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Rebecca Ritters | |
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| Born | 26 January 1984 Australia |
| Occupation | DW News journalist |
| Years active | 1992–present |
| Employer | DW News |
Rebecca Ritters is an Australian journalist and current news anchor for Deutsche Welle. Prior to her journalism career, she was an actress.
She is also known as an actress, mostly for her role as Hannah Martin in the soap opera Neighbours . She first appeared in the show in 1992 when she was eight years old, and remained for a further seven years. [1] Ritters briefly reprised the role of Hannah as part of Neighbours' 20th anniversary celebrations.
After leaving Neighbours in 1999, Ritters appeared as Caz in the Australian soap Pig's Breakfast in 2000, and as Amelia Porter in Blue Heelers in 2001.
In 2002, Ritters toured with the British Shakespeare Company in an open-air production of Romeo and Juliet , playing Juliet opposite Tama Matheson as Romeo, and in the same year played Peaseblossom in A Midsummer Night's Dream with Wayne Sleep as Puck, [2] also an open-air production. In December 2002 and January 2003, she also played Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz at the Hazlitt Theatre in Maidstone, Kent. [3] Also in 2002 she appeared in the British soap opera Coronation Street , playing Australian backpacker Jules Robinson [4] who briefly boarded with Les Battersby, and who playfully sent up his mistaken belief that she intended to seduce him.
Ritters has gone on to travel extensively throughout Europe and America, working on the stage in the UK. She had a short stint in the Australian medical drama All Saints , in which she played Nurse Rachel Simms.
Ritters then worked as a news and current affairs producer for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. In 2015, she started as a journalist for Deutsche Welle in Berlin. [5]
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992–1999; 2005 | Neighbours | Hannah Martin | TV series, 507 episodes |
| 2000 | Pig's Breakfast | Caz | TV series, 2 episodes |
| 2000; 2001 | Blue Heelers | Amelia Porter / Libby Orr | TV series, 2 episodes |
| 2002 | Coronation Street | Jules Robinson | TV series, 3 episodes |
| 2005 | Life | Ida | TV movie |
| 2007 | All Saints | Nurse Rachel Simms | TV series, 6 episodes |
| 2010 | Rush | Miranda / Crystal | TV series, 2 episodes |
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Romeo and Juliet | Juliet | British Shakespeare Company |
| 2002 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Peaseblossom | British Shakespeare Company |
| 2003 | The Wizard of Oz | Dorothy | Hazlitt Theatre in Maidstone, Kent |
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