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.

Filmography

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

Appearances as themselves (3)

• 2007Snakes on a Set: Behind the Scenes — Self
• 2006Pure Venom: The Making of Snakes on a Plane — Self
• 2006This Film Is Not Yet Rated — Self - Actress in 'Where the Truth Lies'