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Cook began auditioning for acting work at the age of 14.

She made her debut as an actress in the 1995 film The Baby-Sitters Club, based on Ann M. Martin's book series of the same name.

Her second movie role was in Tom and Huck, where she portrayed Rebecca " Becky " Thatcher.

In 1996, her modeling agency sent her to read for a short film, 26 Summer Street.

In 1997, Cook appeared in a leading role in the film Country Justice as a 15-year-old rape victim who is impregnated by her rapist.

She gained national attention in 1998, when she was featured in the famous This Is Your Brain on Drugs PSA television advertisement, in which she proceeds to destroy a kitchen with a frying pan as she lists the important things in life that heroin harms.