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RACHEL LUTTRELL (actress; Canada)

Guest appearance: Saturday 12th April and Sunday 13th April 2025

Rachel Luttrell is a Tanzanian-born Canadian actress. Her family emigrated to Canada when she was five years old, and she was raised in Toronto. Her family has several musical roots, her father, a former member of the critically acclaimed Toronto Mendelssohn Choir, trained Luttrell's soprano voice. She studied ballet at the Russian Academy of Classical Ballet School and studied piano at The Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto.

Luttrell made her professional debuts in Canada's premier production of Miss Saigon in Toronto. She would go on to appear in many other stage productions. Following a move to Los Angeles, Luttrell became frustrated with some of the minor roles she was offered to her at the and considered giving up on her acting career to enroll at the UCLA to study architecture.

In 2004, Luttrell was cast in a main role as warrior-leader Teyla Emmagan on STARGATE: ATLANTIS series. She remained in this role for 99 episodes until the end of the series.

She appeared in ARROW, CHARMED, ER, NCIS, NCIS: LOS ANGELES and another series. Also, she worked on Marvel projects like THE GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY HOLIDAY SPECIAL, AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR and AVENGERS: ENDGAME.

In 2011 Luttrell ventured into jazz music, releasing her first album I Wish You Love.