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Rachel Blanchard

"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.'"

Date of Birth: March 19, 1976

Birthplace: Toronto, Ontario

Having appeared in a plethora of productions, Rachel is undoubtedly still best known for her work on the television show, Clueless when she took over where Alicia Silverstone left off.

Rachel Blanchard’s obvious beauty -- combined with her raw, natural talent -- has deftly established her as one of the most intriguing actresses around, and we can’t resist her penchant for eclectic and distinctly challenging roles.

Rachel Blanchard was born on March 19, 1976, in Toronto, Ontario. Along with her brother and sister, Rachel enjoyed a traditionally Canadian upbringing; she’s been a lifelong fan of hockey and continues to play the sport whenever she has a chance. After starting out at Toronto’s Humbercrest Junior Public School, Rachel eventually transferred to Havergal College -- an all-girls school that nurtured Rachel’s burgeoning passion for drama.

Throughout her school years, Rachel acted steadily in a wide variety of Canadian television shows and movies, having made her debut as a toddler in a McDonald’s commercial. Rachel deftly balanced her schoolwork with her increasingly busy filming schedule, as the young girl found herself cast in a wide range of productions (including the short-lived 1988 show War of the Worlds, opposite future Highlander star Adrian Paul). Although Rachel was slowly but surely making her mark on the Canadian scene, she couldn’t help but wonder if she would ever crack the lucrative American market -- and it wasn’t long before she broke through in a big way.

Though she started attending Queens University and even had a recurring role on a Canadian show called Flash Forward (opposite fellow up-and-coming stars Ben Foster and Jewel Staite), Rachel didn’t hesitate to say yes after learning that she’d successfully auditioned for the Alicia Silverstone role in ABC’s adaptation of Clueless. The series -- which also starred future Scrubs actor Donald Faison -- was a mild success and ran for three seasons, during which time Rachel firmly established herself as one of the hottest Canadian imports to emerge since Pamela Anderson joined the cast of Baywatch.

After the series ended in 1999, Rachel began sifting through the various offers on her table, eventually settling on a supporting role opposite Mena Suvari and Jason London in The Rage: Carrie 2. She followed that up with a series of appearances in films such as 2000’s Road Trip (with Amy Smart, Sean William Scott and Breckin Meyer), 2001’s Sugar & Spice (with Marla Sokoloff and Melissa George), and 2004’s Without a Paddle (with Seth Green and Matthew Lillard). Rachel even found time to return to her Canadian roots by starring in the little-seen drama The Wild Dogs in 2002, though the actress generally devoted herself to south-of-the-border pursuits.

Rachel spent much of the early part of the new century steeped in television, thanks to her recurring roles on 7th Heaven and a Britcom called Peep Show. Frustrated with the lack of edgy parts available to her, Rachel signed up for a small but pivotal role in the 2005 Atom Egoyan drama Where the Truth Lies. Featuring a risqué three-way sex scene between Rachel and costars Kevin Bacon and Colin Firth, the film was eventually released to American theaters unrated after Egoyan refused to make any cuts.

Rachel was cast in two films in 2006: a romantic comedy starring Ray Liotta called Comeback Season and the Samuel L. Jackson cult-classic-in-waiting Snakes on a Plane.

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