Rachel Blanchard

 ( 1976 Births ) 

Blanchard had notable turns in fellow Canadian director and auteur Atom Egoyan films, first with Where the Truth Lies (2005), then as protagonist Rachel in his Cannes celebrated Adoration (2008), winner of that year's festival Ecumenical Jury Prize.

Blanchard appeared as Nancy, the American girlfriend of main character Jeremy Usborne, in the second series of British sitcom Peep Show. She reprised this role in the fourth series (2007). She played Sally on the HBO show Flight of the Conchords "Women We Endorse: The Women of Flight of the Conchords" by Ross McCammon at www.esquire.com "Calum Henderson: What if Flight of the Conchords sucked?" by Calum Henderson at nzherald.co.nz and had a recurring role in the first season of the 2014 FX crime series Fargo. "Elizabeth Rohm & J.R. Ramirez Join Starz’s ‘Power’; Rachel Blanchard In FX’s ‘Fargo’" by Nellie Andreeva at deadline.com From 2016–2020, Blanchard played Emma Trakarsky in the comedy-drama You Me Her, about a woman who enters into a polyamorous relationship with her husband and a younger woman." ‘You Me Her’ Renewed for Seasons 2 and 3 by AT&T" by Laura Prudom at variety.com

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. "Jason Priestley Comedy Big Winner at Canada's Gemini Awards" by Etan Vlessing at www.backstage.com