Lăzăreanu was born in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, and at age five immigrated to Canada, settling into the Montreal suburb of Saint-Hubert, Quebec with her parents.

[4] At age 17, Lăzăreanu attended an open call and signed with Giovanni modelling agency in Montreal with the hope that it would help pay rent.

Lăzăreanu is also a designer with a successful fashion line in Japan in 2010,[8] and a capsule collection for the Simons department store in Canada in 2015.

"[11] As a result of her striking features and rock'n'roll semblance, Lăzăreanu has developed the status of 'official muse' to designers Nicolas Ghesquière and Karl Lagerfeld, with whom she shot the Chanel Cruise campaign.

I just want to learn from people and do the best I can do" and cites Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Leonard Cohen and Joan Baez as her musical influences.

[13] In February 2007 Lăzăreanu announced that she would collaborate with Sean Lennon and Pete Doherty on a cover of Bob Dylan's "Girl from the North Country".

[15] In December 2007, during a special presentation for Chanel in London, Lăzăreanu debuted four songs off her album, which acted as the soundtrack to the show.

[16] In June 2010 Lăzăreanu organized a benefit concert in New York City and was set to perform with Doherty, Lennon, Charlotte Kemp Muhl, and Adam Green.

[citation needed] Lăzăreanu has twice been briefly engaged to musician Pete Doherty, first for a period in 2004 following the break-up of his band the Libertines[20] and then for the second time in October 2007.