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Rachel Blanchard

Canadian actress

Rachel Blanchard is a Canadian actress. Her work has included playing Cher in the American sitcom Clueless, Nancy in the British sitcom Peep Show and Emma in American comedy-drama series You Me Her.

Contents

  • 1 Career
  • 2 Filmography
    • 2.1 Film
    • 2.2 Television
    • 2.3 Music videos
  • 3 References
  • 4 External links

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 Degr*i 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 YTV's Are You Afraid of the Dark? as Kristen. Blanchard played 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). She also played Roxanne on the television series 7th Heaven from 2002 to 2004.

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

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.

Filmography

Film

Television

Music videos

References

    External links

    • Rachel Blanchard at IMDb