| Rebecca Gethings | |
| Birth Date: | 6 November 1977 |
| Birth Place: | Alberta, Canada |
| Alma Mater: | Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art |
| Years Active: | 2001–present |
| Children: | 2 |
Rebecca Gethings is an English actress best known for her roles in film and television comedies such as The Thick of It, Extras, The Mimic, and Call the Midwife.
Rebecca Gethings was born in 1977 in Alberta, Canada, and moved to Berkshire, England, with her family whilst still a child. She trained as an actress at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art.[1]
Gethings has collaborated several times with Armando Iannucci, improvising with the US cast of Veep, in which she also appears.[2] Iannucci later cast her as Helen Hatley, the ambitious special adviser to Nicola Murray in the fourth and final series of The Thick of It.[3]
Gethings played Lizzie in episode 4 of 'Extras', directed by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant. In 2016, she worked again with Gervais, playing Miriam, the head of Human Resources in David Brent: Life on the Road.[4]
In 2017, Gethings appeared as Jane in Mad to Be Normal.
In March 2020, she appeared in an episode of the BBC soap opera Doctors as Fran Claverley.[5]
From January 2023, Gethings portrayed Sister Veronica in the twelfth series of BBC period drama Call the Midwife.[6] [7] [8] She later told Radio Times: "I was just blown away by how welcome I was made by the cast. How kind and generous they all were to me, and patient. I love Sister Veronica because she’s naughty, and so I hope she gets to do a little bit more naughtiness."[9]
Gethings has voiced a number of animated characters for children's television, advertising campaigns and documentaries. and was the voice of Maiya the Meerkat in the Compare The Market TV advertising campaign.[10]
Gethings' stage work includes The Vegemite Tales at The Venue (2006),[11] [12] [13] Blessie Blatt in Chicken Soup with Barley at the Royal Court Theatre[14] (which was later produced as a radio play for BBC Radio 3, featuring Gethings in the same role)[15] and the West End theatre production of Maxim Gorky's Vassa.
Gethings' long time partner is the Emmy award-winning animation director Tom Brass.[16] [17] They have two children. In May 2020, during the COVID-19 lockdown in the United Kingdom, Gethings and her then three-year-old daughter produced a podcast titled Dear Crocodile.[18] [19]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | EastEnders | Nurse | Episode dated 19 March 2001 | |
| 2002 | Attachments | Ruth Goodman | 2 episodes | |
| 2004 | Comedy Lab | Becca | Series 6 episode 2: Clitheroe | |
| 2005 | Extras | Lizzie | Series 1 episode 4: Les Dennis | |
| 2008 | Doctors | Andrea Quigley | Series 10 episode 84 | |
| 2008–2009 | Freezing | Kim | 2 episodes | |
| 2009 | Not Going Out | Dawn | Series 3 episode 2: Winner | |
| The Omid Djalili Show | Beth | 1 episode | ||
| 2010 | Dani's House | Miss Batstone | 1 episode | |
| 2011 | Holby City | Rosalind Timms | Series 13 episode 39 | |
| Iconicles | Shelly the tortoise | Voice | ||
| My Family | Vera | Series 11 episode 11: A Night Out | ||
| 2012 | The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret | Head Juror | 1 episode | |
| The Thick of It | Helen Hatley | Series 4; 4 episodes | ||
| A Young Doctor's Notebook & Other Stories | Margarita | 1 episode | ||
| Little Crackers | Mum | |||
| 2013 | Drifters | Gabby | Series 1 episode 3: Work Experience | |
| 2014 | Veep | Bank of England lady | 1 episode | |
| The Mimic | Harriet | 5 episodes | ||
| BBC Comedy Feeds | Aoife | 1 episode | ||
| 2015 | Cradle to Grave | Ruby / Woman at dinner dance | 1 episode | |
| 2016 | Love, Nina | Yoga Teacher | 1 episode | |
| 2017 | Quacks | Mrs. Roberts / Estelle Rogers | 2 episodes | |
| 2018 | Doctors | Barbara Buckland | Series 19 episode 154 | |
| 2019 | Roamy Cusack | Episode: The Offered Fallacy | ||
| 2020 | There She Goes | Leila | Series 2 episode 3: Headspace | |
| Doctors | Fran Claverley | Series 21 episode 90 | ||
| Feel Good | Chella Goble | 2 episodes | ||
| 2022 | The Serpent Queen | Series 1; 6 episodes | ||
| Breeders | Rheumatologist | Series 3 episode 4: No Body | ||
| 2023–present | Call the Midwife | Sister Veronica | Series 12; 8 episodes |
| + List of voice performances in animation shows | Year | Title | Role(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That! | Katie / Llama / Mort / Polly | UK version |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | The Blind Productions Project | Woman | Short |
| 2006 | Casino Royale | Hot Room Technician #2 | |
| 2016 | Miriam Clark | ||
| The Mayflower Pilgrims: Behind the Myth | Narrator | ||
| 2017 | Mad to Be Normal | Jane Simons | |
| You, Me and Him | Biggles Tilsbury | ||
| 2018 | There Are No Dividends | Claire Brady | Short |
| 2022 | Ethel Cratchit / Harty | ||
| 2023 | The Critic | Joan Harris | |
| Hens / Factory workers / Lady | Additional voices |
| 2010 | Kinect Sports | Crowds / Announcer | Xbox 360 |
| 2018 | Vampyr | Mary Reid / Cristina Popa / Charlotte Ashbury / Lottie Paxton / Hsiao Shun / Morrigan / The Red Queen | PlayStation 4 |
| 2021 | The Forgotten City | Fabia | PlayStation 5 |
| 2023 | Peppa Pig World Adventures | Mummy Pig | Nintendo Switch |
| 2024 | Foamstars | Gwyn's mom | PlayStation 5 |
| Star Wars Outlaws | Jedi fighter / Pilot fighter / troopers | Xbox Series X |