---
name: "Rachel Blanchard"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/rachel-blanchard"
fi1m_id: "rachel-blanchard"
imdb_id: "nm0004761"
tmdb_id: 52478
wikidata_id: "Q269673"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "19 March 1976"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 79
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-20T09:37:49.385498+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Rachel Blanchard

## Identity

Rachel Blanchard

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/rachel-blanchard
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** rachel-blanchard
- **IMDb ID:** nm0004761
- **TMDB ID:** 52478
- **Wikidata ID:** Q269673
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachel_Blanchard, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q269673, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004761/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/52478

Actor. Born 19 March 1976 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 19 March 1976, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- **Active:** 2000–2007
- **Also known as:** Rachel Elise Blanchard
- **Average Fi1m score:** 79, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 2 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Comedy 3, Adventure 1
- **Screen time:** 2 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $120m across 1 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachel_Blanchard, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q269673, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004761/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/52478

## Streaming the US now

- **BritBox:** [*Peep Show*](https://film.one/tv/peep-show.md) (88)
- **Apple TV:** [*Road Trip*](https://film.one/film/road-trip.md) (64)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Rachel Blanchard is a Canadian actress. Born on 19 March 1976 in Toronto, Ontario, she began her career as a child with a McDonald's commercial and a role as Melanie Schlegel in the Canadian series *The Kids of Degrassi Street*. She later appeared in *Are You Afraid of the Dark?* as Kristen and in *War of the Worlds*.

Blanchard played Cher Horowitz in the television series *Clueless* (1996–1999) and Roxanne Richardson in *7th Heaven* (2002–2004). She appeared as Nancy, the American girlfriend of Jeremy Usborne, in the British sitcom *Peep Show* (2004–2007), reprising the role in series 4.

Her other television work includes Sally in *Flight of the Conchords*, Kitty Nygaard in the first season of *Fargo* (2014), Emma Trakarsky in *You Me Her* (2016–2020) and Susannah Fisher in *The Summer I Turned Pretty* (2022–). She won a Gemini Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for her performance in *Call Me Fitz*. Film credits include *Road Trip* (2000), *Without a Paddle* (2004) and *Snakes on a Plane* (2006).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, themoviedb.org.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Flight of the Conchords* (2007), Fi1m 84, as Sally — [page](https://film.one/tv/flight-of-the-conchords.md)
- *Peep Show* (2003), Fi1m 88, as Nancy — [page](https://film.one/tv/peep-show.md)
- *Road Trip* (2000), Fi1m 64, as Tiffany — [page](https://film.one/film/road-trip.md)

## Complete filmography (57)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Vicious* (2025), as Lainie
- *je suis coincé à la dérive* (2024), Actor
- *Uno* (2024), as Rachel
- *The Summer I Turned Pretty* (2022), series, as Susannah Fisher
- *Deep Water* (2022), as Kristin Peterson
- *Getting to Know You* (2020), as Kayla
- *9-1-1* (2018), series, as Dina Montridge
- *You Me Her* (2016), series, as Emma Trakarsky
- *Another Period* (2015), series, as Endive Savoy
- *Dark Hearts* (2014), as Clarissa
- *Fargo* (2014), series, as Kitty Nygaard — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/fargo-2014.md)
- *My Gal Sunday* (2014), as Sandra 'Sunday' O'Brien-Parker
- *Scrapper* (2013), as Sharon
- *Mad Ship* (2013), as Adeline
- *My Uncle Rafael* (2012), as Michele
- *The Surrogacy Trap* (2012), as Mallory Parkes
- *Overnight* (2012), as Jenny
- *The Case for Christmas* (2011), as Lauren
- *Daydream Nation* (2011), as Ms. Budge
- *Open House* (2010), as Alice
- *Everything She Ever Wanted* (2009), series, as Rachel Reede
- *Adoration* (2009), as Rachel
- *Spread* (2009), as Emily
- *Childrens Hospital* (2008), series, as Missy
- *Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning* (2008), as Louisa Thomas
- *Growing Op* (2008), as Crystal
- *Flight of the Conchords* (2007), series, as Sally — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/flight-of-the-conchords.md)
- *Careless* (2007), as Cheryl
- *Snakes on a Plane* (2006), as Mercedes
- *Psych* (2006), series, as Laura
- *Comeback Season* (2006), as Chloe Pearce
- *Where the Truth Lies* (2005), as Maureen
- *1/4life* (2005), series, Actor
- *Joey* (2004), series, as Joelle
- *Without a Paddle* (2004), as Flower
- *Peep Show* (2003), series, as Nancy — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/peep-show.md)
- *The Wild Dogs* (2002), as Moll
- *Chasing Holden* (2001), as T.J. Jensen
- *Nailed* (2001), as Kelly Sherman
- *Sugar & Spice* (2001), as Hannah Wald
- *Road Trip* (2000), as Tiffany — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/road-trip.md)
- *The Rage: Carrie 2* (1999), as Monica Jones
- *Clueless* (1996), series, as Cher Horowitz
- *7th Heaven* (1996), series, as Roxanne Richardson
- *Flash Forward* (1995), series, as Ellen Fisher, Ellen Foster
- *Iron Eagle on the Attack* (1995), as Kitty Shaw
- *Young Ivanhoe* (1995), as Rowena
- *On My Own* (1993), as Tania
- *Chris Cross* (1993), series, as Dinah McGee
- *Are You Afraid of the Dark?* (1992), series, as Kristen
- *Clarence* (1990), as Jill
- *War of the Worlds* (1988), series, as Debi McCullough
- *Glory Enough For All* (1988), as Melanie
- *Alex: The Life of a Child* (1986), as Wendy
- *The Hitchhiker* (1983), series, as Karen
- *The Kids of Degrassi Street* (1979), series, as Melanie Schlegel
- *The Littlest Hobo* (1979), series, as Lisa Farrell

## Gallery

- ![Rachel Blanchard at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival](https://film.one/media/person/60242/gallery-9338693ff041.jpg) Rachel Blanchard at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival — gdcgraphics at https://www.flickr.com/photos/gdcgraphics/, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/41/RachelBlanchard08TIFF.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Rachel Blanchard](https://film.one/media/person/60242/gallery-00fb9c36cd8b.jpg) Rachel Blanchard — Image via TMDB

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