Rachelle Marie Lefèvre (/ləˈfÉ›v/, French: [Ê aʃɛl maÊ i
lÉ™fÉ›vÊ ]; born February 1, 1979) is a Canadian actress. She has
starred in the television series Big Wolf on Campus and had recurring
roles in What About Brian, Boston Legal, and Swingtown. She played the
vampire Victoria Sutherland in the first two films of the Twilight
saga. In 2011, she starred in the ABC medical drama Off the Map,
followed by the CBS series A Gifted Man (2011â€"2012) and Under the
Dome (2013â€"2015).Lefevre was born in Montreal, Quebec, where she was
raised by an English teacher father and a psychologist mother. Her
father's family is originally from France and Northern Ireland, and
her maternal grandparents are Jewish. Her stepfather is a rabbi.
Lefevre was raised in a non-denominational household, and identifies
as Jewish. She has three sisters and speaks both English and French,
though she grew up mostly speaking English. Lefevre attended
Centennial Academy, a private high school, and later studied creative
arts at Dawson College. She studied theater for two summers at the
Walnut Hill School in Natick, Massachusetts, and began a degree in
education and literature at McGill University.While working as a
waitress at a sushi bar in Westmount, a regular customer, a Canadian
television producer, overheard Lefevre telling the hostess that she
wanted to be an actress. The producer got Lefevre her first audition,
for a role in the sitcom Student Bodies. She didn't yet have a head
shot, so she submitted a Polaroid picture. She didn't land the part
but got a call back from the casting director, leading to a role in
the Canadian TV series Big Wolf on Campus in 1999, playing Stacey
Hanson. Lefevre continued attending McGill between shoots, but never
finished a degree.
lÉ™fÉ›vÊ ]; born February 1, 1979) is a Canadian actress. She has
starred in the television series Big Wolf on Campus and had recurring
roles in What About Brian, Boston Legal, and Swingtown. She played the
vampire Victoria Sutherland in the first two films of the Twilight
saga. In 2011, she starred in the ABC medical drama Off the Map,
followed by the CBS series A Gifted Man (2011â€"2012) and Under the
Dome (2013â€"2015).Lefevre was born in Montreal, Quebec, where she was
raised by an English teacher father and a psychologist mother. Her
father's family is originally from France and Northern Ireland, and
her maternal grandparents are Jewish. Her stepfather is a rabbi.
Lefevre was raised in a non-denominational household, and identifies
as Jewish. She has three sisters and speaks both English and French,
though she grew up mostly speaking English. Lefevre attended
Centennial Academy, a private high school, and later studied creative
arts at Dawson College. She studied theater for two summers at the
Walnut Hill School in Natick, Massachusetts, and began a degree in
education and literature at McGill University.While working as a
waitress at a sushi bar in Westmount, a regular customer, a Canadian
television producer, overheard Lefevre telling the hostess that she
wanted to be an actress. The producer got Lefevre her first audition,
for a role in the sitcom Student Bodies. She didn't yet have a head
shot, so she submitted a Polaroid picture. She didn't land the part
but got a call back from the casting director, leading to a role in
the Canadian TV series Big Wolf on Campus in 1999, playing Stacey
Hanson. Lefevre continued attending McGill between shoots, but never
finished a degree.
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