A native of Ottawa, Ontario, Rachelle Blum received a Bachelor's degree of Fine Arts with honours, from the theatre faculty of York University . Rachelle was then one of two students invited to study performance at the University of Northumbria in Newcastle, England on a full scholarship. Upon her return home from the UK, Rachelle entered the Professional Musical Theatre Program at CAP 21 (NYU TISCH) in New York City.

After completing her studies at NYU Rachelle auditioned for the Looking Glass Theatre's production of FLAWED and was granted her first New York stage credit. In September of 2004 Rachelle was thrilled to join the Michael Chekhov Theatre Company in New York and was soon cast in their revival of "Uncommon Women" where she played the lead role, Holly.

Canadian fans may have seen Rachelle on a series of commercials for the 2005 Bessie Awards. Most recently, Rachelle completed filming Emmanuel Shirinian's CFC Film "Born Into This" where she played the principal role of Elena. Later this month Rachelle will begin shooting CHUM International's new sci-fi thriller "Ice Planet" with Michael Ironside.

Rachelle currently travels between New York, Toronto, Los Angeles and Montreal.