Rebecca Gethings
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Rebecca Gethings is an English actress best known for her roles in film and television comedies such as The Thick of It, Extras, The Mimic and David Brent: Life on the Road.
Career[]
Television[]
Gethings has collaborated several times with Armando Iannucci, improvising with the US cast of Veep, in which she also appears.[1] Iannucci later cast her as Helen Hatley, the ambitious special adviser to Nicola Murray in the fourth and final series of The Thick of It.[2] Gethings played Lizzie in episode 4 of 'Extras', directed by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant. In March 2020, she appeared in an episode of the BBC soap opera Doctors as Fran Claverley.[3]
Voice work[]
Gethings has voiced a number of animated characters for children's television, advertising campaigns and documentaries. and was the voice of Maiya the Meerkat in the Compare The Market TV advertising campaign.[4]
Film[]
She worked again with Ricky Gervais, playing Miriam, the head of Human Resources in David Brent: Life on the Road, released in August 2016.[5][6] Her film work also includes Casino Royale and Mad to Be Normal.
Theatre[]
Gethings' stage work includes Chicken Soup with Barley at the Royal Court Theatre[7] and the West End theatre production of Maxim Gorky's Vassa.
Personal life[]
Gethings' long time partner is the Emmy award-winning animation director Tom Brass.[8] They have two children.
Filmography[]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Casino Royale | Hot Room Technician #2 | |
| 2016 | David Brent: Life on the Road | Miriam Clark | |
| 2017 | Mad to Be Normal | Jane Simons | |
| 2017 | You, Me and Him | Biggles Tilsbury |
References[]
- ^ "rebecca-gethings". rebecca-gethings. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
- ^ "Funny girls". 7 September 2012. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
- ^ Writer: Kim Millar; Director: John Maidens; Producer: Peter Leslie Wild (25 March 2020). "Privilege". Doctors. BBC. BBC One.
- ^ "Actors". Retrieved 1 August 2016.
- ^ "Rebecca Gethings – Movies 2016". www.cinemablog.me. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
- ^ "Rebecca Gethings". IMDb. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
- ^ Royal Court:Chicken Soup With Barley
- ^ "Rebecca Gethings (@RGethings) on Twitter". twitter.com. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
External links[]
- English television actresses
- English stage actresses
- English film actresses
- Living people
- People educated at St. George's School, Ascot
- 21st-century English actresses
- English voice actresses