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Rebecca Night

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Rebecca Night
Born
Rebecca Hardwick

(1985-07-13) 13 July 1985 (age 39)
Poole, Dorset, England
Alma materRose Bruford College
Occupations
  • Actress
  • voice actress
  • producer
  • writer
Years active2005–present
Spouse
(m. 2010)
Children3

Rebecca Night (born Rebecca Hardwick; 13 July 1985)[1] is an English actress who starred in the title role of James Hawes's BBC Four adaptation Fanny Hill.[2] Night and Stockard Channing co-starred as Jessie and Thelma in Marsha Norman's Pulitzer-Prize-winning play 'night, Mother at Hampstead Theatre. On her performance, described by lead theatre critic Mark Shenton: "Night is like a young Julia Roberts... with natural stage chops... It turns out to be a riveting, revealing evening."

Early life and education

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Rebecca Night was born in Poole, Dorset.[3] She attended Yarrells Preparatory School in Upton, Dorset where she took part in 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 and in Master & Margarita at the Lyric Hammersmith. She later trained at Rose Bruford College.

Career

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Night came to prominence playing the title role in Andrew Davies' BBC production of Fanny Hill. Nancy Banks-Smith in The Guardian wrote, "Her freshness disinfects her story. It is a delightful debut."[4]

She has since played a wide range of roles including Catherine Linton in ITV's Wuthering Heights, alongside Tom Hardy, Sarah Jones in the Mike Figgis film Suspension of Disbelief and Yvonne Moncin in Maigret, with Rowan Atkinson.

Theatre roles include Jessie in Marsha Norman’s Pulitzer-Prize-winning 'night, Mother alongside Stockard Channing as Thelma at the Hampstead Theatre, Queen Elizabeth in Oscar-winner David Seidler’s North American premiere of The King's Speech, Cecily Cardew in Peter Gill's The Importance of Being Earnest in London's West End and Rose of Sharon in Chichester Festival Theatre's Grapes of Wrath. She also created the role of Jack Cardiff’s carer Lucy alongside Tony-winner Robert Lindsay in Terry Johnson's Prism. Within the play, she transforms into both "a lustrous" (The Independent) Marilyn Monroe and Lauren Bacall.

Personal life

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She is married to fellow actor Harry Hadden-Paton, whom she met while performing The Importance of Being Earnest. They have been married since 2010 and have three children together.

Filmography

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Television series

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Year Title Role Notes
2007 Fanny Hill Fanny Hill Directed by James Hawes
2009 Lark Rise to Candleford Nan Carter 4 episodes
Wuthering Heights Catherine Linton TV Mini Series
2010 Law & Order: UK Leila Merton Episode: Shaken
This September Laura Aird Episode: Family Secret
2011 This September Season 2 Laura Aird Episode: The Reunion
2012 Starlings Season 1 Bell [5]
2013 Starlings Season 2 Bell 8 episodes
2016 Agatha Raisin Deborah Camden with Ashley Jensen
Maigret Yvonne Moncin Episode: Maigret Sets a Trap
2022 The Sandman Esme Episode: The Sound of Her Wings
Doctor Who Unbound Romana Episode: The Difference Office
Midsomer Murders Chrissie Larkton Episode: A Grain of Truth

Film

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Year Title Role Notes
2006 Tail Clara Short
2007 Wednesday Nurse Short
Rebecca Rebecca Short
2008 Framed Ailish
Caught in a Trap Becci
2009 The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler Danuta
Modern Life Is Rubbish Natalie Short
2011 Dual Bethany Short
2012 Suspension of Disbelief Sarah Jones Academy Award nominee
2013 Leopard The Girl Directed by Eoin Macken
2014 Between Places Sue Short
2015 Dartmoor Killing Susan
2024 Legacy Producer Short

Podcast series

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List of voice performances in podcast
Year Title Role(s) Notes
2014 Doctor Who: The Monthly Adventures Helene Epsiode: Masquerade
2016 Doctor Who: Doom Coalition Matilda Gregson Episode: Bleachhead
2023 Gaslight Bella Manningham Voice

Video games

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List of voice performances in video games
Year Title Role Notes
2014 Dragon Age: Inquisition Sister Antoinette / Griffon Wing Keep Merchant / Chantry Sister / Winterwatch Tower Cultist / Inquisition Scout Xbox 360
2017 Mass Effect: Andromeda Keri T'Vessa PlayStation 4[6]

Stage

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TV adverts

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  • BT Infinity Broadband (2012) as Anna

Audio drama and podcasts

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References

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  1. ^ "Rebecca Night". BTVGuide. Archived from the original on 26 August 2014. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
  2. ^ BBC Four gets turned on to Andrew Davies' steamy adaptation of Fanny Hill, BBC (13 July 2007)
  3. ^ "Rebecca Night". Playbill.
  4. ^ a b Power, Chris (13 January 2008). "Rising star: Rebecca Night, actor". The Observer. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014 – via The Guardian.
  5. ^ "Starlings - Rebecca Night interview (exclusive) - Your London Reviews". IndieLondon. Archived from the original on 6 October 2017.
  6. ^ "Rebecca Night". Behind The Voice Actors.
  7. ^ "Media Centre: Gaslight". BBC. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
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