Rachael Leigh Cook

Rachael Leigh Cook (born on October 4, 1979) is an American actress.

Cook was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She began working as a model at the age of 10 (her image still appears on boxes of Milk-Bone Dog Biscuits).

At 14, Cook began auditioning for acting work. She first gained national attention when she was featured in a series of public service anti-drug ads ("This is your brain...This is your brain on drugs"). 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.

Filmography

  • The Big Empty (2003)
  • American Crime (2003)
  • Tempo (2003)
  • Bookies (2003)
  • 29 Palms (2002)
  • Sally (2002)
  • Scorched (2002)
  • Tangled (2001)
  • Texas Rangers (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)
  • Strike (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)

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Cook has also appeared in a number of independent films. In the 2000s, Mónica has left her dancing career and achieved fame on her own in the youth-oriented TV series Un Paso Adelante. Her two biggest roles to date have been the leads in She's All That (1999) and Josie and the Pussycats (2001). This similarity has been used in Spanish TV ads. Success in the acting profession followed quickly and she debuted in The Baby-Sitters Club (1995). Her younger sister Mónica Cruz resembles her a lot. She first gained national attention when she was featured in a series of public service anti-drug ads ("This is your brain...This is your brain on drugs"). The relationship started on the set of the film Vanilla Sky in which they appeared together.

At 14, Cook began auditioning for acting work. In early 2001 she began a three-year relationship with Tom Cruise. She began working as a model at the age of 10 (her image still appears on boxes of Milk-Bone Dog Biscuits). In 1999 she appeared in Pedro Almodóvar's Todo sobre mi madre which won an Academy Award for Foreign Language Film. Cook was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She also appeared with Matt Damon in All The Pretty Horses. Rachael Leigh Cook (born on October 4, 1979) is an American actress. Cruz's first major films were Jamón, Jamón and the more widely known (in the US) Belle Époque, a film which won an Academy Award for Foreign Language Film.

The Baby-Sitters Club (1995). She also was a TV presenter for the teen-oriented program La Quinta Marcha, in collaboration with Jesús Vázquez. Tom and Huck (1995). She then started a relationship with Nacho Cano, a member of the group, which lasted for several years. 26 Summer Street (1996). She first achieved fame when she appeared in the video clip La fuerza del destino for the Spanish synth-pop group Mecano. Carpool (1996). Her parents named her after a song by Joan Manuel Serrat.

The House of Yes (1997). Born in Madrid, Spain, Cruz was a dancer as a child and young teen, and actually dropped out of high school to pursue dancing at the National Conservatory of Madrid (majoring in Classical Ballet) and theatre at Cristina Rota's School in New York (4 years). The Eighteenth Angel (1997). Penélope Cruz Sánchez, nicknamed simply Pe, (born April 28, 1974) is a Spanish actress. Strike (1998). IMDB Profile (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004851/). The Naked Man (1998). Don't Move (2004).

Living Out Loud (1998). Head in the Clouds (2004). She's All That (1999). Gothika (2003). The Hi-Line (1999). Fanfan la tulipe (2003). The Bumblebee Flies Anyway (1999). Vanilla Sky (2001).

Get Carter (2000). Captain Corelli's Mandolin (2001). AntiTrust (2001). Blow (2001). Blow Dry (2001). Woman On Top (2000). Josie and the Pussycats (2001). All The Pretty Horses (1999).

Texas Rangers (2001). Tangled (2001). Scorched (2002). Sally (2002).

29 Palms (2002). Bookies (2003). Tempo (2003). American Crime (2003).

The Big Empty (2003).