Who is Rachelle Marie Lefevre?

Who is Rachelle Marie Lefevre?  The entertainment world knows her as Rachelle  Lefevreis, she is a Canadian actress. She has had recurring roles on television in Big Wolf on Campus, What About Brian, Boston Legal, and Swingtown. She is also known for her role as Victoria in the 2008 film Twilight, and its sequel 2009 film New Moon, based on the novels of the same names by Stephenie Meyer.

Early life

Lefevre was pronounced /ləˈfɛv/; born on February 1, 1979 and raised in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Her father is an English teacher, and her mother, a psychologist. She has three sisters and speaks both English and French;while her father's family is originally from France, Lefevre 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.

 Career

 Early acting career

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 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 finished her degree at McGill, attending semesters between shoots.
Lefevre appeared in the film Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, directed by George Clooney, in 2002. She appeared in the television movies Picking Up and Dropping Off with Scott Wolf, and See Jane Date, and had a role in the romantic comedy Hatley High in 2003. In 2006, she played Etta Place in the Calgary-filmed TV movie The Legend of Butch and Sundance. Lefevre moved to West Hollywood, California that year and appeared in the films Noel, directed by Chazz Palminteri and starring Penélope Cruz, and Head in the Clouds, also starring Cruz and Charlize Theron. In April 2004, Lefevre filmed the mystery-thriller The River King in Halifax, opposite Edward Burns.

Lefevre starred on the Fox sitcom Life on a Stick in 2005, playing Lily Ashton, a mall fast-food restaurant employee, and then appeared on the Fox series Pool Guys. She has guest starred on numerous other television series, including: Charmed, playing Olivia Callaway on the episode "Love's a Witch", playing Annie Isles on the fifth season of Undressed, and appearing on the short-lived ABC series What About Brian for eleven episodes. Lefevre was cast as Annie Cartwright, the female lead in ABC's Life on Mars, a David E. Kelley remake of the original British TV series. She shot a pilot episode, but was replaced by Gretchen Mol when the series was revamped.

 Twilight

Lefevre played the renegade vampire Victoria in the film Twilight (2008), based on the novel of the same name by Stephenie Meyer. Directed by Catherine Hardwicke, the film was shot mostly in and around Portland, Oregon. Lefevre wrote an impassioned letter to the director, explaining her desire to work with the filmmaker. Lefevre described the essence of her character as "pure evil, pure instinct, pure malice, and very feline". After reading that the author used the word "feline" to describe her character's agility, Lefevre watched lion attacks on YouTube to separate the movements of her character from those of normal people. She also took trapeze classes in preparation for the wire work in the film.Lefevre spent hours working on the costumes for her character, and described herself as "obsessed" with vampires after reading Bram Stoker's Dracula at the age of 14.

Lefevre was at times overwhelmed by the scrutiny she received from her involvement with Twilight. She participated in a promotional tour in November 2008, where she met and signed autographs for Twilight fans at Hot Topic stores in the U.S.. "It's the closest I will ever come in my life to being a rock star," she told The Canadian Press, describing an appearance on MuchMusic, where over 1,500 fans showed up in Toronto.Over 2,500 fans showed up at a Wal-Mart in Salt Lake City, where Lefevre appeared to promote the DVD release of the film. Overall though, Lefevre describes herself as delighted by the attention and excitement of the fans. She appeared in New Moon, the film's sequel, based on Meyer's second novel,which she completed shooting in Vancouver in May 2009.

Lefevre did not reprise her role of Victoria in Eclipse, the third film of the Twilight series, and was replaced by Bryce Dallas Howard. Summit Entertainment, the studio behind the films, attributed the change to scheduling conflicts; Eclipse and Barney's Version, an independent Canadian feature Lefevre had signed on to, both began filming on 17 August 2009. Lefevre responded that she was "stunned" by the decision and "greatly saddened" not to continue her portrayal of Victoria, and never thought she would "lose the role over a 10 day overlap", in a statement to Access Hollywood. The studio responded in a counter-statement, "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse is an ensemble production that has to accommodate the schedules of numerous actors while respecting the established creative vision of the filmmaker and most importantly the story." Lefevre had appeared at the 2009 San Diego Comic-Con to promote New Moon the weekend before she was replaced.
Enthusiastic fans of the series reacted to the news of Lefevre's replacement with online petitions urging her return, and "Bring Back Rachelle" became a top-trending topic on Twitter in the afternoon of 29 July 2009. Lefevre told Extra that she was "absolutely blown away" by support from fans, who also made her a tribute video on YouTube. Lefevre did not attend the Los Angeles premiere of New Moon, tweeting that the event "was just 2 emotional 4 me & I couldn't manage it."

Since 2009

In 2009, Lefevre appeared in the CBC television miniseries The Summit, filmed in Ontario, and completed the film Bagman, starring Kevin Spacey. In Bagman, she plays Emily Miller, a former press secretary for U.S. congressman Tom DeLay, who helped convict lobbyist Jack Abramoff (Kevin Spacey) in a political scandal involving Native American tribes.
Lefevre will also appear in Barney's Version, a film adaptation of the award-winning Canadian novel by Mordecai Richler. Lefevre plays Clara, a manic depressive feminist poet who becomes the first wife of protagonist Barney Panofsky (Paul Giamatti). Her scenes were filmed in Rome in August 2009. The production continued on location in Montreal and New York. Soon after the shoot, in November 2009, Lefevre shot the suspense film The Caller in Puerto Rico along with actors Lorna Raver and Stephen Moyer. She replaced the late Brittany Murphy, who had exited the project.
Lefevre appeared in the pilot episode of the ABC television drama The Deep End on 21 January 2010. She will also star in the period piece VK, with Adrien Brody and Isabelle Adjani. The film will tell the story of Baron Wolfgang von Kempelen, a Hungarian inventor who built The Turk, a chess playing machine, in the late 18th century. Directed by Pierre Gill, Lefevre will play Annette, the wife of the Baron (Brody). Lefevre will play a young doctor working in a South American medical clinic in the television drama Off the Map, developed by Shonda Rhimes.

Personal life and charity work

Lefevre lives in Los Angeles, California. As of June 2009, she was dating Jamie King, an actor from the Showtime television series The Tudors. Lefevre donates US$100 to Susan G. Komen for The Cure, a breast cancer charity, for every 10,000 people who follow her on Twitter. She also launched an eBay auction for the charity School On Wheels in August 2009, which provides tutoring to homeless children in Southern California. Lefevre sold t-shirts and other merchandise signed by her fellow cast members from Twilight.She is also an active supporter of Best Friends Animal Society, appearing in a public service announcement on behalf of the organization in November 2009, urging the public to adopt their next pet.

Filmography

Film

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2000	Stardom	Catherine
2001	Life in the Balance	Kristy Carswell
	Dead Awake	Randi Baum
2002	Abandon	Eager Beaver
	Confessions of a Dangerous Mind	Tuvia, Age 25
2003	Deception	Denise	Straight-to-DVD
	Hatley High	Hyacinthe Marquez
2004	The Big Thing	Sarah
	Head in the Clouds	Alice
	Noel	Holly
2005	The River King	Carlin Leander
	Pure	Julie
2007	Suffering Man's Charity	Elaine
	Fugitive Pieces	Naomi
2008	Prom Wars	Sabina
	Twilight	Victoria
2009	The Pool Boys	Laura
	The Twilight Saga: New Moon	Victoria	Nominated - Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Villain
2010	Bagman	Emily	Awaiting release
	Barney's Version	Clara	Awaiting release
	The Caller	Mary Kee	Post-production

[edit] Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1999	Big Wolf on Campus	Stacey Hanson	22 episodes
	The Legend of Sleepy Hollow	Katrina Van Tassel	TV film
2000	The Hunger	Smallpox Woman	1 episode
2002	Bliss	Marine	1 episode
	Galidor: Defenders of the Outer Dimension	Tyreena	1 episode
	Undressed	Annie Isles	6 episodes
2003	Largo Winch	Catarina	1 episode
	See Jane Date	Eloise	TV film
	Charmed	Olivia Callaway	1 episode
	Picking Up & Dropping Off	Georgia	TV film
2004	Petits mythes urbains	Receptionist #1	1 episode
	The Legend of Butch & Sundance	Etta Place	TV film
2005	Pool Guys	Alana	TV film
	Life on a Stick	Lily	13 episodes
	Bones	Amy Morton	1 episode
2006	Veronica Mars	Marjorie	1 episode
	The Class	Sue	2 episodes
	Four Kings	Lauren	2 episodes
	What About Brian	Heather	11 episodes
2007	How I Met Your Mother	Sarah	1 episode
	The Closer	Michelle Morgan	1 episode
	CSI: NY	Devon Maxford	1 episode
2008	Boston Legal	Dana Strickland	3 episodes
	Life on Mars	Annie Cartwright	Unaired pilot
	Swingtown	Melinda	5 episodes
	Eli Stone	Candance Bonneville	1 episode
	The Summit	Leonie Adderly	2 episodes
2009	Do You Know Me	Elsa Carter/Sophie Marsaretti	TV film
	Better Off Ted	Rebecca	1 episode
	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Kumari	1 episode
2010	The Deep End	Katie Campbell	2 episodes

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Who is Mark Alan Ruffalo?

Who is Mark Alan Ruffalo? The acting world knows him as an American actor, director, producer and screenwriter. He portrayed Stan in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Inspector David Toschi in the 2007 film Zodiac and US Marshal Chuck Aule in Shutter Island. Ruffalo has also appeared as a romantic leading man in 13 Going on 30 (2004), Just Like Heaven (2005) and Rumor Has It (2005).

 Early life

Ruffalo was born November 22, 1967 in the industrial town of Kenosha, Wisconsin, of Italian and French Canadian descent.His mother, Marie Rose, was a hairdresser and stylist, and his father, Frank Lawrence Ruffalo, Jr., worked as a construction painter. Of his father, Ruffalo has said, "He was an amazing, charismatic guy who was city high school wrestling champion three times. He was away a lot when I was growing up. I was very lonely for him.” Ruffalo has two sisters, Tania and Nicole, and a brother, Scott (who died in December 2008). Ruffalo has described himself as having been a "happy kid" and his upbringing as taking place in a "very big Italian family with lots of love". He attended a progressive school and was raised around the local Bahá'í community, of which his father was a member. Ruffalo spent his teen years in Virginia Beach, Virginia, where his father worked. Ruffalo graduated from First Colonial High School. He then moved with his family to San Diego, California and later to Los Angeles, California, where he took classes at the Stella Adler Conservatory and co-founded the Orpheus Theatre Company. With the OTC, he wrote, directed, and starred in a number of plays and spent the next nine years earning his money as a bartender.

Career

Acting

Ruffalo had minor roles in films like The Dentist (1996), the low-key crime comedy Safe Men (1998) and Ang Lee's acclaimed Civil War Western Ride with the Devil (1999). Through a chance meeting with writer Kenneth Lonergan, Ruffalo began collaborating with Lonergan and appeared in several of his plays, including the original cast of This is Our Youth (1998), which led to Ruffalo's role as Laura Linney's troubled, aimless drifter brother Terry in Longeran's acclaimed, Academy Award-nominated 2000 film You Can Count on Me. He received favorable reviews for his performance in this film, often earning comparisons to the young Marlon Brando, and won awards from the Los Angeles Film Critics Association and Montreal World Film Festival.
This led to other significant roles, including the films XX/XY (2002), Isabel Coixet's My Life Without Me alongside Sarah Polley (2003), Jane Campion's In the Cut alongside Meg Ryan (2003), Michel Gondry's Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004), and We Don't Live Here Anymore (2004), which is based upon two short stories written by Andre Dubus. He appeared opposite Tom Cruise as a narcotics detective in Michael Mann's acclaimed crime-thriller Collateral (2004). More recently, Ruffalo has appeared as a romantic lead in "chick flicks" such as View From the Top (2002), 13 Going on 30 (2004), Just Like Heaven (2005) and Rumor Has It (2005). In 2006, Ruffalo starred in Clifford Odets's Awake and Sing! at the Belasco Theatre in New York, for which he was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play. In March 2007, he appeared in Zodiac as SFPD homicide inspector Dave Toschi, who ran the investigation to find and apprehend the Zodiac killer from 1969 through most of the 1970s. In 2007 Ruffalo played divorced lawyer Dwight Arno, who accidentally kills a child and speeds away, in Terry George's film Reservation Road based on the novel by John Burnham Schwartz.
In 2008, Ruffalo starred as a con man in The Brothers Bloom with Adrien Brody and Rachel Weisz. Also in 2008, he starred along with Julianne Moore in "Blindness". 2008 also saw Ruffalo in Brian Goodman's What Doesn't Kill You, with Ethan Hawke and Amanda Peet. It was shown at the Toronto Film Festival. In 2009, he played a brief role in the film Where The Wild Things Are as Max's mother's boyfriend. In 2010, he costarred in the Martin Scorsese thriller Shutter Island as U.S. Marshal Chuck Aule, the partner of Leonardo Dicaprio's character Teddy Daniels.
He is currently stars in Lisa Cholodenko's The Kids Are All Right, with Annette Bening and Julianne Moore. Ruffalo said in an interview that he approached Cholodenko after watching High Art and said he would love to work with her. Years later, she called Ruffalo and said she wrote a script, and she had him in mind for the part.
He is set to star in Second Coming, a low-budget indie film. According to Production Weekly, it is being produced by Richard N. Gladstein, Laura Bickford, and Ludovic Dardenay. The movie is set to star, along with Ruffalo, Marion Cotillard, Ethan Hawke, Anjelica Huston, and Thandie Newton. It is set to be the directorial debut of Nenad Cicin-Sain.
On July 23, 2010, it was announced that Ruffalo will join actors Chris Evans, Robert Downey, Jr and Chris Hemsworth among others for the upcoming movie The Avengers in 2012 as Bruce Banner.

 Directing

He made his directorial debut with Sympathy for Delicious, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and won the Special Jury Prize. On releasing the film, Ruffalo said, "I'm still looking for distribution. I have a couple offers on the table, but I'm holding out for something a little bigger. I've been screening it for a lot of groups, and people are really responding to it. I think they're scared of that movie." Of directing, he says, "I liken it to an actor gets to eat one slice, and a director gets to eat the whole pie. [laughs] You get to collaborate with gifted people who are good at their craft, so you're orchestrating all these different mediums. You're helping people through the script to realize their own talents. I find that really satisfying, and I felt like being in front of the camera is so intense and self-involved and personal, and directing isn't like that for me. It's a much more communal experience. Last year at this time, I was like, 'I'm not going back to acting, man. No way, it's done.' I haven't worked in a year. It's really taken me that long to get back to my love for what I do for acting. I would like to do 50-50, if I could. Really, I'd just be directing right now, but I can't support my family doing that at this moment, and I love acting. It's not a bad position to be in."

 Personal life

In 2002, Ruffalo was diagnosed with an acoustic neuroma, a type of brain tumor, and had surgery; the tumor was benign, but resulted in a period of partial facial paralysis. He fully recovered from the paralysis and returned to good health as well as an active life and movie career.
On December 1, 2008, Ruffalo's brother, Scott, was shot at his Beverly Hills condominium, with one report describing the shooting as "execution-style" in the back of the head. Scott died on December 8, 2008. Police took two people into custody: a woman who is considered a suspect and a man considered a "person of interest". One of the suspects reportedly told police that Scott Ruffalo shot himself while playing Russian roulette; the witnesses were later released as the police investigation continued.
Since June 2000, he has been married to French-American actress Sunrise Coigney (born Christina Sunrise Coigney on September 17, 1972 in San Francisco), and they have three children: a son Keen, born in 2001, and daughters Bella Noche, born in 2005, and Odette, born in 2007, in Los Angeles, California.

Ruffalo is vegetarian.

Political views

On October 4, 2006, he appeared on daily news program, Democracy Now!, and spoke against the war in Iraq, the Military Commissions Act of 2006, torture and the Bush administration in general. He also announced his speaking engagement at the The World Can't Wait protest in New York City on October 5, 2006. Ruffalo contributed to Mike Gravel in his 2008 presidential bid.
In October 2007, Ruffalo criticized the 9/11 Commission Report as "completely illegitimate" and called for re-opening the investigation. He said: "I saw the way they all came down and I am baffled. My first reaction is that buildings don't fall down like that." He also criticized the 9/11 truth movement, saying "There's so much information that's been put out there by truth for 9/11 and ... so much of it has been stretched that a lot of people are grabbing hold of the more sensational parts of what doesn't jibe..."

 Filmography

Year	Film	Role
1996	The Last Big Thing	Brent Benedict
	The Dentist	Steve Landers
1997	On the 2nd Day of Christmas	Bert
1998	Safe Men	Frank
	54	Ricko
1999	Ride with the Devil	Alf Bowden
2000	You Can Count on Me	Terry Prescott
	Committed	T-Bo
2001	The Last Castle	Yates
	Life/Drawing (AKA Apartment 12)	Alex
2002	XX/XY	Coles
	Windtalkers	Private Pappas
2003	My Life Without Me	Lee
	View from the Top	Ted Stewart
	In the Cut	Detective Malloy
2004	We Don't Live Here Anymore	Jack Linden
	Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind	Stan
	13 Going on 30	Matt Flamhaff
	Collateral	Fanning
2005	Just Like Heaven	David Abbott
	Rumor Has It	Jeff Daly
2006	All the King's Men	Adam Stanton
2007	Zodiac	Inspector David Toschi
	Reservation Road	Dwight Arno
2008	Blindness	Doctor
	What Doesn't Kill You	Brian Reilly
2009	The Brothers Bloom	Stephen
	Margaret	Jason Berstone
	Where the Wild Things Are	Connie's Boyfriend
	Sympathy for Delicious	Joe/Also Director
2010	Shutter Island	Chuck Aule
	Date Night	Brad
	The Kids Are All Right	Paul
2012	The Avengers	Bruce Banner/The Hulk

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