Real Name : Rachel Louise Blanchard
Birth : 19 March 1976, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Height : 5' 8"
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Rachel attended Havergal college, an all girls school in Toronto. After high school she went on to attend Queens university in Kingston, Ontario Canada. To prepare for her role as Cher in the _"Clueless" (1996)_ (qv) TV series, Rachel actually did go to some high schools in L.A. where she was surprised to find out that the scene was somewhat like the movie portrayed. Rachel is an avid hockey fan, and also enjoys rock climbing. She has a brother and sister.
Biography written by: Wee0oo@yahoo.ca
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- 1/4life (2005) (TV) [Lisa]
- Adoration (2008) [Rachel] <2>
- Alex: The Life of a Child (1986) (TV) [Wendy]
- Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning (2008) (TV) [Louisa Thomas] <2>
- Careless (2007) [Cheryl]
- Chasing Holden (2001) [T.J. Jensen] <2>
- Clarence (1990) (TV) [Jill] <10>
- Comeback Season (2006) [Chloe Pearce] <4>
- Glory Enough for All (1988) (TV) [Melanie] <16>
- Growing Op (2008) [Crystal Connors] <2>
- Iron Eagle IV (1995) [Kitty Shaw] <7>
- Let's All Hate Toronto (2007) [Herself] <5>
- Lord Stanley's Cup: Hockey's Ultimate Prize (2000) (V) (archive footage) [Herself]
- My Uncle Rafael (2010) [Michele] <5>
- Nailed (2001) [Kelly Sherman] <3>
- On My Own (1993) [Tania] <8>
- Open House (2010) [Alice] <5>
- Our Thirties (2006) (TV) [Jessica]
- Overnight (2010) [Jenny] <1>
- Pure Venom: The Making of 'Snakes on a Plane' (2006) (V) (also archive footage) [Herself - 'Mercedes'] <6>
- Road Trip (2000) [Tiffany Henderson] <7>
- Snakes on a Plane (2006) [Mercedes] <4>
- Snakes on a Set: Behind the Scenes (2006) (V) [Herself]
- Spread (2009) [Emily] <7>
- Sugar & Spice (2001) [Hannah Wald] <5>
- The Rage: Carrie 2 (1999) [Monica] <9>
- The Wild Dogs (2002) [Moll] <1>
- This Film Is Not Yet Rated (2006) [Herself - Actress in 'Where the Truth Lies'] <44>
- Untitled 'Peep Show' Documentary (2005) (V) (archive footage) (uncredited) [Nancy]
- Where the Truth Lies (2005) [Maureen] <5>
- Without a Paddle (2004) [Flower] <23>
- Young Ivanhoe (1995) (TV) [Rowena] <5>
- "7th Heaven" (1996) {A Cry for Help (#7.10)} [Roxanne Richardson] <11>
- "7th Heaven" (1996) {An Early Fall: Part 2 (#8.2)} [Roxanne Richardson] <11>
- "7th Heaven" (1996) {Angel (#8.18)} [Roxanne Richardson] <9>
- "7th Heaven" (1996) {Back in the Saddle Again (#7.12)} [Roxanne Richardson] <10>
- "7th Heaven" (1996) {Baggage (#8.8)} [Roxanne Richardson] <9>
- "7th Heaven" (1996) {Charity Begins at Home (#8.6)} [Roxanne Richardson] <9>
- "7th Heaven" (1996) {Dick (#7.20)} [Roxanne Richardson] <10>
- "7th Heaven" (1996) {Don't Speak Ill of the Living or the Dead (#8.15)} [Roxanne Richardson] <9>
- "7th Heaven" (1996) {Gabrielle Come Blow Your Horn (#7.7)} [Roxanne Richardson] <11>
- "7th Heaven" (1996) {Getting to Know You (#8.7)} [Roxanne Richardson] <9>
- "7th Heaven" (1996) {Go Ask Alice (#8.9)} [Roxanne Richardson] <9>
- "7th Heaven" (1996) {Healing Old Wounds (#8.14)} [Roxanne Richardson] <9>
- "7th Heaven" (1996) {High and Dry (#8.20)} [Roxanne Richardson] <9>
- "7th Heaven" (1996) {High Anxiety (#7.17)} [Roxanne Richardson] <10>
- "7th Heaven" (1996) {I Love Lucy (#7.15)} [Roxanne Richardson] <11>
- "7th Heaven" (1996) {I Wasn't Expecting That! (#8.4)} [Roxanne Richardson] <10>
- "7th Heaven" (1996) {It's Not Always About You (#7.13)} [Roxanne Richardson] <11>
- "7th Heaven" (1996) {Life and Death: Part 1 (#7.21)} [Roxanne Richardson] <12>
- "7th Heaven" (1996) {Life and Death: Part 2 (#7.22)} [Roxanne Richardson] <12>
- "7th Heaven" (1996) {Little White Lies: Part 1 (#8.22)} [Roxanne Richardson] <11>
- "7th Heaven" (1996) {Little White Lies: Part 2 (#8.23)} [Roxanne Richardson] <11>
- "7th Heaven" (1996) {Long Bad Summer: Part 1 (#8.1)} [Roxanne Richardson] <10>
- "7th Heaven" (1996) {Lost and Found (#8.21)} [Roxanne Richardson] <9>
- "7th Heaven" (1996) {Lost Souls (#7.9)} [Roxanne Richardson] <10>
- "7th Heaven" (1996) {Major League (#8.13)} [Roxanne Richardson] <9>
- "7th Heaven" (1996) {Monkey Business 1 (#7.1)} [Roxanne]
- "7th Heaven" (1996) {P.K. aka Preacher's Kid (#8.3)} [Roxanne Richardson] <10>
- "7th Heaven" (1996) {Peer Pressure (#7.8)} [Roxanne Richardson] <10>
- "7th Heaven" (1996) {Regarding Eric (#7.6)} [Roxanne Richardson] <12>
- "7th Heaven" (1996) {Smoking (#7.14)} [Roxanne Richardson] <10>
- "7th Heaven" (1996) {Stand Up (#7.16)} [Roxanne Richardson] <10>
- "7th Heaven" (1996) {Sundays (#7.11)} [Roxanne Richardson] <10>
- "7th Heaven" (1996) {That Touch of Bink (#7.19)} [Roxanne Richardson] <10>
- "7th Heaven" (1996) {The Enemy Within (#7.3)} [Roxanne Richardson] <12>
- "7th Heaven" (1996) {The One Thing (#8.10)} [Roxanne Richardson] <10>
- "7th Heaven" (1996) {The Prodigal Father (#8.12)} [Roxanne Richardson] <9>
- "7th Heaven" (1996) {There's No Place Like It (#8.19)} [Roxanne Richardson] <9>
- "7th Heaven" (1996) {Two Weddings, an Engagement and a Funeral (#8.17)} [Roxanne Richardson] <9>
- "7th Heaven" (1996) {We Do (#7.18)} [Roxanne Richardson] <12>
- "7th Heaven" (1996) {When Bad Conversations Happen to Good People (#8.11)} [Roxanne Richardson] <10>
- "Are You Afraid of the Dark?" (1991) {The Tale of Jake and the Leprechaun (#1.10)} [Kristen] <7>
- "Are You Afraid of the Dark?" (1991) {The Tale of Laughing in the Dark (#1.2)} [Kristen] <8>
- "Are You Afraid of the Dark?" (1991) {The Tale of Locker 22 (#2.3)} [Kristen] <7>
- "Are You Afraid of the Dark?" (1991) {The Tale of Old Man Corcoran (#2.13)} [Kristen] <7>
- "Are You Afraid of the Dark?" (1991) {The Tale of the Captured Souls (#1.7)} [Kristen] <7>
- "Are You Afraid of the Dark?" (1991) {The Tale of the Dark Dragon (#2.6)} [Kristen] <7>
- "Are You Afraid of the Dark?" (1991) {The Tale of the Dark Music (#1.11)} [Kristen] <9>
- "Are You Afraid of the Dark?" (1991) {The Tale of the Dream Machine (#2.5)} [Kristen] <7>
- "Are You Afraid of the Dark?" (1991) {The Tale of the Final Wish (#2.1)} [Kristen] <7>
- "Are You Afraid of the Dark?" (1991) {The Tale of the Frozen Ghost (#2.8)} [Kristen] <6>
- "Are You Afraid of the Dark?" (1991) {The Tale of the Full Moon (#2.9)} [Kristen] <7>
- "Are You Afraid of the Dark?" (1991) {The Tale of the Hatching (#2.12)} [Kristen] <9>
- "Are You Afraid of the Dark?" (1991) {The Tale of the Hungry Hounds (#1.5)} [Kristen] <6>
- "Are You Afraid of the Dark?" (1991) {The Tale of the Lonely Ghost (#1.3)} [Kristen] <8>
- "Are You Afraid of the Dark?" (1991) {The Tale of the Magician's Assistant (#2.11)} [Kristen] <7>
- "Are You Afraid of the Dark?" (1991) {The Tale of the Midnight Madness (#2.2)} [Kristen] <7>
- "Are You Afraid of the Dark?" (1991) {The Tale of the Nightly Neighbors (#1.8)} [Kristen] <10>
- "Are You Afraid of the Dark?" (1991) {The Tale of the Phantom Cab (#1.1)} [Kristen] <7>
- "Are You Afraid of the Dark?" (1991) {The Tale of the Pinball Wizard (#1.13)} [Kristen] <8>
- "Are You Afraid of the Dark?" (1991) {The Tale of the Prom Queen (#1.12)} [Kristen] <8>
- "Are You Afraid of the Dark?" (1991) {The Tale of the Shiny Red Bicycle (#2.10)} [Kristen] <9>
- "Are You Afraid of the Dark?" (1991) {The Tale of the Sorcerer's Apprentice (#1.9)} [Kristen] <8>
- "Are You Afraid of the Dark?" (1991) {The Tale of the Super Specs (#1.6)} [Kristen] <11>
- "Are You Afraid of the Dark?" (1991) {The Tale of the Thirteenth Floor (#2.4)} [Kristen] <8>
- "Are You Afraid of the Dark?" (1991) {The Tale of the Twisted Claw (#1.4)} [Kristen] <15>
- "Are You Afraid of the Dark?" (1991) {The Tale of the Whispering Walls (#2.7)} [Kristen] <7>
- "Call Me Fitz" (2010)
- "Chris Cross" (1993) {(#2.5)} [Dinah McGee] <3>
- "Chris Cross" (1993) {All's Fair (#1.5)} [Dinah McGee] <3>
- "Chris Cross" (1993) {It's a Jungle in There (#2.2)} [Dinah McGee] <3>
- "Chris Cross" (1993) {Moby Duck (#2.7)} [Dinah McGee] <3>
- "Chris Cross" (1993) {Parents' Day (#1.3)} [Dinah McGee] <3>
- "Chris Cross" (1993) {Politics (#2.6)} [Dinah McGee] <3>
- "Chris Cross" (1993) {Revolution 101 (#2.1)} [Dinah McGee] <3>
- "Chris Cross" (1993) {Saturday Night (#1.6)} [Dinah McGee] <3>
- "Chris Cross" (1993) {The Creeper (#1.4)} [Dinah McGee] <3>
- "Chris Cross" (1993) {The Harder They Fall (#1.2)} [Dinah McGee] <3>
- "Chris Cross" (1993) {Things Change (#1.1)} [Dinah McGee] <3>
- "Chris Cross" (1993) {Turf Wars (#2.3)} [Dinah McGee] <3>
- "Chris Cross" (1993) {X Marks the Plot (#2.4)} [Dinah McGee] <3>
- "Clueless" (1996) {A Test of Character (#3.19)} [Cher Horowitz] <1>
- "Clueless" (1996) {A Very P.C. Christmas (Holiday) (#2.12)} [Cher Horowitz] <1>
- "Clueless" (1996) {All Night Senior Party (#3.22)} [Cher Horowitz] <1>
- "Clueless" (1996) {All Teed Off (#1.16)} [Cher Horowitz] <1>
- "Clueless" (1996) {As If a Girl's Reach Should Exceed Her Grasp (#1.1)} [Cher Horowitz] <1>
- "Clueless" (1996) {Back from Bakersfield (#3.2)} [Cher Horowitz] <1>
- "Clueless" (1996) {Back to School (#2.1)} [Cher Horowitz] <1>
- "Clueless" (1996) {Bakersfield Blues (#3.1)} [Cher Horowitz] <1>
- "Clueless" (1996) {Big Sissies (#3.18)} [Cher Horowitz] <1>
- "Clueless" (1996) {Cashless (#2.22)} [Cher Horowitz] <1>
- "Clueless" (1996) {Cher and Cher Alike (#3.6)} [Cher Horowitz] <1>
- "Clueless" (1996) {Cher's Weekend at Bernie's (#3.16)} [Cher Horowitz] <1>
- "Clueless" (1996) {Cher, Inc. (#1.12)} [Cher Horowitz] <1>
- "Clueless" (1996) {Chick Fight Tonight (#2.5)} [Cher Horowitz] <1>
- "Clueless" (1996) {Child Bride (#3.12)} [Cher Horowitz] <1>
- "Clueless" (1996) {City Beautification (#1.3)} [Cher Horowitz] <1>
- "Clueless" (1996) {Dance Fever (#2.14)} [Cher Horowitz] <1>
- "Clueless" (1996) {Do We with Bad Haircuts Not Feel? (#1.4)} [Cher Horowitz] <1>
- "Clueless" (1996) {Driving Me Crazy (#1.10)} [Cher Horowitz] <1>
- "Clueless" (1996) {Father's Keeper (#3.7)} [Cher Horowitz] <1>
- "Clueless" (1996) {Fixing up Daddy (#1.13)} [Cher Horowitz] <1>
- "Clueless" (1996) {Friends (#2.20)} [Cher Horowitz] <1>
- "Clueless" (1996) {Graduation (#3.21)} [Cher Horowitz] <1>
- "Clueless" (1996) {Homecoming Queen (#2.7)} [Cher Horowitz] <1>
- "Clueless" (1996) {I Got You Babe (#1.9)} [Cher Horowitz] <1>
- "Clueless" (1996) {I'm in with the Out Crowd (#1.15)} [Cher Horowitz] <1>
- "Clueless" (1996) {In Boyfriend We Trust (#2.15)} [Cher Horowitz] <1>
- "Clueless" (1996) {Intruder Spawn (#2.10)} [Cher Horowitz] <1>
- "Clueless" (1996) {Kiss Me Kip (#1.8)} [Cher Horowitz] <1>
- "Clueless" (1996) {Labor of Love (#2.13)} [Cher Horowitz] <1>
- "Clueless" (1996) {Life Is a Beach (#2.17)} [Cher Horowitz] <1>
- "Clueless" (1996) {Making Up Is Hard to Do (#1.6)} [Cher Horowitz] <1>
- "Clueless" (1996) {Mercy Date (#3.11)} [Cher Horowitz] <1>
- "Clueless" (1996) {Model Smoker (#3.3)} [Cher Horowitz] <1>
- "Clueless" (1996) {Mr. Wright (#1.17)} [Cher Horowitz] <1>
- "Clueless" (1996) {My Best Friend's Boyfriend (#3.14)} [Cher Horowitz] <1>
- "Clueless" (1996) {Never P.E.T.A. Squirrel (#3.8)} [Cher Horowitz] <1>
- "Clueless" (1996) {Nice Girls Finish Last (#3.10)} [Cher Horowitz] <1>
- "Clueless" (1996) {None for the Road (#3.15)} [Cher Horowitz] <1>
- "Clueless" (1996) {Our Lady of Rodeo Drive (#3.9)} [Cher Horowitz] <1>
- "Clueless" (1996) {P.G. Seventeen (#2.19)} [Cher Horowitz] <1>
- "Clueless" (1996) {Parent Trap (#3.17)} [Cher Horowitz] <1>
- "Clueless" (1996) {Pilot (#1.7)} [Cher Horowitz] <1>
- "Clueless" (1996) {Popularity (#3.13)} [Cher Horowitz] <1>
- "Clueless" (1996) {Prom Misses, Prom Misses (#3.20)} [Cher Horowitz] <1>
- "Clueless" (1996) {Romeo and Cher (#1.11)} [Cher Horowitz] <1>
- "Clueless" (1996) {Salsa, Chlorine & Tears (#2.2)} [Cher Horowitz] <1>
- "Clueless" (1996) {Scream Again Murray, Scream Again! (#3.5)} [Cher Horowitz] <1>
- "Clueless" (1996) {Scream Murray, Scream! (#3.4)} [Cher Horowitz] <1>
- "Clueless" (1996) {Sean's Video (#2.21)} [Cher Horowitz] <1>
- "Clueless" (1996) {Secrets & Lies (#1.18)} [Cher Horowitz] <1>
- "Clueless" (1996) {Sharing Cher (#2.4)} [Cher Horowitz] <1>
- "Clueless" (1996) {Shop 'Til You Drop (#2.8)} [Cher Horowitz] <1>
- "Clueless" (1996) {Suddenly Stupid (#2.3)} [Cher Horowitz] <1>
- "Clueless" (1996) {The Intruder (#2.9)} [Cher Horowitz] <1>
- "Clueless" (1996) {The Joint (#2.16)} [Cher Horowitz] <1>
- "Clueless" (1996) {The Party's Over (#1.14)} [Cher Horowitz] <1>
- "Clueless" (1996) {To Party or Not to Party (#1.2)} [Cher Horowitz] <1>
- "Clueless" (1996) {Trick or Treat (#2.6)} [Cher Horowitz] <1>
- "Clueless" (1996) {Valley of the Malls (#2.11)} [Cher Horowitz] <1>
- "Clueless" (1996) {We Shall Overpack (#1.5)} [Cher Horowitz] <1>
- "Everything She Ever Wanted" (2009) {(#1.2)} [Rachel Reede]
- "Flash Forward" (1996) [Ellen Fisher (episodes 1-4)]
- "Joey" (2004) {Joey and the Fancy Sister (#1.19)} [Joelle] <7>
- "Katts and Dog" (1988) {Kidnapped (#3.5)}
- "Peep Show" (2003) {Dance Class (#2.1)} [Nancy] <3>
- "Peep Show" (2003) {Gym (#4.3)} [Nancy] <3>
- "Peep Show" (2003) {Handyman (#4.4)} [Nancy] <3>
- "Peep Show" (2003) {Jeremy Makes It (#2.2)} [Nancy] <3>
- "Peep Show" (2003) {Local Zero (#2.3)} [Nancy] <3>
- "Peep Show" (2003) {University Challenge (#2.4)} [Nancy] <3>
- "Peep Show" (2003) {Wedding (#2.6)} [Nancy] <3>
- "Peep Show" (2003) {Wedding (#4.6)} [Nancy] <3>
- "The Big Breakfast" (1992) {(2001-05-23)} [Herself]
- "The Flight of the Conchords" (2007) {Sally (#1.1)} [Sally] <6>
- "The Flight of the Conchords" (2007) {Sally Returns (#1.5)} [Sally] <6>
- "The Hitchhiker" (1983) {Riding the Nightmare (#6.3)}
- "The Kids of Degrassi Street" (1979) {Liz Sits the Schlegels} [Melanie]
- "The Kids of Degrassi Street" (1979) {Martin Meets the Pirates} [Melanie]
- "The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson" (2005) {(#2.201)} [Herself]
- "The Littlest Hobo" (1979) {Voyageurs: Part 1 (#6.15)} [Lisa Farrell]
- "The Littlest Hobo" (1979) {Voyageurs: Part 2 (#6.16)} [Lisa Farrell]
- "The Sharon Osbourne Show" (2003) {(2004-03-01)} [Herself]
- "War of the Worlds" (1988) {Among the Philistines (#1.11)} [Debi McCullough] <6>
- "War of the Worlds" (1988) {Breeding Ground (#2.5)} [Debi McCullough] <6>
- "War of the Worlds" (1988) {Candle in the Night (#2.15)} [Debi McCullough] <6>
- "War of the Worlds" (1988) {Doomsday (#2.3)} [Debi McCullough] <6>
- "War of the Worlds" (1988) {Epiphany (#1.10)} (uncredited) [Debi McCullough]
- "War of the Worlds" (1988) {Eye for an Eye (#1.5)} [Debi McCullough] <10>
- "War of the Worlds" (1988) {Goliath Is My Name (#1.7)} [Debi McCullough] <9>
- "War of the Worlds" (1988) {Loving the Alien (#2.7)} [Debi McCullough] <6>
- "War of the Worlds" (1988) {Max (#2.18)} [Debi McCullough] <6>
- "War of the Worlds" (1988) {My Soul to Keep (#1.20)} [Debi McCullough] <9>
- "War of the Worlds" (1988) {Night Moves (#2.8)} [Debi McCullough] <6>
- "War of the Worlds" (1988) {No Direction Home (#2.2)} [Debi McCullough] <6>
- "War of the Worlds" (1988) {Seft of Emun (#2.6)} [Debi McCullough] <6>
- "War of the Worlds" (1988) {Terminal Rock (#2.4)} [Debi McCullough] <6>
- "War of the Worlds" (1988) {The Defector (#2.10)} [Debi McCullough] <6>
- "War of the Worlds" (1988) {The Good Samaritan (#1.9)} [Debi McCullough] <12>
- "War of the Worlds" (1988) {The Obelisk (#2.20)} [Debi McCullough] <6>
- "War of the Worlds" (1988) {The Resurrection (#1.1)} [Debi McCullough] <12>
- "War of the Worlds" (1988) {The Second Wave (#2.1)} [Debi McCullough] <7>
- "War of the Worlds" (1988) {The Walls of Jericho (#1.2)} [Debi McCullough] <11>
- "War of the Worlds" (1988) {Time to Reap (#2.11)} [Debi McCullough] <6>
- "War of the Worlds" (1988) {Totally Real (#2.17)} [Debi McCullough] <6>
- "War of the Worlds" (1988) {Video Messiah (#2.16)} [Debi McCullough] <6>
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- "Starlog" (USA), May 1990, Iss. 154, by: Peter Bloch-Hansen, "Rachel, Get Your Gun"
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- "Premiere" (USA), September 2006, Vol. 20, Iss. 1, pg. 21, by: Kelly Borgeson, "A Kiss Before Flying"
- "Parade" (USA), 13 August 2006, pg. 14, by: James Brady, "In Step With: Rachel Blanchard"
- "North Toronto Post" (Canada), November 2005, Vol. 16, Iss. 3, pg. 38-39, by: Boyd Erman, "From Havergal to Hollywood with Rachel Blanchard"
- "Movieline" (USA), April 1999, Vol. X, Iss. 7, pg. 10, by: Dennis Hensley, "Hype: Rachel Blanchard"
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- "Playboy" (USA), December 2005, Vol. 52, Iss. 12, pg. 94, by: Stephen Rebello, "Sex in Cinema 2005"
- "Maxim" (USA), May 2001, Iss. special, pg. 3, by: Steve Shaw, "Maxim Hot 100 2001: #99"
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- "TV Guide" (Canada), 10 August 1996
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- Starred in Ed Zwick's ill-fated ABC pilot, "The 1/4 Life," with Merritt Wever, Austin Nichols, and Shiri Appleby.
- TV commercial for Lupus Canada (2007)
- Was in the music video for the song "Business Time" by Flight of the Conchords.
- In Maroon 5 music video for "Sunday Morning"
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- (April 2010) Expecting her second child with husband Adrian Brown, due in October 2010.
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- "I have dreams, and sometimes you wonder how far you'll go for those dreams, especially when the boundaries of work are very ill-defined. I walk out of some auditions thinking, 'I can't believe I just did that.'"
- "It's interesting that people are more obsessed with sexuality than with violence toward women."
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- Attended high school at Havergal College in Toronto.
- Enjoys playing hockey in her spare time
- Attended a small college in Canada, where she majored in psychology.
- Hair was dyed red for _Road Trip (2000)_ (qv) because the producers wanted her to have a different look from 'Amy Smart' (qv).
- When acting on one project, an extra from around the set was picked to portray her father in a brief scene. Later, after the scene had been shot, the director looked over to where Rachel's father was standing and said "we should have gotten you to play her father, you look perfect for the part", this was said without realising that he actually was her father.
- (June 2002) Voted in at #37 in FHM's 100 Sexiest Girls of 2002 poll, UK edition.
- Attended Humbercrest Junior Public School in Toronto, Ontario.
- Best friends with 'Melissa George (I)' (qv).
- She has worked with both the London-twins. With 'Jason London (I)' (qv) in _The Rage: Carrie 2 (1999)_ (qv) and with 'Jeremy London' (qv) in _"7th Heaven" (1996)_ (qv).
- Has a pet dog, a bull terrier named Wilbur because it looks like the pig in _Charlotte's Web (1973)_ (qv).
- Although she has a small house in Los Angeles, she spends most of her time living in the UK.
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