Rachel Marcus is a

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and

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best known for her role as Beatrice 'Booky' Thomson in '' Booky and the Secret Santa'' (2007) and '' Booky's Crush'' (2009).

Career

Marcus' first acting job, apart from school plays, was when at the age of 10 years she landed the starring role of Beatrice 'Booky' Thomson in ''Booky and the Secret Santa'', a

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film based upon the novel series by

Bernice Thurman Hunter Bernice Thurman Hunter, (November 3, 1922 – May 29, 2002) was a Canadian children's author. Life and career Born in Toronto, Hunter spent her adult years as an Eaton's employee, and did not publish her first book, ''That Scatterbrain Booky'' ...

. For her performance as Booky, Marcus received a 2008

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nomination. Her second starring film role was a year later when she reprised her role as Booky for ''Booky's Crush'', for which she received another Gemini Awards nomination. In 2008, she joined the cast of '' Stoked'' which premiered on June 25, 2009 on

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. From 2011 to 2015, she voiced Stella in the animated series ''

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''.

Filmography

Recognition

Awards and nominations

* 2008,

nomination for 'Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series' for '' Booky and the Secret Santa'' * 2009,

nomination for 'Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series' for '' Booky's Crush''

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Marcus, Rachel Canadian child actresses Canadian voice actresses Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Canadian television actresses 21st-century Canadian actresses