Rebecca Catherine Gibney 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 Rebecca Catherine Gibney was born in Levin, New Zealand and brought up in Wellington.
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.
[citation needed] From 2002 to 2003, Gibney had a role in Stingers; from 2003 until 2006, she co-starred with Claudia Karvan in the telemovie trilogy Small Claims as Chrissy.
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 (known as Introducing the Dwights in the United States).
Gibney was executive producer and also starred in 2008 New Zealand feature film The Map Reader alongside Michael Hurst, playing Amelia, mother of Michael, the map reader of the title..[1] 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.
[4] In 2010, she played the lead role on Channel Ten's telemovie Wicked Love: The Maria Korp Story.
[citation needed] Gibney has won, and has been nominated, for several television awards at the AFIs and the Logies on numerous occasions in her acting career.
[citation needed] Gibney's role in the telemovie Small Claims led her to another nomination at the 2005 Logies in the Most Outstanding Actress category.
[4] She has been honoured by her birthtown of Levin, New Zealand in their Walk of Fame (which commenced in 2021) and is run by Heritage Horowhenua Charitable Trust.