In the second grade, Rachael Leigh Cook decided that she wanted to become a model. "She modeled for four years," according to one source, "and some of her early pictures are still on boxes for Milk Bone dog biscuits."

["If this whole acting thing doesn't work out," Cook once declared, "I'll just get a talk show."]

[Los Angeled blues band Budding Hollywood Starlet was named in Cook's honor.]