Rebecca Night
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Rebecca Night is a British actress who starred in the title role of the James Hawes
's BBC Four
adaptation Fanny Hill
.
where she took great pleasure in being a part of the annual musical productions, and later Parkstone Grammar School in Poole as well as Brownsea Open Air Theatre
.
Night is a former member of the National Youth Theatre
, where she appeared as Hero in Much Ado About Nothing
.
She graduated from Rose Bruford College
in 2005, where she received critical acclaim for her performance in Patrick Marber
’s After Miss Julie
; it was said that she "[put] everything into her role."
She has also appeared in a number of TV adverts and short films.
production of Oscar Wilde
's The Importance of Being Earnest
. She has said that being in a Wilde play "makes you want to stand a bit taller, and it's nice getting to play dress up and be kind of refined. But it's also nice to leave it all behind, at the end of the day, to be able to put on your trainers and jeans."
She appears in two ITV dramas: Wuthering Heights
as Catherine Linton
, and Caught in a Trap as Becci, directed by Michael Samuels
.
James Hawes
James Hawes is a British television director, who has worked in British television drama since the late 1990s, and also produced documentaries for British and American networks....
's BBC Four
BBC Four
BBC Four is a British television network operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation and available to digital television viewers on Freeview, IPTV, satellite and cable....
adaptation Fanny Hill
Fanny Hill (2007 serial)
Fanny Hill is a BBC adaptation of John Cleland's controversial novel, Fanny Hill, written by Andrew Davies and directed by James Hawes. This is the first television adaptation of the novel...
.
Background
Rebecca Night was born as Rebecca Hardwick in Poole, Dorset. She attended Yarrells Preparatory School in Upton, DorsetUpton, Dorset
Upton is a village in south east Dorset, England. It is the second largest village in Purbeck-Geography:The village is built around a road junction where the Blandford to Hamworthy road crosses the main Poole to Dorchester road. The Poole suburbs of Hamworthy and Turlin Moor adjoin the village to...
where she took great pleasure in being a part of the annual musical productions, and later Parkstone Grammar School in Poole as well as Brownsea Open Air Theatre
Brownsea Open Air Theatre
Brownsea Open Air Theatre is an open-air Shakespearian theatre company based in Poole, Dorset that have performed large theatrical productions since 1964...
.
Night is a former member of the National Youth Theatre
National Youth Theatre
The National Youth Theatre is a registered charity in London, Great Britain, committed to creative, personal and social development of young people through the medium of creative arts....
, where she appeared as Hero in Much Ado About Nothing
Much Ado About Nothing
Much Ado About Nothing is a comedy written by William Shakespeare about two pairs of lovers, Benedick and Beatrice, and Claudio and Hero....
.
She graduated from Rose Bruford College
Rose Bruford College
Rose Bruford College of Theatre & Performance is a British drama school, offering university-level and professional vocational training for theatre and performance and the BA and MA degrees, based in Sidcup, Southeast London.-History:Founded in 1950, Rose Bruford "pioneered the first acting degree...
in 2005, where she received critical acclaim for her performance in Patrick Marber
Patrick Marber
Patrick Albert Crispin Marber is an English comedian, playwright, director, puppeteer, actor and screenwriter.-Early life and education:...
’s After Miss Julie
After Miss Julie
After Miss Julie is a play which relocates August Strindberg's naturalist tragedy, Miss Julie , to an English country house in July 1945...
; it was said that she "[put] everything into her role."
She has also appeared in a number of TV adverts and short films.
Career
Night's most high profile stage role, to date, is in a West EndWest End theatre
West End theatre is a popular term for mainstream professional theatre staged in the large theatres of London's 'Theatreland', the West End. Along with New York's Broadway theatre, West End theatre is usually considered to represent the highest level of commercial theatre in the English speaking...
production of Oscar Wilde
Oscar Wilde
Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde was an Irish writer and poet. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s, he became one of London's most popular playwrights in the early 1890s...
's The Importance of Being Earnest
The Importance of Being Earnest
The Importance of Being Earnest, A Trivial Comedy for Serious People is a play by Oscar Wilde. First performed on 14 February 1895 at St. James's Theatre in London, it is a farcical comedy in which the protagonists maintain fictitious personae in order to escape burdensome social obligations...
. She has said that being in a Wilde play "makes you want to stand a bit taller, and it's nice getting to play dress up and be kind of refined. But it's also nice to leave it all behind, at the end of the day, to be able to put on your trainers and jeans."
She appears in two ITV dramas: Wuthering Heights
Wuthering Heights (2009 television serial)
Wuthering Heights is a two-part ITV television serial adaptation of the novel Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë. The episodes were adapted for the screen by Peter Bowker and directed by Coky Giedroyc...
as Catherine Linton
Catherine Linton
Catherine Linton is a character in Emily Brontë's novel Wuthering Heights...
, and Caught in a Trap as Becci, directed by Michael Samuels
Michael Samuels
Michael Samuels may refer to*Michael Samuels , philologist*Michael Samuels British TV director and producer*Michael Samuels, a character in the TV series House of Cards...
.
Select Credits
| Year | Format | Title | Role | Other notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Feature film | Miss Irena's Children | Danuta | Filming |
| TV series | Lark Rise to Candleford Lark Rise to Candleford (TV series) Lark Rise to Candleford is a British television costume drama series, adapted by the BBC from Flora Thompson's trilogy of semi-autobiographical novels about the English countryside, published between 1939 and 1943. The first episode aired on 13 January 2008 on BBC One and BBC HD in the UK. In the... |
Nan Carter | ||
| TV movie | Caught in a Trap | Becci | ||
| 2008 | Feature film | Framed | Ailish | |
| TV movie | Wuthering Heights | Catherine Linton Catherine Linton Catherine Linton is a character in Emily Brontë's novel Wuthering Heights... |
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| 2007 | Stage | The Importance of Being Earnest The Importance of Being Earnest The Importance of Being Earnest, A Trivial Comedy for Serious People is a play by Oscar Wilde. First performed on 14 February 1895 at St. James's Theatre in London, it is a farcical comedy in which the protagonists maintain fictitious personae in order to escape burdensome social obligations... |
Cecily Cardew | Vaudeville Theatre Vaudeville Theatre The Vaudeville Theatre is a West End theatre on The Strand in the City of Westminster. As the name suggests, the theatre held mostly vaudeville shows and musical revues in its early days. It opened in 1870 and was rebuilt twice, although each new building retained elements of the previous... 29 Jan-26 April 2008 |
| British tour 12 Sept-24 Nov 2007 |
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| Spoonface Steinberg | Spoonface Steinberg | Etcetera Theatre Etcetera Theatre The Etcetera Theatre is a fringe venue for theatre and comedy. It was founded in 1986 and is situated above The Oxford Arms pub in Camden Town, in the London Borough of Camden.... |
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| TV movie | Fanny Hill Fanny Hill (2007 serial) Fanny Hill is a BBC adaptation of John Cleland's controversial novel, Fanny Hill, written by Andrew Davies and directed by James Hawes. This is the first television adaptation of the novel... |
Fanny Hill | ||
| Short film | Rebecca | Rebecca | ||
| 2006 | Wednesday Wednesday (film) Wednesday is a 2007 film, directed by award-winning British director Rob Sorrenti set around the meeting years later between a girl and boy born on the same day.-Cast:*Sinead Matthews - Lilya*Tom McClane - Sam*Ann Emery - Nan*David Kennedy - Dad... |
Nurse | ||
| 2005 | Tail | Clara | ||
| Monologue | Kat | |||