Rachel Marcus
{{short description|Canadian actress and voice artist}}
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Rachel Marcus is a Canadian actress and voice artist best known for her role as Beatrice 'Booky' Thomson in Booky and the Secret Santa (2007) and Booky's Crush (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. For her performance as Booky, Marcus received a 2008 Gemini Awards 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
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|+Film and television ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
| 2007
|Beatrice "Booky" Thomson |TV film |
| 2009
|Beatrice "Booky" Thomson |TV film |
| 2009
|Erica (voice) |Recurring role (11 episodes) |
| 2010
|{{sortname|The|Dogfather|nolink=1}} |Olivia | |
| 2010
|Young Groundhog |Voice |
| 2010
|Maddie |TV film |
| 2010
|{{sortname|The|Devil's Teardrop|nolink=1}} |Shannon Kincaid |TV film |
| 2010
|Young Erica |Episode: "Fa La Erica" |
| 2011
|Ellie (voice) |Episode: "Mystery of the Squirmy Wormy" |
| 2011
|Stella (voice) |Main role (26 episodes) |
Recognition
=Awards and nominations=
- 2008, Gemini Awards nomination for 'Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series' for Booky and the Secret Santa
- 2009, Gemini Awards nomination for 'Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series' for Booky's Crush
References
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{{cite news|url=https://movies.nytimes.com/person/1677441/Rachel-Marcus/filmography|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102180106/http://movies.nytimes.com/person/1677441/Rachel-Marcus/filmography|url-status=dead|archive-date=2 November 2012|department=Movies & TV Dept.|work=The New York Times|date=2012|title=Rachel Marcus|accessdate=8 June 2010}}
{{cite news|url=https://www.thestar.com/article/281713|title=Times were tough in 1930s Toronto|last=Wysong|first=Pippa|date=December 2, 2007|work=Toronto Star|accessdate=8 June 2010}}
{{cite news|url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/article/542645|title=Two youngsters vying for best actress Geminis|last=Szklarski|first=Cassandra|date=November 24, 2008|work=Toronto Star|accessdate=8 June 2010}}
{{cite news|url=http://www.torontosun.com/entertainment/columnists/2009/02/15/8397781-sun.html|title=It's a role, period|last=HArris|first=Bill|newspaper=Toronto Sun|accessdate=8 June 2010}}
{{cite news|url=https://vancouversun.com/story_print.html?id=1278645&sponsor=|title=Booky's back: Depression-era tween learns to deal with (ugh) boys|last=Kubacki|first=Maria|date=February 11, 2009|work=Vancouver Sun|publisher=Canwest News Service|accessdate=8 June 2010}}
{{cite news|url=http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/theampersand/archive/2009/08/25/flashpoint-sets-record-as-nominees-announced-for-24th-annual-gemini-awards.aspx|title=Flashpoint sets record as nominees announced for 24th annual Gemini Awards|last=Frenette|first=Brad|date=August 25, 2009|work=National Post|accessdate=8 June 2010}}{{dead link|date=April 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
{{cite web|url=http://www.geminiawards.ca/gemini24/press/GEM24Nominations2009.pdf|title=24th Gemini Nominees|publisher=Gemini Awards|page=30|accessdate=8 June 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120227140602/http://www.geminiawards.ca/gemini24/press/GEM24Nominations2009.pdf|archive-date=2012-02-27|url-status=dead}}
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External links
- {{IMDb name|2824757}}
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Category:Canadian child actresses
Category:Canadian voice actresses
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)