Rachel Blanchard

Rachel Blanchard
Blanchard at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival
Born	Rachel Louise Blanchard (1976-03-19) March 19, 1976 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1982–present

Rachel Louise Blanchard (born March 19, 1976) is a Canadian actress.

Early life

Blanchard was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and graduated from Havergal College in Toronto, going on to Queen's University.

Career

Blanchard's career was launched with a part in a McDonald's commercial, and as an eight-year-old on the Canadian children's show The Kids of Degrassi Street, in which she played Melanie Schlegel. She also starred in the television series War of the Worlds as Suzanne McCullough's daughter Debi and in Nickelodeon's Are You Afraid of the Dark? as Kristen. Blanchard is probably best known for playing the part of Cher Horowitz (originally portrayed by Alicia Silverstone in the film version) on the television series Clueless (based on the 1995 movie of the same name).

Blanchard received critical acclaim for her performance as Nancy, the American girlfriend of main character Jeremy Usborne (Robert Webb), in the award-winning second series of sitcom Peep Show. She reprised this role in the fourth series (2007).^[1] She played Sally on the HBO show Flight of the Conchords.

Filmography

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Rachel Blanchard.

• Rachel Blanchard at the Internet Movie Database
• Rachel Blanchard in 'My Uncle Rafael'