Rachael Leigh Cook
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Rachael Leigh Cook
Rachael Leigh Cook (born on October 4, 1979) is an American actress.
Biography
Cook was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota to Thomas Howard Cook and JoAnne Maria Mozzone (an Italian American). She began working as a print model at the age of 10, most notably in nationwide advertisements for Target and appearing on the boxes of Milk-Bone dog biscuits for medium sized dogs.
At 14, Cook began auditioning for acting work. Her modeling agency sent her to read for a short film, 26 Summer Street (1996). She first gained national attention when she was featured in the memorable This is Your Brain on Drugs public-service television advertisement. Success in the acting profession followed quickly and she debuted in The Baby-Sitters Club (1995).
Her two biggest roles to date have been the leads in She's All That (1999) and Josie and the Pussycats (2001). Cook has also appeared in a number of independent films and in the 2005 television miniseries Into the West.
She owns her own production company called Ben's Sister Productions, the name of which is a reference to her younger brother, Ben, who is an aspiring filmmaker.
After becoming engaged in December 2003, she married actor Daniel Gillies in August 2004.
Filmography
Rachael Leigh Cook as Lisa Calighan in AntiTrustInto the West (TV) (2005)
Fearless (TV) (2004)
My First Wedding (2004)
American Crime (2004)
Stateside (2004)
Tempo (2003)
11:14 (2003)
Bookies (2003)
The Big Empty (2003)
Bookies (2003)
29 Palms (2002)
Sally (2002)
Scorched (2002)
Tangled (2001)
Texas Rangers (TV) (2001)
Josie and the Pussycats (2001)
Blow Dry (2001)
AntiTrust (2001)
Get Carter (2000)
The Bumblebee Flies Anyway (1999)
The Hi-Line (1999)
She's All That (1999)
Living Out Loud (1998)
The Naked Man (1998)
The Hairy Bird (1998)
The Eighteenth Angel (1997)
The House of Yes (1997)
Carpool (1996)
26 Summer Street (1996)
Tom and Huck (1995)
The Baby-Sitters Club (1995)
Rachael Leigh Cook Favorite Faumous Quotes
- The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities.
- All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others.
- Sometimes our light goes out but is blown into flame by another human being. Each of us owes deepest thanks to those who have rekindled this light.
- Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocrities. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence.
- The next best thing to being witty one's self, is to be able to quote another's wit.
- I'm becoming more and more myself with time, I guess that's what grace is, the refinement of your soul through time.
- An attempt is already underway to revise history-to leave the impression that the former president had nothing to do with Watergate. But there is no doubt about his obstruction of justice after the Watergate break-in.
- I have everything, yet have nothing and although I possess nothing, still of nothing am I in want.
- There are two kinds of light -- the glow that illumines, and the glare that obscures.
- One of the few good things about modern times If you die horribly on television, you will not have died in vain. You will have entertained us.
Frank Moore