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Born
Rebecca Catherine Gibney

(1964-12-14) 14 December 1964 (age 59)
Occupation Actress
Years active 1980–present
Notable work
The Flying Doctors
All Together Now
Halifax f.p.
Packed to the Rafters Wanted
Spouse(s)
Irwin Thomas
(m. 1992; div. 1995)
Richard Bell
(m. 2001)
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Rebecca Catherine Gibney (born 14 December 1964) 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.

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.

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. Her role in the show proved popular for Gibney, and she won the Gold Logie in 2009 for the show. 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. 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. Winter, a follow-up series to her 2014 telemovie The Killing Field, screened in 2015.

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

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

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

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 two sons. She currently lives in Dunedin, New Zealand.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1984 Among the Cinders Sally Feature film
1985 I Live with Me Dad Jill Harkness TV film
1986 Mr. Wrong Clive's Secretary
1989 Jigsaw Virginia York Feature film
1994 Lucky Break (aka Paperback Romance) Gloria Wrightman Feature film
1997 Joey Penny McGregor Feature film
1998 13 Gantry Row Julie TV film
1999 Sabrina Down Under Hilary Hexton TV film
The Millennium Disaster: Computer Crash 2000 [de] Nicole TV film
2001 Finding Hope Hope Fox TV film
Ihaka: Blunt Instrument Kirsty Finn TV film
2003 Sensing Murder: Easy Street Host TV film
2004 Small Claims Chrissy Hindmarsh TV film
2005 Small Claims: White Wedding Chrissy Hindmarsh TV film
2006 Small Claims: The Reunion Chrissy Hindmarsh TV film
Lost and Found Mac's Mum Feature film
2007 Clubland (aka Introducing the Dwights) Lana Feature film
2008 Map Reader, TheThe Map Reader Amelia Rosemont Feature film
2009 In Her Skin Gail Feature film
2010 Wicked Love: The Maria Korp Story Maria Korp TV film
2011 Seek Mummy Short film
2012 Mental Shirley Feature film
2014 Killing Field, TheThe Killing Field Detective Sergeant Eve Winter TV film
2015 Dressmaker, TheThe Dressmaker Muriel Pratt Feature film

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1980-84 Sea Urchins Karen TV series
1985 Zoo Family Julie Davis TV series
1986 The Great Bookie Robbery Bonnie TV miniseries
1986–90; 1991 Flying Doctors, TheThe Flying Doctors Emma Plimpton Patterson TV series
1990 Come In Spinner Guinea Malone TV miniseries
Acropolis Now Mrs. Spiro Strangulator TV series, episode:Cappuccino Catastrophe
Ring of Scorpio Judith TV miniseries
1991–1992 All Together Now Tracy Lawson TV series
1991 Tonight Live with Steve Vizard Guest TV series, 1 episode
1993 Snowy Lilian Anderson TV series
1994 Time Trax Dr. Maria Mills TV series, episode: The Cure
1994–2002 Halifax f.p. Jane Halifax TV series
1995 G.P. Larissa Schuller TV series, episode: Still Life
1997 Kangaroo Palace Heather Randall TV miniseries
1998 Silver Brumby, TheThe Silver Brumby Boon Boon (voice) TV series, episode: Getting Together
Day of the Roses, TheThe Day of the Roses Margaret Warby TV miniseries
1999 Lost World, TheThe Lost World Lady Cassandra Yorkton TV series, episode: Cave of Fear
2001 Farscape Rinic Sarova TV series, episode: Thanks for Sharing
2002–03 Stingers Ingrid Burton TV series
2004 Salem's Lot Marjorie Glick TV miniseries
2006-10 Sensing Murder Narrator TV series, Seasons 1–4
2006 Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King India Fornoy TV series, episode: The End of the Whole Mess
Tripping Over Lydia TV miniseries
2008–13 Packed to the Rafters Julie Rafter TV series
2015 Peter Allen: Not the Boy Next Door Marion Woolnough TV miniseries
Winter Eve Winter TV series
2016–18 Wanted Lola Buckley TV series
2020 Halifax: Retribution Jane Halifax TV series
2021 Back to the Rafters Julie Rafter TV series
2021-23 Under the Vines Daisy TV miniseries, Season 1-3
2023 The Brokenwood Mysteries Tabatha Shepherd TV series, 1 episode
2024 Prosper Abi Quinn 8 episodes
TBA A Remarkable Place To Die TBA TBA

Self appearances/interviews

Year Title Role Notes
2023 Would I Lie To You? Guest TV series, 1 episode
2022 Sunrise Guest TV series, 1 episode
This Is Your Life: Rebecca Gibney Herself TV series, 1 episode
2021 Celebrity MasterChef Australia (series 2) Contestant TV series
2005 50 Years 50 Shows Herself TV Special
1991 Hey Hey It's Saturday Herself (Red Faces) TV series, 1 episode
In Sydney Today Herself - Guest TV 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" cast TV 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.

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 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.

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.

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).

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

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. She also been nominated at the Logies for the Gold Logie in 2010 and 2011, Most Popular Actress in 2010, 2011, 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.

See also

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