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Rebecca Catherine Gibney (born 14 December 1964 in Levin, New Zealand) is a New Zealand born Australian actress.
Gibney was born the youngest of six children, and brought up in Wellington. She has said she wasn't so much funny as a "bit odd" as a child. "I was a bit like Wednesday Addams in The Addams Family. I walked around with this headless doll that I took everywhere." Gibney moved to Australia at the age of 19.
After working as a model, she broke in to television with the role of Julie Davis in the children's series Zoo Family in 1985 and went on to play mechanic Emma Plimpton in the... MORE
Rebecca Catherine Gibney (born 14 December 1964 in Levin, New Zealand) is a New Zealand born Australian actress.
Gibney was born the youngest of six children, and brought up in Wellington. She has said she wasn't so much funny as a "bit odd" as a child. "I was a bit like Wednesday Addams in The Addams Family. I walked around with this headless doll that I took everywhere." Gibney moved to Australia at the age of 19.
After working as a model, she broke in to television with the role of Julie Davis in the children's series Zoo Family in 1985 and went on to play mechanic Emma Plimpton in the critically acclaimed and popular drama series The Flying Doctors. In 1990, she starred in the highly acclaimed mini-series Come In Spinner.
In 1991, she starred in the Channel Nine sitcom, All Together Now. She quit the show in 1993. When she left the show, she starred in Snowy.
The title character of Dr. Jane Halifax in Halifax f.p. was created especially for her, by the producers of her previous show 'Snowy'. Halifax f.p debuted in 1994 with the episode "Acts Of Betrayal", and continued with a further 20 telemovies leading up until 2002. This was a popular role for her. She has also appeared in LESS
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