Rachael Leigh Cook was born October 4, 1979 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She graduated from high school in 1998. However, she spent only 6 months in an actual high school when she was a freshman. Rachael stands at 5'2 inches tall and weighs around 100 pounds. Despite being really shy when she was younger, Rachael got her first acting role when she was around seven in a ppublic service announcement. Eventually overcoming her shyness, Rachael is now a successful young actress. Rachael has been quoted as "sweet, funny, and quick with a quip" by many teen magazines.
Around age 10, Rachael started modeling. With her parents' help, Rachael got an agent and soon started landing modeling and commercial gigs. Rachael also appeared in school musicals. Rachael modeled for local ads in the Minnesota and Target ads. Her work used to be seen on the Milk-Bone Dog Biscuits box in which she was around 11 or 12 years old in that shoot. Rachael modeled for around four years before her professional acting career.
Rachael now lives mostly in Los Angeles. She used to live most in Minnesota with her parents, younger brother Ben, two cats, and a dog. Ben is around 17, and get along great with Rachael.
Rachael loves reading, writing, and art (especially drawing and painting). Someday, she hopes to do some screenwriting. Rachael enjoys reading, writing, drawing, tennis, rollerblading, going to garage sales, and shopping for clothes. Rachael says that most of the wardrobe in her closet is mostly black and brown. Rachael's favorite color is black. Her favorite authors include, Shirley Jackson, F. Scott Fritzgerald, Franz Kafka. The bands Rachael likes are Soul Coughing, Sordid Humor, U2, The Propellorheads, That Dog, Inidgo Girls, and The Who. Rachael's favorite TV shows include "3rd Rock From The Sun", "Frasier", and "American Gladiators". Rachael's facorite actors are Johnny Depp and Sinbad. Rachael dislikes math, spiders, power tools, going to the dentist,THX sound promos, old green tatoos, traffic, most poodles, excessive use of the letter "K" in words, and rollercoasters.
Rachael is a vegetarian, and doesn't eat red or white meat or fish. She is a devotee of Embers and the International House of Pancakes.
Rachael says that she picks her films where she can just read it, so she can just see herself saying the lines. She reads them on the page and can hear her voice in her head and how she would say them. She is truly devoted to playing the roles at best in films.
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