going to run away with another, but in the end she falls under the wheels of a car by an absurd coincidence.
The next work was again the comedy project "It Can't Be Worse". With Alicia Silverstone and Woody Harrelson, Cook got a key character.
In 2005, Rachel was invited to appear on the Spielberg miniseries Into the West. The drama tells the story of the bizarre interweaving of the lives of the Lakota Indians and the American Wheeler family. The actress performed Clara Wheeler. The work was judged by the prestigious Television Feature Film award.
Family and cinema
The end of the 2000s was marked by three successful projects. Cook starred in the comedy "Blonde with Ambition" in 2007, the detective "Nancy Drew", the crime frame "The Tenant" in 2009.
In 2011, the performer mastered an unusual genre for herself, vampire drama. Laura King is infatuated with the main character, Simon, who clearly demonstrates vampiric tendencies. The film "Vampire" was among the nominees for the best drama film at the "Sanders" Film Festival. At the same time, the premiere screening of the comedy "Family Tree" took place. In it, Cook appeared in the form of the psychologist Rachel Levy.
In 2012, the series "Perception" began to be shown. In the TV project, the famous performer has a serious heroine. She became Keith Moretti, an FBI agent. A woman recruits an ex-teacher to work in a secret laboratory. The project went on successfully until 2015.
In the 2018 TV series Frozen in Love, Cook was cast as the heroine Mary Campbell, a bookstore owner in search of a revival of a dying business. For promotion, she invites hockey player Adam Clayburn. A romance begins between them.
In 2004, the actress's personal life changed. Rachel became the wife of actor Daniel Gillis. The first child of the family was daughter Charlotte Easton in 2013. A couple of years later, the son Theodore Vigo Sullivan appeared.
Rachel is not eager to demonstrate private existence. She does not publish pictures of children. But on social networks he willingly posts his photos from trips and filming. Since 2012, Cook has organized programs to help gifted students. The actress pays scholarships to young people from fourteen to nineteen to pay for professional courses.
Currently, work continues on Frozen Hearts. In 2019, there are already new projects that the performer prefers not to disclose in advance.
