Background
Rebecca Anne Lavelle was born on 18 March 1980 in Maitland.
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She attended the Brent Street School of Performing Arts and graduated in 1999.
Career
Lavelle provided lead vocals for songs on television drama, McLeod"s Daughters (2001–2009). The tracks are written by Posie Graeme-Evans and Chris Harriot. Lavelle appears on three soundtracks for the show, the first volume (26 August 2002) peaked at Number.
8 on the ARIA Chart and was certified platinum by ARIA for shipment of 70,000 units.
The second volume (25 April 2004) reached Number. 19 and was certified gold for 35,000 units shipped.
She had an on screen guest role as Bindy Martin in October 2006 in an episode, "Old Wrongs". As a solo artist, Lavelle has issued 3 studio albums: Intimate Portrait (7 September 2007), Love & Bravery (12 November 2010) and Kehr Wieder (29 February 2016).
From February 2011 Lavelle resides in Hamburg, Germany.
Her parents are Mark Edward and Judy Anne Lavelle, and she has two younger sisters, Sarah and Rachael. Lavelle started singing and dancing when she was three years old. Lavelle had toured nationally as a solo artist before providing vocals for songs written by Posie Graeme-Evans and Chris Harriot for Australian television drama, McLeod"s Daughters (2001–2009).
She provided lead vocals on three soundtracks for the show: the first volume (26 August 2002) peaked at Number.
8 on the ARIA Chart and was certified platinum by ARIA for shipment of 70,000 units. The second volume (25 April 2004) reached Number.
19 and was certified gold for shipment of 35,000 units. Lavelle made a guest appearance as Bindy Martin on 11 October 2006 in episode, "Old Wrongs".
The third soundtrack volume appeared on 1 September 2008 but it did not chart.
In December 2003 Lavelle appeared at the annual Carols by Candlelight at Sidney Myer Music Bowl, with proceeds donated to the Vision Australia charity, which was broadcast nationally on Network Nine. From 19 to 31 May 2005 she performed for Australian and allied forces in the Middle East including Iraq for Operation Catalyst alongside Adam and Mathew Hedditch (comedy duo, as Big Brother Little Brother), Tottie Goldsmith and the Australian Army Band Melbourne. From 13 to 23 March 2006 she performed on the Tour de Force to The Sinai and Cyprus with James Blundell and Wayne Deakin.
On 7 September 2007 Lavelle released her debut solo album, Intimate Portrait, in Germany through the Edel record label.
She promoted the album with a European tour, especially in Germany. lieutenant peaked in the top 100 in both Switzerland and Germany.
Her second album, Love & Bravery, appeared on 12 November 2010. In February 2011 Lavelle relocated to Hamburg, Germany.
6 years after the last album, on the 29th of February 2016 she released her new, 3rd album with the title Kehr Wieder (in English: "(let"s) recur").
Only its title is german, the songs are on English.
