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->''"...acting just sort of happened and I found that I loved it. It was such a challenge."''

Rachael Leigh Cook, born October 4, 1979 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, is a petite American actress and former child model. She is best known for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iE7ukc7MV-k demolishing a kitchen with a frying pan]] in a famous anti-heroin {{P|ublicServiceAnnouncement}}SA in the 1990s and for starring in the films ''Film/ShesAllThat'' and ''Film/JosieAndThePussycats2001''.

Cook has also done some voiceover work, perhaps most notably playing Tifa Lockhart in ''Anime/FinalFantasyVIIAdventChildren'', ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII'', ''[[VideoGame/DissidiaFinalFantasy Dissidia Duodecim Final Fantasy]]'', and ''VideoGame/WorldOfFinalFantasy''; as well as doing some work on ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken''. She also voiced Jaesa Wilsaam in ''VideoGame/StarWarsTheOldRepublic.''

In 2004, she married ''Series/TheVampireDiaries'' star Dan Gillies, with whom she has two children, though the couple announced in June 2019 that they were splitting up. [[AmicableExes They're still on good terms, however]].

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!!Her roles include:
* ''Film/TheBabySittersClub'' - Mary Anne Spier
* ''Film/TomAndHuck'' - Becky Thatcher
* ''Carpool'' - Kayla
* ''Film/TheHouseOfYes'' - Young 'Jackie-O'
* ''Film/TheHairyBird'' - Abigail "Abby" Sawyer
* ''Film/ShesAllThat'' - Laney Boggs
* ''[[Film/GetCarter2000 Get Carter]]'' - Doreen Carter
* ''Film/{{Antitrust}}'' - Lisa
* ''Film/BlowDry'' - Christina
* ''Film/JosieAndThePussycats2001'' - Josie [=McCoy=]
* ''Film/Tangled2001'' - Jenny Kelley
* ''Series/IntoTheWest'' - Clara Wheeler
* ''Film/HesAllThat'' - Anna Sawyer
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!!Tropes associated with Rachael Leigh Cook include:
* AdamWesting: She reprised her infamous PSA role when it was parodied on ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken''.
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: The poster girl for doe-eyed brunettes everywhere.
* FryingPanOfDoom: The "This is your brain on drugs" PSA has her use one to smash up a kitchen.
* HollywoodHypeMachine: She got a pretty big push in the late-1990s, early-2000s era, as Hollywood wanted her to be the next big star- magazines, TV shows, and anything else celebrity-related followed suit, but then ''Film/JosieAndThePussycats2001'' happened. And that was it. All she's gotten since then are parts in other failed movies and roles on TV, though at least unlike some victims of the Hype Machine she has been working steadily and hasn't turned into a celebrity joke. She's also landed one of the main roles in ''Series/Perception2012''.
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