Rachel Blanchard — Movies, TV Shows & Roles

Actor

1976-03-19 · Toronto, Ontario, Canada · Female

16 series in the catalog

Rachel Louise Blanchard (born 19 March 1976) is a Canadian actress. 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.
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 YTV's Are You Afraid of the Dark? as Kristen. Blanchard played the role of Cher Horowitz in the sequel television series Clueless, based on the 1995 film 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.