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 Nickelodeon's Are You Afraid of the Dark? as Kristen. Blanchard is probably best known for playing 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 received critical acclaim for her performance as Nancy, the American girlfriend of main character Jeremy Usborne (Robert Webb), in the award-winning second series of English sitcomPeep Show. She reprised this role in the fourth series (2007). She played Sally on the HBO show Flight of the Conchords and has a recurring role on the 2014 FX crime series Fargo.
So what do we know about the Clueless sequel show so far? Here’s a look! ...Related ... +21 ... Yes! ABC debuted a Clueless TV show in 1996, which featured Rachel Blanchard as Cher and saw the return of Dash, Faison, Donovan, Shawn, and Caplan to their roles.
PhotoCredit. Paramount Pictures... No other casting has been announced ... It ran for three seasons and continued to follow the adventures of Cher; although, Silverstone did not reprise her role and the character was instead played by Rachel Blanchard ... .