Name : Rachael Leigh Cook
Date Of Birth : 4th October 1979
Birthplace : Minneapolis, Minnesota US
Height : 5'2" (158cm)
Weight : Approximately 100lbs
Eye Colour : Brown
Hair Colour : Dark Brown
Boyfriend? : Yes. Ryan Alosio - actor, and co-star in flick 'The Hi-Line'
School : Laurel Springs School - For Young Actors/Actresses
Fave Band : U2
Dislikes : Poodles, Rollercoasters, Dentists, Rootbeer
Other : She is left-handed. She is a vegetarian.
Fan Mail Address : Rachael Leigh Cook 4750 Van Nuys Blvd. Box# 171
Sherman Oaks, CA 91403

Rachael Leigh Cook was born October 4, 1979 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. This brown haired, doe eyed beauty from Minnesota has graduated from high school of spring 1998. Rachel is 5'2 and weighs around 100 pounds. Rachael got her first acting role when she was around seven in a non- speaking part in a public service announcement encouraging adults to become foster parents. Around age 10, Rachael started modeling. With her parents' help, Rachael got an agent and soon started landing modeling and commercial jobs. Rachael also appeared in numerous school musicals. Rachael modeled for local ads in the Minnesota. You can currently see her work on the Milk-Bone Dog Biscuits box on store shelves now, Rachel is in a pink shirt and is next to a brown cocker spaniel and is around 11 or 12 years old in that photo. Rachael modeled for around four years before her professional acting career.

Rachael lives most of the year in her apartment in Los Angelas, but frequently visits with her parents, and younger brother in Minnisota. Her younger brother Ben is around 16, and Rachel and him get along really well.

Rachael loves art, especially drawing. Someday, she even hopes to do some screenwriting. Rachael enjoys reading, writing (especially short stories), drawing, tennis, rollerblading, garage sales, and shopping. Most Rachelöôs wardrobe is black and brown. Rachael's favorite color is black. Her favorite authors include, Shirley Jackson, F. Scott Fritzgerald, Franz Kafka. The bands Rachael like are Indigo Girls, The Who, That Dog, and U2. Rachael's favorite TV shows include "American Gladiators", "3rd Rock From the Sun", and "Fraiser". Rachael doesn't like spiders, power tools, and rollercoasters (which runs in the family).

Rachael Leigh Cook burst onto the Hollywood scene in 1995, with the role of Mary Anne Spier in the movie The Baby-Sitters Club, which was based on the successful book series of the same name. She starred alongside other well-known actresses such as Larisa Oleynik ("Secret World of Alex Mack") and Marla Sokoloff ("The Practice"). She won acclaim also as Becky Thatcher in Tom and Huck, starring opposite Jonathan Taylor Thomas ("Home Improvement"). However before catching the eye of the nation, she was a model for print ads for about four years. Her spots in the Target Stores ad and on the cover of a Milkbone dog biscuit box are probably her best known ones.

Her acting career started with commercials and a part in the independent short film '26 Summer Street'. She obtained manager through her modeling agency in Minneapolis. Since appearing in the The Baby- Sitters Club, Rachael has gone on to make 11 movies in just 3 years, including Carpool, Living Out Loud and Strike. And with the dawn of a new year, Rachael is off to a great start in 1999. 'She's All That' opened in theatres the weekend of January 29 as the coveted number one movie in America, grossing over $16 million in just 3 days of release. With this kind of success, she's sure to be in demand in Hollywood. She tells Moxie Girl magazine, "I look forward to all kinds of roles... playing more adult parts, preferably ones written for people over 16 years of age." If you're a casting agent looking to fill a part, look no further...she's the one...and she's all that, too!

Rachael was the first person to be cast in She's All That. She was drawn to the script's humor. "Very few things make you laugh out loud when you're by yourself. But when I read the script, I was laughing my head off in the middle of the night all alone", she recalls. "I just wanted to grab someone and say, 'This is really funny! I want to do this!'" In addition, she had another chance to work with Freddie Prinze, Jr. who appeared in The House of Yes with her.

Other films that she has done recently include Hi-Line, an independent film, The Bumblebee Flies Anyway, a teen drama set in a hospital that also stars Elijah Wood, and The Naked Man, a comedy about sumo wrestling written by Ethan Coen.

Some media and magazines that Rachael has appeared in include Moxie Girl, Launch CD-ROM, Movieline,Teen People, Entertainment Weekly, Bikini, and In Style.