Rachelle Lefevre was born in Canada. While waiting tables, Lefevre was discovered by a Canadian film producer who, in turn, helped the aspiring actress land her first acting gig. Lefevre then moved to Los Angeles and earned a recurring role on the television show What About Brian (2006). When Lefevre was working at a Montreal sushi restaurant as a teen, a regular customer heard about her acting aspirations and put her in touch with a casting director. This eventually led to a role on a Canadian sitcom.
She appeared on several episodes of 大卫's Boston Legal (2004), which led to a lead role in his 2008 U.S. adaptation of BBC hit Life on Mars (2008).
Her father's family is French, though Lefevre grew up speaking mostly English; she eventually moved to Los Angeles in 2004 due to a lack of English-speaking parts in Montreal.
Landed her biggest film role to date in 凯瑟琳·哈德威克's adaptation of 斯蒂芬妮·梅耶's Twilight, the first in a series of popular teen novels about vampires.
Rachelle left Big Wolf on Campus (1999) to pursue college, like her character.
Speaks both English and French, studied creative arts at Dawson College, studied Theater for two Summers at the Walnut Hill School in Natick, Massachusetts, and graduated in Education and Literature at McGill University.
Her father is an English teacher and her mother is a psychologist.
Last name pronounced "leu-fayvre".
Her stepfather is a Rabbi.
Replaced actress 布莱特妮·墨菲, who left The Caller (2011) over "artistic differences" with the film's producers.
Her father's family is of French and Scots-Irish (Northern Irish) descent. Her mother's family is of Ashkenazi Jewish descent.
