# Rachel Marcus

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{{short description|Canadian actress and voice artist}}
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'''Rachel Marcus''' is a [Canadian](/source/Canadians) [actress](/source/actress) and [voice artist](/source/voice_artist) best known for her role as Beatrice 'Booky' Thomson in ''[Booky and the Secret Santa](/source/Booky_and_the_Secret_Santa)'' (2007) and ''[Booky's Crush](/source/Booky's_Crush)'' (2009).<ref name="nyt1"/>

==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](/source/made_for_TV) film based upon the novel series by [Bernice Thurman Hunter](/source/Bernice_Thurman_Hunter).<ref name="torontostar1"/>  For her performance as Booky, Marcus received a 2008 [Gemini Awards](/source/Gemini_Awards) nomination.<ref name="torontostar2"/>  Her second starring film role was a year later when she reprised her role as Booky for ''Booky's Crush'',<ref name="torontonsun1"/> for which she received another Gemini Awards nomination.<ref name="nationalpost"/><ref name="gemini2"/>  In 2008, she joined the cast of ''[Stoked](/source/Stoked_(TV_series))'' which premiered on June 25, 2009 on [Teletoon](/source/Teletoon_(Canadian_TV_channel)).  From 2011 to 2015, she voiced Stella in the animated series ''[Stella and Sam](/source/Stella_and_Sam)''.

==Filmography==

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+Film and television
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
|2007
|''[Booky and the Secret Santa](/source/Booky_and_the_Secret_Santa)''
|Beatrice "Booky" Thomson
|TV film
|-
|2009
|''[Booky's Crush](/source/Booky's_Crush)''
|Beatrice "Booky" Thomson
|TV film
|-
|2009
|''[Stoked](/source/Stoked_(TV_series))''
|Erica (voice)
|Recurring role (11 episodes)
|-
|2010
|''{{sortname|The|Dogfather|nolink=1}}''
|Olivia
|
|-
|2010
|''[Peep and the Big Wide World](/source/Peep_and_the_Big_Wide_World)''
|Young Groundhog
|Voice<br/> Episode: “Bringing Spring”
|-
|2010
|''[Vacation with Derek](/source/Vacation_with_Derek)''
|Maddie
|TV film
|-
|2010
|''{{sortname|The|Devil's Teardrop|nolink=1}}''
|Shannon Kincaid
|TV film
|-
|2010
|''[Being Erica](/source/Being_Erica)''
|Young Erica
|Episode: "Fa La Erica"
|-
|2011
|''[Wild Kratts](/source/Wild_Kratts)''
|Ellie (voice)
|Episode: "Mystery of the Squirmy Wormy"
|-
|2011
|''[Stella and Sam](/source/Stella_and_Sam)''
|Stella (voice)
|Main role (26 episodes)
|}

==Recognition==

===Awards and nominations===

* 2008, [Gemini Awards](/source/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](/source/Booky_and_the_Secret_Santa)''<ref name="torontostar2"/><ref name="vancouversun"/>
* 2009, [Gemini Awards](/source/Gemini_Awards) nomination for 'Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series' for ''[Booky's Crush](/source/Booky's_Crush)''<ref name="nationalpost"/><ref name="gemini2"/>

==References==
<references>

<ref name="nyt1">{{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](/source/The_New_York_Times)|date=2012|title=Rachel Marcus|accessdate=8 June 2010}}</ref>

<ref name="torontostar1">{{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](/source/Toronto_Star)|accessdate=8 June 2010}}</ref>

<ref name="torontostar2">{{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](/source/Toronto_Star)|accessdate=8 June 2010}}</ref>

<ref name="torontonsun1">{{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](/source/Toronto_Sun)|accessdate=8 June 2010}}</ref>

<ref name="vancouversun">{{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](/source/Vancouver_Sun)|publisher=[Canwest News Service](/source/Canwest_News_Service)|accessdate=8 June 2010|archive-date=17 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017233842/http://www.vancouversun.com/story_print.html?id=1278645&sponsor=|url-status=dead}}</ref>

<ref name="nationalpost">{{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](/source/National_Post)|accessdate=8 June 2010}}{{dead link|date=October 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

<ref name="gemini2">{{cite web|url=http://www.geminiawards.ca/gemini24/press/GEM24Nominations2009.pdf|title=24th Gemini Nominees|publisher=[Gemini Awards](/source/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}}</ref>

</references>

==External links==
* {{IMDb name|2824757}}

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Category:Canadian television actresses
Category:21st-century Canadian actresses

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