Rachel Marcus is a Canadian actress and voice artist best known for her role as Beatrice 'Booky' Thomson in ''

Booky and the Secret Santa ''Booky and the Secret Santa'' is a 2007 Canadian family television film directed by Peter Moss from a book adapted by Joe Wiesenfeld and written by Bernice Thurman Hunter. It stars Rachel Marcus and Megan Follows. The film first aired on Dece ...

'' (2007) and ''

Booky's Crush ''Booky's Crush'' is a 2009 Canadian made for TV drama film directed by Peter Moss. The screenplay was written by Tracey Forbes and based upon the Bernice Thurman Hunter novels ''That Scatterbrain Booky'', ''With Love From Booky'', and ''As Ever, B ...

'' (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 made for TV 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

Gemini Awards The Gemini Awards were awards given by the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television between 1986–2011 to recognize the achievements of Canada's television industry. The Gemini Awards are analogous to the Emmy Awards given in the United States a ...

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

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 ''

'' * 2009,

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

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