Rebecca Liddiard

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Rebecca Liddiard
Rebecca Liddiard at the 2018 CFC Annual Gala & Auction (26431552808) -b.jpg
Liddiard in 2018
BornJan 8th 1991
OccupationActress
Years active2012–present

Rebecca Liddiard (born Jan 8th 1991) is a Canadian actress. She is known for her role as Constable Adelaide Stratton in the 2016 trans-Atlantic mystery series Houdini & Doyle and as morality officer Mary Shaw in Frankie Drake Mysteries .

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Early life and education

Liddiard was born in 1991 in London, Ontario. She studied theatre performance at Ryerson University. [1] [2] Liddiard moved to Toronto when she was 18, [1] and worked as a part-time office manager there for some time. [2]

Career

In February 2016 Liddiard portrayed the lead character Thai in the Tarragon Theatre production of Kat Sandler's play Mustard. [1] [3]

She appeared as the lead character Ella in the web series MsLabelled , [1] [2] [4] and had the recurring role of Hanna on the City science-fiction drama series Between . [2]

She achieved visibility after being cast in the role of Constable Adelaide Stratton [5] in the British-Canadian-American period mystery series Houdini & Doyle in 2016. [1] [6]

From 2017 to 2021, Liddiard played the regular role of Mary, a morality police officer in 1920s Toronto, in the CBC mystery-drama series, Frankie Drake Mysteries . [7] In 2019, she played airplane crash survivor Madelyn in the first season of the British-Canadian thriller television series Departure . [8]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
2013 Murdoch Mysteries Lisette BarnesEpisode: "Tour de Murdoch"
2015 Man Seeking Woman Serving GhoulEpisode: "Stain"
Between Hanna3 episodes
MsLabelled EllaVoice role
2016 Saving Hope Bree HanniganEpisode: "Tested and Tried"
Houdini & Doyle Adelaide StrattonMain role
For Love & HonorKylie BrennanTelevision film
2017 Reign Princess Margot Episode: "All It Cost Her..."
Alias Grace Mary WhitneyMiniseries
Slasher Andi CrissMain role
2017–2021 Frankie Drake Mysteries Mary Shaw
2018 The Detail Emma WrightEpisode: "The Long Walk"
2019 Run This Town ClaireFilm
Departure Madelyn StrongMain role
2021 Clarice Eva GallowsEpisode: "Father Time"
2022 & 2024 Ruby and the Well Brea Cochrane6 episodes
2022 Mary and Flo On the Go! Mary ShawVoice role
Danger in the HouseNora ReedTelevision film
Lease on Love/From Chicago With LovePoppy Evans
Hudson & Rex Dr. Reva WarnerEpisode: "Rexpert Witness"
2023 Seven Veils CleaFilm
Fargo Karen TillmanRecurring role
2024 Accused PeggyEpisode: "Megan's Story"
Woman with the Red LipstickLucy ComptonTelevision film
2024 & 2025 Murdoch Mysteries Tippy LongfellowEpisodes: "Only Murdoch in the Building" & "Going Postal"

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Bill Harris (April 27, 2016). "'Houdini & Doyle': Rebecca Liddiard gets the deciding vote in new series". Toronto Sun. Retrieved May 5, 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Rebecca Eckler (May 2, 2016). "T.O.'s Rebecca Liddiard in Houdini & Doyle, premieres tonight". Post City Toronto. Retrieved May 5, 2016.
  3. J. Kelly Nestruck (February 18, 2016). "Reviews: New Canadian plays Mustard and Dalton and Company". The Globe and Mail . Retrieved June 20, 2016.
  4. "MsLabelled". Shaftesbury Films. Archived from the original on May 22, 2016. Retrieved June 19, 2016.
  5. Elizabeth Wagmeister (June 24, 2015). "Fox Sets 'Houdini & Doyle' for 2016 Debut with Stars Michael Weston & Stephen Mangan". Variety . Retrieved June 20, 2016. Rounding out the cast, Rebecca Liddiard ("Man Seeking Woman"), has been set as Constable Adelaide Stratton, the first female constable ever to work for the London Metropolitan Police Force.
  6. Julia Raeside (March 14, 2016). "Houdini & Doyle review: imagine Jonathan Creek wrestling Mr Selfridge..." The Guardian . Retrieved May 5, 2016.
  7. Johanna Schneller (November 12, 2017). "In Frankie Drake Mysteries, some characters get a chance to sashay". The Toronto Star. Retrieved December 16, 2017.
  8. Daniel Fienberg (September 17, 2020). "'Departure': TV Review". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved August 23, 2021.