Rachael Leigh Cook usually leaves her daughter at home when she has a fancy red carpet event
But that changed on Wednesday when the 41-year-old beauty posed with her mini-me Charlotte Easton Gillies, age seven, at the Netflix premiere of He’s All That – a remake of her 199 film She’s All That – held at NeueHouse in Los Angeles.
The father of the child is her ex husband, actor Daniel Gillies, to whom she was wed from 2004 until March of this year.
Mother-daughter time: Rachael Leigh Cook on Wednesday posed with her mini-me daughter Charlotte Easton Gillies, age seven, at the Netflix premiere of He’s All That – a remake of her 199 film She’s All That – held at NeueHouse in Los Angeles
Together they also have son Theodore Vigo, age six.
Rachael wore a black short dress with white dots and one strap. The Hollywood vet added strappy high heels with her hair down in soft waves.
Her child had on a cute pink dress with an uneven hem with matching sandals and her light locks worn down for her red carpet debut.
The two posed away on the blue carpet and held hands as mama looked proud of her child.
She has a famous dad too: The father of the child is her ex husband, actor Daniel Gillies, to whom she was wed from 2004 until this year
Cook and Gillies finalized their divorce in March.
The actress ended her 15-year marriage to the Vampire Diaries alum in June 2019 before officially filing for divorce in July last year, and according to legal documents obtained by TMZ.
Documents state Rachael has been allowed to keep her own jewelry and designer clothing as part of the divorce settlement, as well as her 2020 Audi Q5 and access to any reward points on her credit cards including frequent flyer miles.
Rachael is also keeping a property in Redondo Beach, California, while the Studio City home she owned with Daniel is being sold and profits will be split equally between the pair.
Perfect look: Her child had on a cute pink dress with an uneven hem with matching sandals and her light locks worn down
The former couple will share expenses for their two cats and two dogs, and are also sharing joint legal and physical custody of their two children.
Daniel kept his own jewelry and clothing, as well as a 2019 BMW X6.
Meanwhile, Rachael previously opened up on her new romance with a man named Kevin, who works as a swim coach.
Explaining in September she hadn’t said the word ‘boyfriend’ out loud, she said: ‘I’m trying to be very cool, which I’m not. I’m just trying to take it day by day, and I have to be honest. I can’t even say it out loud, but I’m going to try. I can’t say boyfriend. I’m 40 and I haven’t said that word since I was 22. I was 23 when I married my ex, so let me be able to say it out loud.’
She then took a deep breath and added: ‘Boyfriend. I’m a head case. He’s great, and I just need to not screw it up.’
The exes: Cook and Gillies finalized their divorce in March. The actress ended her 15-year marriage to the Vampire Diaries alum in June 2019 before officially filing for divorce in July last year. Seen in 2018
With the little ones: She does not show her kids much on social media and when she does, their faces are not in view
In She’s All That Rachael played the lead role of Laney Boggs, alongside Freddie Prinze Jr’s Zack Siler in the teen romantic comedy, which turned out to be a sleeper hit in 1999, earning over $103 million on just a $7-10 million budget.
Fast forward just over two decades and Cook, now 41, is back playing the mother of the female lead, played by Addison Rae, in the film’s gender-swapped remake, He’s All That.
Cook strutted in front of the cameras in a black and white polka dot dress that came complete with a one-shoulder design.
She also donned a pair of open-toe heels and had her brown tresses styled long, with a part on the right.
Her glowing smile stepped up a notch when her daughter joined on the red carpet looking adorable in in two-toned, champagne-colored dress and matching sandals.
Charlotte also wore her brown locks long, only she went with a left part.
Stylish: Rachael wore a black short dress with white dots and one strap. The Hollywood vet added strappy high heels with her hair down in soft waves
Daughters in the spotlight: Cook and her daughter also posed alongside her She’s All That co-star Matthew Lillard, who brought his daughter Macey Lillard, 16
She plays her mom: Cook with Addison Rae who plays her daughter in the movie
Cook also shared the spotlight with her She’s All That co-star Matthew Lillard, 51, who was also hand with his daughter, Macey Lillard, 16.
The four proceeded to strike a number of poses together as the photographers clicked away.
In the original teen rom-com, Cook’s Laney was a lovable art nerd who gets a makeover, transforming her into a true beauty, compliments of Prinze Jr.’s character, Zackary Siler and his sister.
In the new remake, Rae’s character Padgett Sawyer, which is inspired by Prinze Jr’s Zack, is a popular high school student who dumps her hunky boyfriend after she catches him cheating.
Cook was just 19-years-old when shooting began for the teen comedy film She’s All That, alongside Freddie Prinze Jr. and a slew of up-and-coming young stars
She ends up accepting a challenge to turn the school’s least popular boy (Tanner Buchanan) into Prom King, all while attempting to avenge her humiliating fallout with her beau, according to Deadline.
Original producers Jennifer Gibgot and Andrew Panay and screenwriter R. Lee Fleming are all back for the updated iteration of the film.
Mark Waters, best known for directing Freaky Friday (2003), Mean Girls (2004) and Ghosts Of Girlfriends Past (2009), helmed the film.
Along with Cook, Rae and Buchanan, the cast for redo includes Madison Pettis, Peyton Meyer, Isabella Crovetti, Annie Jacob and Myra Molloy, Andrew Matarazzo and Dominic D. Goodman.
Bonafide hit: She’s All That earned $103 million worldwide on just a $7-10 million budget
She’s All That ended up being Cook’s most financially successful film of her career.
It featured a number of young actors who went on to see more success in Hollywood, including: Kieran Culkin, Oscar winner Anna Paquin, musician Usher Raymond, Gabrielle Union, Paul Walker, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Kimberly ‘Lil’ Kim’ Jones, Dulé Hill, Jodi Lyn O’Keefe, along with Kevin Pollak and Lillard.
Cook went on to appear in such films as Get Carter, Antitrust, Josie and the Pussycats, The Big Empty, and the Vineyard film franchise from Hallmark that began with Autumn in the Vineyard.
Most recently the Minnesota native starred in the Netflix rom-com, Love, Guaranteed, with Damon Wayans Jr., that premiered in September 2020.