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Date of Birth

19 January 1971, Tanzania

Birth Name

Rachel Zawadi Luttrell

Height

5' 4" (1.63 m)

Mini Biography

Rachel Luttrell was born in Tanzania and moved to Canada with her family at the age of five. Her mother is from Lushoto, Tanzania and her father is a Louisiana native of British descent. Her classical studies included ballet (trained at The Russian Academy of Classical Ballet) and music (she plays the piano and sings) trained at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto and by her father.

Her father participated in the internationally acclaimed Toronto Mendelssohn Choir.

Rachel (a Capricorn) has three sisters.

IMDb Mini Biography By: stargate atlantis crew

Mini Biography

The beautiful and talented Rachel Luttrell demands attention in the hit cable-TV sci-fi series, "Stargate: Atlantis" (2004) as "Teyla Emmagan", the leader of a primitive alien civilization. Rachel is part of the successful television drama spin-off series, with more than 2.3 million viewers in its second season. The Canadian actress' past television credits include "ER" (1994), "Charmed" (1998) and "Touched by an Angel" (1994). She held the lead role of "Lisette" in the Anne Rice miniseries, Feast of All Saints (2001) (TV). Her other guest-starring roles include "Sleepwalkers" (1997), "In the House" (1995), "Dogs" (1997) and "Damon" (1998) (aka "The Damon Wayans Show"). Rachel's film credits include Impostor (2001), co-starring with Gary Sinise and independent films, The Aviary (2005), House (1995/II) and Joe's So Mean to Josephine (1996).

Rachel was born in Tanzania, East Africa, eventually immigrating to Canada at the age of five. She studied ballet at the prestigious Russian Academy of Classical Ballet School and also studied piano at the Royal Conservatory of Music. Rachel was brought up in a musical family. Her father, a former member of the critically-acclaimed, Mendelsohn Choir, trained Rachel's soprano voice. This musical upbringing has led to a varied "triple threat" career in acting, singing and dancing, each of which Rachel embraces and truly play a part in her success.

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Spouse

Loyd Bateman

(? - present) 1 child

Trivia

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" (2004).

Son Caden Dar Bateman, born 12 October 2007.

Sister of fashion journalist and E! Networks' correspondent Amanda Luttrell Garrigus, Erica Luttrell and Gillian Luttrell Anderson.

Sister-in-law of Tom Garrigus.

Personal Quotes

I have been acting since I was in high school. Perhaps even before then if you count all the times I "acted" like I was sick in grade school to get out of going, (those were some of my best performances). Happily, I have worked fairly consistently, however, the audition process (necessary to getting work) has never been one that I have enjoyed. My shyness can sometimes make me quite nervous. Surmounting that obstacle again and again has in itself made getting work slightly less than "easy".

I think that I am pretty soulful and I share that with Teyla. I wish I could kick ass the way she does but, I'm a lover not a fighter. Seriously there are many little nuances that I share with Teyla, I have to in order to bring her to life. One of the things that separates her from the other team members is that she is human and yet she is unearthly. Within her own people her telepathic abilities set her apart. She doesn't quite fit in. The not quite fitting in thing is familiar to me. I think that it has made me a stronger person in the same way it has formed Teyla.