Rebecca Gibney

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Rebecca Gibney
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Rebecca Gibney 2016
Born
Rebecca Catherine Gibney

(1964-12-14) 14 December 1964 (age 59)
Levin, Manawatū-Whanganui, New Zealand
OccupationActress
Years active1980–present
Notable work The Flying Doctors
All Together Now
Halifax f.p.
Packed to the Rafters Wanted
Spouses
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(m. 1992;div. 1995)​
Richard Bell
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(m. 2001)​
Children1

Rebecca Catherine Gibney (born 14 December 1964[ citation needed ]) is a New Zealand actress known for her roles on Australian television in The Flying Doctors , Halifax f.p. , Packed to the Rafters , Winter and Wanted . She is a Gold Logie winner and has featured in a number of Australian films including Mental and The Dressmaker .

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Early life

Gibney is the youngest of six children; born in Levin, New Zealand and brought up in Wellington, where she attended Wellington Girls' College. She recounted that she was a "bit odd" as a child, stating "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 graduating from high school.

Performance career

Gibney worked as a model, then appeared on television in the New Zealand kidult series Sea Urchins from 1980 to 1984. She broke into Australian television with the role of Julie Davis in the children's series Zoo Family in 1985. She went on to play mechanic Emma Plimpton in the popular drama series The Flying Doctors , and in 1990 starred in the mini-series Come In Spinner . In 1991 she starred in the Channel Nine sitcom All Together Now , leaving the series in 1993. After her departure, 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. She has also appeared in other mini-series, like Kangaroo Palace (1997), and in The Day of the Roses (in 1998).

In 2002 and 2003, Gibney had a role in Stingers , and from 2003 until 2006, she had a role in the telemovie trilogy Small Claims as Chrissy, co-starring with Claudia Karvan. She appeared in the movie adaptation of Stephen King's novel Salem's Lot , released in 2004, and then followed up in 2006 with King's Nightmares and Dreamscapes TV mini-series. In 2006, she played the role of Lydia, a hippie restaurant owner and operator in the Network Ten drama series Tripping Over . In 2007, she had a small role in the film Clubland , starring Brenda Blethyn, and directed by Cherie Nowlan. The film is known as Introducing the Dwights in the United States.

A series of Australian television adverts for Advil in 2006/07 have featured Gibney and her family. A new television advert with only Gibney appeared in October 2007. She hosted four seasons (2006–2010) of a documentary series produced by Television New Zealand called Sensing Murder in which unsolved New Zealand murder or missing person cases are probed by psychic investigators from both New Zealand and Australia. Gibney was executive producer and also starred in New Zealand feature film The Map Reader as Amelia alongside Michael Hurst and played the mother of Michael, the map reader of the title. The film was released in 2008. [1]

From August 2008 until its conclusion in 2013, Gibney played the female lead of Julie Rafter on the Seven Network's Packed to the Rafters . [2] [3] Her role in the show proved popular for Gibney, and she won the Gold Logie in 2009 for the show. [4] In 2010, she played the lead role on Channel Ten's telemovie Wicked Love: The Maria Korp Story. She starred in the 2012 movie Mental alongside Toni Collette. [5] On 23 October 2013, the Seven Network announced that Gibney would star in and produce a new crime drama, The Killing Field , which was released in 2014. Gibney plays a detective tasked with solving the murder of a teenage girl in a small town. [6] [7] Winter , a follow-up series to her 2014 telemovie The Killing Field, screened in 2015. [8]

In 2020 Gibney reprised the role of Jane Halifax for Halifax: Retribution . [9]

In 2021, Gibney would join the cast of Under The Vines. [10]

Gibney was named in 2023 for Stan series Prosper. [11] Gibney also joined NZ series A Remarkable Place to Die. [12]

Personal life

Gibney has been married twice, first to Irwin Thomas (a.k.a. Jack Jones, former lead singer of Southern Sons) in 1992, which ended in divorce. She married production designer Richard Bell in November 2001. They have a son. She currently lives in Dunedin, New Zealand.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1984 Among the Cinders SallyFeature film
1985 I Live with Me Dad Jill HarknessTV film
1986Mr. WrongClive's Secretary
1989 Jigsaw Virginia YorkFeature film
1994 Lucky Break (aka Paperback Romance)Gloria WrightmanFeature film
1997JoeyPenny McGregorFeature film
199813 Gantry RowJulieTV film
1999 Sabrina Down Under Hilary HextonTV film
The Millennium Disaster: Computer Crash 2000  [ de ]NicoleTV film
2001Finding HopeHope FoxTV film
Ihaka: Blunt InstrumentKirsty FinnTV film
2003Sensing Murder: Easy StreetHostTV film
2004 Small Claims Chrissy HindmarshTV film
2005 Small Claims: White Wedding Chrissy HindmarshTV film
2006 Small Claims: The Reunion Chrissy HindmarshTV film
Lost and FoundMac's MumFeature film
2007 Clubland (aka Introducing the Dwights)LanaFeature film
2008The Map ReaderAmeliaFeature film
2009 In Her Skin GailFeature film
2010Wicked Love: The Maria Korp Story Maria Korp TV film
2011SeekMummyShort film
2012 Mental ShirleyFeature film
2014 The Killing Field Detective Sergeant Eve WinterTV film
2015 The Dressmaker Muriel PrattFeature film

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1980-84 Sea Urchins KarenTV series
1985 Zoo Family Julie DavisTV series
1986 The Great Bookie Robbery BonnieTV miniseries
1986–90; 1991 The Flying Doctors Emma Plimpton PattersonTV series
1990 Come In Spinner Guinea MaloneTV miniseries
Acropolis Now Mrs. Spiro StrangulatorTV series, episode:Cappuccino Catastrophe
Ring of Scorpio JudithTV miniseries
1991–1992 All Together Now Tracy LawsonTV series
1991 Tonight Live with Steve Vizard GuestTV series, 1 episode
1993 Snowy Lilian AndersonTV series
1994 Time Trax Dr. Maria MillsTV series, episode: The Cure
1994–2002 Halifax f.p. Jane HalifaxTV series
1995 G.P. Larissa SchullerTV series, episode: Still Life
1997 Kangaroo Palace Heather RandallTV miniseries
1998 The Silver Brumby Boon Boon (voice)TV series, episode: Getting Together
The Day of the Roses Margaret WarbyTV miniseries
1999 The Lost World Lady Cassandra YorktonTV series, episode: Cave of Fear
2001 Farscape Rinic SarovaTV series, episode: Thanks for Sharing
2002–03 Stingers Ingrid BurtonTV series
2004 Salem's Lot Marjorie GlickTV miniseries
2006-10 Sensing Murder NarratorTV series, Seasons 1–4
2006 Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King India FornoyTV series, episode: The End of the Whole Mess
Tripping Over LydiaTV miniseries
2008–13 Packed to the Rafters Julie RafterTV series
2015 Peter Allen: Not the Boy Next Door Marion WoolnoughTV miniseries
Winter Eve WinterTV series
2016–18 Wanted Lola BuckleyTV series
2020 Halifax: Retribution Jane HalifaxTV series
2021 Back to the Rafters Julie RafterTV series
2021-23 Under the Vines DaisyTV miniseries, Season 1-3
2023 The Brokenwood Mysteries Tabatha ShepherdTV series, 1 episode
2024ProsperAbi Quinn8 episodes
TBAA Remarkable Place To DieTBATBA

Self appearances/interviews

YearTitleRoleNotes
2023 Would I Lie To You? GuestTV series, 1 episode
2022 Sunrise GuestTV series, 1 episode
This Is Your Life: Rebecca GibneyHerselfTV series, 1 episode
2021 Celebrity MasterChef Australia (series 2) ContestantTV series
1991 Hey Hey It's Saturday Herself (Red Faces)TV series, 1 episode
In Sydney TodayHerself - GuestTV series, 1 episode
1990,1990 Hey Hey It's Saturday Herself (Red Faces)TV series, 1 episode
1990,1991 Hey Hey It's Saturday Herself with "All Together Now" castTV series, 1 episode
1987,1988 Hey Hey It's Saturday Herself (Red Faces)TV series, 1 episode
1988,1989 Hey Hey It's Saturday Herself (Red Faces)TV series, 1 episode
1989,1990 Hey Hey It's Saturday Herself (Red Faces)TV series, 1 episode

Awards

Gibney has won, and has been nominated, for several television awards at the AFIs and the Logies on numerous occasions in her acting career. [4]

She won her first award in 1990, winning the AFI (Australian Film Institute) Award for Best Actress for her role in Come In Spinner . She also won a peer-nominated Most Outstanding Actress Logie award in 1991 [4] for her role in the show. She was also nominated in the Most Popular Actress in a Telemovie or Mini-Series award for her role.[ citation needed ]

In 1992, she was nominated at the Logies for her role in the sitcom All Together Now in two categories: Most Popular Actress and Most Popular Light Entertainment / Comedy Female Performer.[ citation needed ]

Her role as the lead in Halifax f.p. had Gibney nominated for three different awards – Most Popular Actress at the Logies (in 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 and 2001); Most Outstanding Actress at the Logies (in 1998, 1999 and 2000) and Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Television Drama at the AFI's (in 1998 and 2000).[ citation needed ]

Gibney's role in the telemovie Small Claims led her to another nomination at the 2005 Logies in the Most Outstanding Actress category. [13]

A popular role for Gibney has been on Packed to the Rafters . Her role in this has led her to win the 2009 Gold Logie and the 2009 Most Popular Actress award. [4] She also been nominated at the Logies for the Gold Logie in 2010 and 2011, Most Popular Actress in 2010, [14] 2011, [15] and 2012, and Most Outstanding Actress in 2009. At the AFI Awards she was nominated in 2009, in the Best Lead Actress in a Drama award. [4]

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