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.
2014 • TV
2018 • TV
2006 • TV
2022 • TV
2022 • Movie
2025 • Movie
as Kristin Peterson
as Lainie
as Emily
as Clarissa
as Rachel
as Cheryl
as Jenny
as Michele
as Rachel
as Mercedes
as Tania
as Tiffany
as Kelly Sherman
as Sandra 'Sunday' O'Brien-Parker
as Flower
as Monica Jones
as Rowena
as Maureen
as Hannah Wald
as Kitty Shaw
as Kitty Nygaard
1 episodes
as Dina Montridge
1 episodes
as Laura
1 episodes
as Susannah Fisher
14 episodes
as Missy
1 episodes
as Roxanne Richardson
42 episodes
as Kristen
26 episodes
as Karen
1 episodes
as Joelle
1 episodes
as Nancy
8 episodes
as Endive Savoy
3 episodes
as Cher Horowitz
62 episodes
as Debi McCullough
25 episodes
as Sally
2 episodes
as Emma Trakarsky
50 episodes
as Lisa Farrell
1 episodes
as Ellen Fisher
3 episodes
as Ellen Foster
2 episodes
as Melanie Schlegel
2 episodes
as Dinah McGee
13 episodes
