Rebecca Benson

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Rebecca Benson
Born (1990-04-24) 24 April 1990 (age 34)
OccupationActress
Years active2011–present

Rebecca Benson (born 24 April 1990) is a Scottish actress. She appeared in the TV crime dramas Vera and Shetland , [1] [2] and alongside Michael Fassbender in the 2015 film, Macbeth . [3]

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Career

In 2016, she joined the HBO series Game of Thrones in Season 6 as Talla Tarly, the sister of Samwell Tarly. [4] She also portrayed Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury in The White Princess .

Ms. Benson had the starring role of "Eli" in the National Theatre of Scotland production of "Let the Right One In," which opened in the United States at St. Anne's Warehouse, Brooklyn, in January 2015. [5]

In 2019, she appeared as Melody, an intern, in Flack .

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRole
2011 You Instead Lucie
2015 Macbeth Maidservant
2020 Falling for Figaro Rosa

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2012 Holby City Kitty JohnsonEpisode "Wolf's Clothing"
2013 Vera Ruthie Culvert
2014 Shetland Sally Henry
2016 Game of Thrones Talla Tarly Episode: "Blood of My Blood"
2016 The Crown Queen Mary's Nurse
2017 The White Princess Margaret Pole
2017 Doctor Who KarEpisode: "The Eaters of Light"
2019-2020 Flack MelodyMain role
2019 Year of the Rabbit Harriet FisherEpisode: #1.2
2023 Payback KathleenRecurring Role
2024 Insomnia Nurse LauraRecurring Role
2024 Grantchester Rose ShirleyEpisode: S9 E2

Radio

DateTitleRoleDirectorStation
16 January 2015 Take Me to the Necropolis [6] Sasha Kirsty Williams BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Play

Video game

YearTitleRole
2022 Xenoblade Chronicles 3 Fiona

References

  1. "Young star Rebecca Benson gets her teeth into gloriously gory role as centuries-old vampire". Daily Record. 9 June 2013.
  2. "Let The Right One In: Martin Quinn And Rebecca Benson". Theater People. 7 May 2014.
  3. "Forever 14 and Hungry for Love". New York Times. 14 January 2015.
  4. "Meet the Tarlys: Game of Thrones adds three more actors to season 6!". Watchers On The Wall. 16 September 2015.
  5. Brantley, Ben (25 January 2015). "'Let the Right One In,' a Stark Vampire Love Story". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 9 February 2017.
  6. BBC – Afternoon Play – Take Me to the Necropolis