Rebecca Gilling

Rebecca Gilling (born 3 November 1953 in Castlecrag, Sydney, Australia)^[1] is an Australian former actress, now environmentalist. She is the daughter of World War II Navy personnel Douglas Gilling and prominent feminist campaigner Bridget Gilling. Her first acting role was in Stone (1974) but she came to prominence as the "bad girl" flight attendant Diana Moore in the feature film version of soap opera Number 96 (1974), even though she was not a member of the regular TV series cast. [1]. Her next acting role was in the action film The Man from Hong Kong (1975).^[2]

Gilling went on to act in several television series. She was a regular support character in Glenview High (1977)[2] and then played the key role of Liz Kennedy in The Young Doctors. Gilling later achieved international recognition for her role as the heroine, Stephanie Harper, in both the mini-series (1983) and subsequent series of Return to Eden (1986). She also appeared in The Naked Country (1985) and in TV series City West (1984), The Blue Lightning (1986), A Dangerous Life (1988), Danger Down Under (1988) and The Paper Man (1990).

During the 1990s, she had a guest appearance on medical drama G.P. and was a presenter on the Nine Network lifestyle series Our House. She later became the spokesperson for the Australian not-for-profit environmental organisation, Planet Ark. She appeared on The Project on 23 Sep 2019, as the Planet Ark CEO, speaking in regards to the current state of recycling.

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