
Rachel Blanchard
Rachel Elise Blanchard (born March 19, 1976) is a Canadian actress. Her work has included playing Nancy in the British sitcom Peep Show, Emma in American comedy-drama series You Me Her, and most recently, Susannah in the American television series The Summer I Turned Pretty. 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 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).[1] 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.
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Films
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TV Shows
Known For
56 Credits
9-1-1
as Dina Montridge
2018

Fargo
as Kitty Nygaard
2014

Psych
as Laura
2006

The Summer I Turned Pretty
as Susannah Fisher
2022

7th Heaven
as Roxanne Richardson
1996

Childrens Hospital
as Missy
2008

Are You Afraid of the Dark?
as Kristen
1992

Joey
as Joelle
2004

Peep Show
as Nancy
2003

Deep Water
as Kristin Peterson
2022

The Hitchhiker
as Karen
1983

Clueless
as Cher Horowitz
1996