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Rachel Luttrell Profile |
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Birth Date: January 19, 1971
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Birth Place: Lushoto, Tanzania
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Birth Name: Rachel Zawadi Luttrell
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Height: 5'4"
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Biography |
Rachel Luttrell is a Canadian actress best known for her
roles as Veronica Beck in the CBC series Street Legal and
Teyla Emmagan, an Athosian warrior leader on Stargate
Atlantis.
Luttrell was born in Lushoto, Tanzania, one of four
daughters born to an American father from Louisiana, and
Tanzanian mother. Her family emigrated to Canada when she
was five years old, where she was raised. Her family was
very musical; her father, a former member of the critically
acclaimed Mendelssohn Choir, trained Luttrell's soprano
voice. She studied ballet at the prestigious Russian Academy
of Classical Ballet School and also studied piano at the
Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto. |
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Studied Shakespeare at Oxford. Studied at prestigious
Russian Academy Ballet School and studied piano at The Royal
Conservatory of Canada.
Spent the summer of 2003 studying Shakespeare at Oxford
University with the British/American Drama Association in
the prestigious President Group.
She sings soprano.
She is a licensed bartender.
Her "Stargate: Atlantis" (2004) character's name was
originally Mikala.
Her real-life pregnancy has been written into the fourth
season of "Stargate Atlantis.".
Son Caden Dar Bateman, born 12 October 2007.
Her sister is fashion journalist and E! Networks'
correspondent Amanda Luttrell Garrigus. |
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since August 15, 2009