Rachel Blanchard (born 19 March 1976) is a Canadian actress.Rachel Blanchard's bio
at www.northernstars.ca Her television work includes playing Cher in American

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'', Nancy in

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'' Peep Show,'' Emma in American

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series ''

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,'' and most recently, Susannah in American

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series '' The Summer I Turned Pretty''.

Career

Blanchard's career was launched with a part in a

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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 ''

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'' as Kristen. Blanchard played the part of

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(originally portrayed by

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in the film version) in the television series ''

'' (based on the 1995 movie of the same name). She 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 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 comedy-drama ''

'', a woman who enters into a polyamorous relationship with her husband and a younger woman. She won the

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for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series at the 26th Gemini Awards for her appearance on '' Call Me Fitz''."Jason Priestley Comedy Big Winner at Canada's Gemini Awards"
by Etan Vlessing at www.backstage.com

Filmography

Film

Television

Music videos

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Blanchard, Rachel 20th-century Canadian actresses 21st-century Canadian actresses Actresses from Toronto Canadian child actresses Canadian film actresses Canadian television actresses Living people Queen's University at Kingston alumni Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series Canadian Screen Award winners Havergal College alumni 1976 births