Rachel Blanchard

Rachel Blanchard
Blanchard at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival
Born	(1976-03-19) 19 March 1976 (age 48) Toronto, Ontario, Canada[1]
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1984–present

Rachel Elise Blanchard (born 19 March 1976) is a Canadian actress.^[1] Her television roles include Nancy in the British sitcom Peep Show, Emma in the American comedy-drama series You Me Her, and Susannah in the American romantic drama series The Summer I Turned Pretty.^[2]

Career

Blanchard's career was launched with a part in a McDonald's commercial,^[1] and as an eight-year-old on the Canadian children's show The Kids of Degrassi Street,^[3] 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 YTV's Are You Afraid of the Dark? as Kristen.^[4] Blanchard played the part of Cher Horowitz (originally portrayed by Alicia Silverstone in the film version) in the television series Clueless (based on the 1995 movie of the same name).^[5] She played Roxanne on the television series 7th Heaven^[6] from 2002 to 2004.

Blanchard had notable turns in fellow Canadian director and auteur Atom Egoyan films, first with Where the Truth Lies (2005), then as protagonist Rachel in his Cannes celebrated Adoration (2008), winner of that year's festival Ecumenical Jury Prize.^[7]

Blanchard appeared as Nancy, the American girlfriend of main character Jeremy Usborne (Robert Webb), in the second series of British sitcom Peep Show. She reprised this role in the fourth series (2007).^[8] She played Sally on the HBO show Flight of the Conchords^[9][10] and had a recurring role in the first season of the 2014 FX crime series Fargo.^[11] From 2016–2020, Blanchard played Emma Trakarsky in comedy-drama You Me Her, about a woman who enters into a polyamorous relationship with her husband and a younger woman.^[12]

She won the Gemini Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series at the 26th Gemini Awards for her appearance on Call Me Fitz.^[13]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1991	On My Own	Tania
1995	Iron Eagle on the Attack	Kitty Shaw
1999	The Rage: Carrie 2	Monica Jones
2000	Road Trip	Tiffany Henderson
2001	Sugar & Spice	Hannah Wald
	Nailed	Kelly Sherman
2002	The Wild Dogs	Moll
2003	Chasing Holden	T.J. Jensen
2004	Without a Paddle	Flower
2005	Where the Truth Lies	Maureen O'Flaherty
2006	Comeback Season	Chloe Pearce
	Snakes on a Plane	Mercedes Harbont
2007	Careless	Cheryl
2008	Adoration	Rachel
	Growing Op	Crystal
2009	Spread	Emily
2010	Open House	Alice
	Daydream Nation	Ms. Budge
2012	Overnight	Jenny
	My Uncle Rafael	Michele
2013	Mad Ship	Adeline
	Scrapper	Sharon
2014	Dark Hearts	Clarissa
2020	Getting to Know You	Kayla
2022	Deep Water	Kristin Peterson
2025	Vicious	TBA	Post-production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1984–1985	The Kids of Degrassi Street	Melanie	"Liz Sits the Schlegels", "Martin Meets the Pirates"
1985	The Littlest Hobo	Lisa Farrell	"Voyageurs: Parts 1 & 2"
1986	The Elephant Show	Rachel	"Masquerade"
	Alex: The Life of a Child	Wendy	TV film
1988	Glory Enough for All	Melanie
1988–1990	War of the Worlds	Debi McCullough	Regular role
1990	The Campbells	Bonnie	"Back to School"
	The Hitchhiker	Karen	"Riding the Nightmare"
	Clarence	Jill	TV film
1992–1993	Are You Afraid of the Dark?	Kristen	Main role
1993–1995	Chris Cross	Dinah McGee
1995	Young Ivanhoe	Rowena	TV film
1996	Flash Forward	Ellen Fisher	"No More Good Days", "House Party", "Cool Book"
1996–1999	Clueless	Cher Horowitz	Lead role
2002–2004	7th Heaven	Roxanne Richardson	Regular role
2004–2007	Peep Show	Nancy	Recurring role
2005	1/4life	Lisa	TV film
	Joey	Joelle	"Joey and the Fancy Sister"
2006	Our Thirties	Jessica	TV short
2007	Flight of the Conchords	Sally	"Sally", "Sally Returns"
2008	Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning	Louisa Thomas	TV film
2009	Everything She Ever Wanted	Rachel Reede	TV miniseries
2010	Call Me Fitz	Janet	"Going Down Syndrome"
2011	Flashpoint	Jackie Emery	"I'd Do Anything"
	The Case for Christmas	Lauren	TV film
2012	Wedding Band	Tracy	"We Are Family"
2013	The Surrogacy Trap	Mallory Parkes	TV film
	Legit	Allie	"Cuckoo's Nest", "Hat Hair"
	Psych	Laura	"Juliet Wears the Pantsuit"
2014	My Gal Sunday[14]	Sunday O'Brien-Parker	TV film
	Fargo	Kitty Nygaard	Recurring role
2015	Childrens Hospital	Missy	"Kick Me"
	Another Period	Wedding Guest / Clambake Guest	"Reject's Beach", "Modern Pigs"
2016–2020	You Me Her	Emma Trakarsky	Main role
2022–present	The Summer I Turned Pretty	Susannah	Main role

Music videos

Year	Title	Artist(s)
2000	"Mr. E's Beautiful Blues"	Eels
2004	"Sunday Morning"	Maroon 5
2007	"Business Time"	Flight of the Conchords

References

1. Rachel Blanchard's bio at www.northernstars.ca
2. "‘Summer I Turned Pretty’ Series at Amazon From Jenny Han Sets Four Lead Roles" by Joe Otterson at variety.com
3. Rachel Blanchard's bio at www.tribute.ca
4. "What The Cast Of Are You Afraid Of The Dark? Is Doing Today" by Mike Bedard at looper.com
5. "20 Movies That Became TV Shows" by Madeline Boardman at ew.com
6. "7th Heaven: Where are they now?" by Mary Sollosi at ew.com
7. Cannes, Jury oecumenique au Festival de (September 17, 2023). "Adoration". Jury oecumenique au Festival de Cannes. Retrieved September 17, 2023.
8. "Channel Four – Peep Show". Channel4.com. Retrieved October 2, 2013.
9. "Women We Endorse: The Women of Flight of the Conchords" by Ross McCammon at www.esquire.com
10. "Calum Henderson: What if Flight of the Conchords sucked?" by Calum Henderson at nzherald.co.nz
11. "Elizabeth Rohm & J.R. Ramirez Join Starz’s ‘Power’; Rachel Blanchard In FX’s ‘Fargo’" by Nellie Andreeva at deadline.com
12. "‘You Me Her’ Renewed for Seasons 2 and 3 by AT&T" by Laura Prudom at variety.com
13. "Jason Priestley Comedy Big Winner at Canada's Gemini Awards" by Etan Vlessing at www.backstage.com
14. "Jack Wagner, Cameron Mathison, Rachel Blanchard to Star in Hallmark Backdoor Pilot (Exclusive)" by Lesley Goldberg at www.hollywoodreporter.com

External links

• Rachel Blanchard at IMDb