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Lazarut was born on November 5, 1982, in Deva, Romania. She graduated in applied linguistics at the West University of Timisoara in 2007.^[1]

Her debut TV appearance was the Romanian version of the international reality television franchise Big Brother 2 in 2004 where she ended up as one of the finalists.^[2] After that, she made her way to host a lifestyle show Clubbing on National TV Romania. From 2007 to 2010, she worked as a sports anchor and field reporter for sports events on Antena 3.^[3][4] Then she anchored a TV show Superbingo Metropolis on Antena 1 from 2010 to 2012.^[5][6][7] Her next venture was into the news media. She joined the television channel Kanal D as a news anchor in 2012 for the next 3 years before leaving Romania for USA.^[8][9][3]

As an actress, Lazarut's debut play was Raluca + 1 (2013).^[2] Later in 2014, she moved to Chicago, U.S, and stepped into the world of Hollywood. She was a character in the medical drama Chicago Med (2015).^[10] She was cast in the role of a reporter in the Empire series broadcast by Fox. She also played "Catwoman" in a video game.^{[2][3][11][12][13]} She has appeared in several TV commercials as well.^[4]

Lazarut started dating an American entrepreneur Horatiu Boeriu in 2014 and then married him a year later in America.^{[2][3][14][15]} The couple resides in Chicago and has a daughter Gemma.^[16][17][18]