'90s Rom-Com Actress, 45, Stuns Fans at 'Freakier Friday' Premiere with Youthful Beauty: 'You Look Incredible'
Rachael Leigh Cook is aging like a fine wine!
The beloved actress, 45, who rose to superstardom in the classic 1999 film She's All That, hit the red carpet (okay, purple carpet) earlier this week at the premiere of Freakier Friday, and looked just as stunning as she did over 25 years ago.
Wearing a beautiful sleeveless orange gown by Leo Lin covered in flowers, the brunette beauty stopped and posed for the cameras at the premiere of the film, which reunited Lindsay Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis.
In the caption of her Instagram photo series from the premiere, Cook shared a variety of sweet photos, including several with her two children, Charlotte and Theodore.
"Any day I get to see @whatsupdanny is a good day, so I had the very best time at the #FreakierFriday Premiere! The kids and I are big fans of the original and naturally had measured expectations, but this iteration delivered and then some, @disney does it again. Go!! ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️," she wrote in the caption.
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Naturally, fans and friends went wild for Cook's look.
"Love it! AND THAT DRESS😍," one commenter shared.
"My eyes, I can not see! I am blinded by such beauty!" another commented.
When it comes to Cook's former costars, one iconic one she will be reuniting with is Freddie Prinze Jr., who recently shared how thrilled he is to get to act with his old friend in the upcoming holiday film The Christmas Affair.
"I'm really excited to film with her again," he told Deadline Hollywood at the red carpet premiere of I Know What You Did Last Summer. "I love her to death, she's like a sister to me. I know her kids, she knows my kids. We've been close ever since that first movie, and I don't know why it's taken us this long to work together again but it did."
If you need a little bit of nostalgia, take a look at the trailer for She's All That, a twist on Pygmalion.'90s Rom-Com Actress, 45, Stuns Fans at 'Freakier Friday' Premiere with Youthful Beauty: 'You Look Incredible' first appeared on Parade on Jul 24, 2025
This story was originally reported by Parade on Jul 24, 2025, where it first appeared.
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