Oct 4, 1979

Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

At the age of fourteen, Cook began auditioning for acting work. Her modeling agency sent her to read for a short film, 26 Summer Street (1996). She first gained national attention when she was featured in a memorable This is Your Brain on Drugs public-service television advertisement. Consequently, Cook began her feature film career, debuting in The Baby-Sitters Club (1995) as shy 13 year old baby-sitter Mary Anne Spier. The movie was based on Ann M. Martin's book series of the same name.<br/><br.../> ... (read more...) >

Cook's two highest-profile lead roles to date have been in the films She's All That (1999) and Josie and the Pussycats (2001). Cook has also appeared in a number of independent films and in the 2005 television miniseries Into the West.<br/><br/>

In 2002, she was ranked #26 in Stuff magazine's "102 Sexiest Women in the World".<br/><br/>

Cook has provided the voice of Tifa Lockhart in the video games Kingdom Hearts II and Final Fantasy VII: Dirge of Cerberus, as well as the CG movie, Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children. She also starred in the video for New Found Glory's 2002 single, "Dressed to Kill".<br/><br/>

Cook's latest voice-over role is for the video game, Yakuza, where she voices the role of Reina, a beautiful barkeep.<br/><br/>

Cook owns her own production company, called Ben's Sister Productions (in reference to her younger brother, an aspiring filmmaker).