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Rachel Blanchard
Highest Rated: 69% Snakes on a Plane (2006)
Lowest Rated: 0% Chasing Holden (2001)
Birthday: Mar 19, 1976
Birthplace: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Actress Rachel Blanchard parlayed her gift for portraying the offbeat, even dark side of innocuous or flighty girls and women on television comedies like "Clueless" (ABC/UPN, 1996-99), "Flight of the Conchords" (HBO, 2007-09) and "You Me Her" (Audience Network, 2016- ). Born Rachel Louise Blanchard on March 19, 1976 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, she began acting at an early age, appearing in television commercials and in a recurring role on the well-loved CBC children's series "The Kids of Degrassi Street" (1979-1986) in 1984. Over the next decade, Blanchard worked steadily in Canadian television content, enjoying recurring roles on "War of the Worlds" (syndicated, 1988-1990) and as the ghost story aficionado Kristen on "Are You Afraid of the Dark" (YTV/Nickelodeon, 1990-96, 1999-2000). She continued acting into her teenaged years while also completing her high school studies at the all-girls school Havergal College, and briefly considered a career in psychology while attending Queen's University. However, she left the school before graduating to focus on her acting career, which reached a peak in 1996 when she was cast in "Clueless." Based on the 1995 film of the same name - which itself was based on Jane Austen's "Emma" - the series followed the continuing high school adventures of Cher Horowitz, played by Alicia Silverstone in the film and Blanchard in the series. The broad comedy ran for a season on ABC before moving to UPN for its final two years, and afforded Blanchard other opportunities in teen-oriented projects. She Blanchard settled into a two-year recurring role on "7th Heaven" as a police officer teamed with Geoff Stults' Kevin Kinkirk, and parlayed her comic talents into a string of modestly popular features, including "Road Trip" (2000), "Sugar & Spice" (2001) and "Without a Paddle" (2004), playing sweet, often befuddled young women along the lines of Cher Horowitz. She attempted to break free of this character type with turns as a murdered journalist linked to comedy team Kevin Bacon and Colin Firth in Atom Egoyan's thriller "Where the Truth Lies" (2005) and in the campy horror film "Snakes on a Plane" (2006), but television comedy remained her best showcase. Blanchard netted a Golden Nymph from the Television Festival of Monte Carlo for her turn as the sexually unrestrained girlfriend of slacker Robert Webb on the long-running British series "Peep Show" (Channel 4, 2003-2015), and played Sally, a woman who comes between eccentric bandmates Jermaine Clement and Bret McKenzie on the pilot episode of "Flight of the Conchords" (HBO, 2007-09). Two years later, she won a Gemini for her turn as a brain-damaged woman who becomes involved with Jason Priestley's morally bankrupt hero on "Call Me Fitz" (HBO Canada/Movie Central/Movie Network, 2010-13). More comic work, including a recurring role as ex-beauty queen Kitty Nygaard on the debut season of "Fargo" (FX, 2014- ), and guest appearances on critically praised comedy series like "Childrens Hospital" (The WB.Com/Adult Swim, 2010-15) and "Another Period" (Comedy Central, 2015- ), preceded her return to series work with "You Me Her, " a U.S.-Canadian comedy about a couple (Blanchard and Greg Poehler) who find themselves in a polyamorous relationship after Blanchard falls in love with an escort (Priscilla Faia) she hired to boost Poehler's sex drive.
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Filmography
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35% |
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Deep Water | Kristin Peterson (Character) | - | 2022 |
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Getting to Know You | Kayla (Character) | - | 2020 |
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My Gal Sunday | Sandra "Sunday" O'Brien-Parker (Character) | - | 2014 |
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Dark Hearts | Clarissa (Character) | - | 2014 |
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The Surrogacy Trap | Mallory Parkes (Character) | - | 2013 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Scrapper | Sharon (Character) | - | 2013 |
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Mad Ship | Adeline (Character) | - | 2012 |
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The Case for Christmas | Lauren (Character) | - | 2011 |
20% |
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My Uncle Rafael | Michele (Character) | $210.2K | 2011 |
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Overnight | Jenny (Character) | - | 2010 |
68% |
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Daydream Nation | Ms. Budge (Character) | - | 2010 |
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Open House | Alice (Character) | - | 2010 |
22% |
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Spread | Emily (Character) | - | 2009 |
63% |
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Adoration | Rachel (Character) | $293.6K | 2008 |
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Growing Op | Crystal Connors (Character) | - | 2008 |
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Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning | Louisa Thomas (Character) | - | 2008 |
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Careless | Unknown (Character) | - | 2007 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Comeback Season | Chloe Pearce (Character) | - | 2006 |
69% |
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Snakes on a Plane | Mercedes (Character) | $34.0M | 2006 |
41% |
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Where the Truth Lies | Maureen O'Flaherty (Character) | $871.5K | 2005 |
14% |
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Without a Paddle | Flower (Character) | $58.2M | 2004 |
50% |
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The Wild Dogs | Moll (Character) | - | 2002 |
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Nailed | Kelly Sherman (Character) | - | 2001 |
0% |
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Chasing Holden | T.J. Jensen (Character) | - | 2001 |
29% |
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Sugar & Spice | Hannah (Character) | $13.3M | 2001 |
57% |
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Road Trip | Tiffany Henderson (Character) | $68.5M | 2000 |
23% |
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The Rage: Carrie 2 | Monica (Character) | $17.8M | 1999 |
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Iron Eagle IV | Kitty Shaw (Character) | - | 1995 |
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Young Ivanhoe | Rowena (Character) | - | 1995 |
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Clarence | Jill (Character) | - | 1990 |
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75% | 69% | The Summer I Turned Pretty | Susannah (Character) | 2022-2023 |
No Score Yet | 84% | You Me Her | Emma Trakarsky (Character) | 2016-2020 |
No Score Yet | 66% | You Me Her | Emma Trakarsky (Character) | 2016 2018-2019 |
93% | 85% | Fargo | Kitty Nygaard (Guest Star) | 2014 |
89% | 94% | Psych | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2013 |
54% | 67% | Wedding Band | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2012 |
No Score Yet | 85% | Flashpoint | Jackie Emery (Guest Star) | 2011 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning | Unknown (Character) | 2010 |
94% | 98% | Flight of the Conchords | Sally (Guest Star) | 2007 |
96% | 92% | Peep Show | Unknown (Character) | 2004 2007 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | 7th Heaven | Roxanne Richardson (Character) | 2002-2004 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Clueless | Cher Horowitz (Character) | 1996-1999 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Hitchhiker | Unknown (Character) | 1990 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Littlest Hobo | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1985 |