Rachel Blanchard

Career

Blanchard's career was launched with a part in a McDonald's commercial, 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 role of Cher Horowitz in the television series Clueless, based on the 1995 movie of the same name. She played Roxanne Richardson on the television series 7th Heaven 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 Adoration (2008), winner of the Ecumenical Jury Prize at that year's Cannes Film Festival.

Blanchard appeared as Nancy, the American girlfriend of main character Jeremy Usborne, in the 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. From 2016–2020, Blanchard played Emma Trakarsky in the comedy-drama You Me Her, about 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

References

1. [https://www.northernstars.ca/actor/rachel-blanchard/ Rachel Blanchard's bio] at www.northernstars.ca
2. [https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/summer-i-turned-pretty-series-amazon-jenny-han-cast-1234962591/ "‘Summer I Turned Pretty’ Series at Amazon From Jenny Han Sets Four Lead Roles"] by Joe Otterson at [[Variety (magazine). variety.com]]
3. and as an eight-year-old on the Canadian children's show ''[[The Kids of Degrassi Street]]'',[https://www.tribute.ca/people/biography/rachel-blanchard/10912/ Rachel Blanchard's bio] at [[Tribute (magazine). www.tribute.ca]]
4. [https://www.looper.com/217780/what-the-cast-of-are-you-afraid-of-the-dark-is-doing-today/ "What The Cast Of Are You Afraid Of The Dark? Is Doing Today"] by Mike Bedard at [[Static Media. looper.com]]
5. [https://ew.com/gallery/movies-became-tv-shows/ "20 Movies That Became TV Shows"] by Madeline Boardman at [[Entertainment Weekly. ew.com]]
6. [https://ew.com/tv/7th-heaven-where-are-they-now/ "7th Heaven: Where are they now?"] by Mary Sollosi at [[Entertainment Weekly. ew.com]]
7. Cannes, Jury oecumenique au Festival de. (2023-09-17). "Adoration".
8. "''Channel Four – Peep Show''". Channel4.com.
9. [https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/a5247/women-flight-of-the-conchords/ "Women We Endorse: The Women of Flight of the Conchords"] by Ross McCammon at [[Esquire (magazine). www.esquire.com]]
10. [https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/calum-henderson-what-if-flight-of-the-conchords-sucked/7QWZMTHTZZ4MSIZD6OPYCKNLKY/ "Calum Henderson: What if Flight of the Conchords sucked?"] by Calum Henderson at [[The New Zealand Herald. nzherald.co.nz]]
11. [https://deadline.com/2013/11/elizabeth-rohm-j-r-ramirez-join-starzs-power-rachel-blanchard-in-fxs-fargo-640376/ "Elizabeth Rohm & J.R. Ramirez Join Starz’s ‘Power’; Rachel Blanchard In FX’s ‘Fargo’"] by Nellie Andreeva at [[Deadline Hollywood. deadline.com]]
12. "[https://variety.com/2016/tv/news/you-me-her-season-2-renewed-season-3-1201792162/ ‘You Me Her’ Renewed for Seasons 2 and 3 by AT&T"] by Laura Prudom at [[Variety (magazine). variety.com]]
13. [https://www.backstage.com/magazine/article/jason-priestley-comedy-big-winner-canadas-gemini-awards-55112/ "Jason Priestley Comedy Big Winner at Canada's Gemini Awards"] by Etan Vlessing at [[Backstage (magazine). www.backstage.com]]
14. [https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/jack-wagner-cameron-mathison-rachel-590256/ "Jack Wagner, Cameron Mathison, Rachel Blanchard to Star in Hallmark Backdoor Pilot (Exclusive)"] by Lesley Goldberg at [[The Hollywood Reporter. www.hollywoodreporter.com]]