Started from the bottom now we’re here. I guess this doesn’t apply to most celebrity kids. But this doesn’t mean they ride on their famous parents’ coattails to gain global fame. They sometimes put in blood, sweat, and tears just like other ‘mundanes.’ One remarkable celebrity child is Charlotte Easton Gillies. And before you create a trench of wrinkles furrowing your brows trying to place the name, let’s get right to the nitty-gritty.
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Charlotte’s Bio
Charlotte Easton Gillies graced the world on 28th September 2013 in San Diego, United States. An altruistic Libra. Charlotte is the first-born child and only daughter of Daniel Gillies and Racheal Leigh Cook. Both are mammoth names in the entertainment industry.
Her father is a Canadian-New Zealander, while her mother is an American.
The young lass has a younger brother, Theodore Vigo Sullivan Gillies, born on Saturday 4th, April 2015, in Los Angeles.
Charlotte’s maternal grandparents are Thomas H. Cook and Joan Cook, while her uncle is the famous Ben Cook.
Charlotte is only 8 years old and probably attending middle school near their area of residence. She hasn’t decided what career will shape her future. However, being born into a family dominating the entertainment industry might nudge her onto that path.
Charlo’s Mother
Rachel Leigh Cook is an American model, voice entertainer, filmmaker, and actress born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on 4th October 1979. Her father is a former stand-up comedian and social worker. At the same time, her mother is a cooking instructor and professional weaver.
Rachel Cook began her career at the age of 10 as a child print model in advertisements for Target and on Milk-Bone dog biscuit boxes. She later attended Clara Barton Open School and Laurel Springs School. She later graduated from Minneapolis South High School.
Rachel Cook’s debut as an actress was in the film The Baby-Sitters Club (1995). Her other ventures have been “She’s All That (1999)” and “Josie and the Pussycats (2001)”, among others.
Cook was selected as the Champion of Change for Arts Education by the Obama Administration in 2011
Charlo’s Father
“Gentlemen shall we.” I’m sure a few Daniel Gillies fans caught that.
Daniel Gillies graced the world on 14th March 1976 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Born to a pediatrician father, a mother working as a nurse, and a renowned ENT/plastic surgery pioneer for a great-great-great-grandfather, medicine seemed like the go-to career path. But Daniel Gillian was born for the big screens.
He starred in a few Auckland Theatre Company productions before snagging a lead role in the drama “Street Legal.” He was later cast as the neat-freak-borderline OCD Elijah Mikaelson in the hit CW drama “The Vampire Diaries” in 2010. In 2013 he got a lead role in the spin-off “The Originals.”
Gillies has also written, directed, and starred in his own film, “Broken Kingdom,” alongside his ex-wife Racheal Leigh Cook.
Family Life
Gillian dated Racheal for a long time before making an honest woman out of her on 8thh August 2004, following an eight-month commitment. They were blessed with two lovely children, Charlotte, and Theodore, before Gillies decided to get a vasectomy. The couple mutually decided to separate on 13th June 2019 for personal reasons. Daniel Gillies filed for divorce on 10th July 2020, and their divorce was finalized on 10th March 2021. They are, however, still civil around each other, loving and fiercely protective of their two children.
