Rafaela Hutchinson was born on the 4th February 1995 in Hertforshire, East of England, to actress Sally George and City fund manager Chris Hutchinson. She has an older brother, Tim, and a younger sister, actress Tiger George.

She made her screen acting debut in the 2005 Trust Me (2005). At the age of ten, she portrayed Eleonore van Breuning in a TV miniseries based on the life of the composer Beethoven (2005).

Hutchinson was notable for her guest spot in Life on Mars (2006) (2006) and is most well known for her childhood role as Olivia Trevanion on the ITV series Wild at Heart (2006) (2006-2008).

She has also had parts in the TV series Doctors (2000), the short Blind Eye (2010) (2010) with her sister Tigerlily Hutchinson, the TV movie Cider with Rosie (2015) (2015) and Squeal (2016) (2016).

She trained at the Institute of Contemporary Music Performance. Her theatre credits include: The Merry Wives of Windsor (Royal Shakespeare Company), and 'The Rise and Fall of Little Voice' (2018).

Rafaella also works as a singer-songwriter, working in 2018 with Swann and The Worries.