Rebecca was born and raised in North Wales, growing up on the Rhyl seafront above the family business; an arcade and nightclub. As a consequence, she is a dab hand at making candy floss, Mr Whippy ice cream, bartending and arcade games circa the early 90's.
Her career arguably began when aged four (in an attempt to steal her baby brother's thunder at his christening), she plonked down her toy microphone in the living room and unprompted, proceeded to sing every song she knew for the assembled family and friends. Having basked in the glow of their applause she exited; only to return moments later to announce "I'll be singing again tomorrow". There was never any hope.
A fluent Welsh speaker, she began competing as a singer aged 8 in the Welsh Eisteddfods, quickly progressing to national level; (although after her first national prize, placing 3rd as a soloist aged 9, her only, tearful observation was "It's hard not winning"). She later realised this was a life lesson worth learning early and soon perfected her gracious loser face.
Around the same time, Rebecca took up piano lessons, kickstarting a lifelong love of playing. She also took clarinet and harp lessons, although her skills in those departments these days are perhaps best described as enthusiastically amateur.
She joined the Rhyl children's theatre club aged 9 and instantly fell in love with pretending to be somebody else. It was the only youth drama group with its own dedicated theatre in the country and provided the best grounding any young, wannabe performer could hope for. As well as weekly Saturday morning classes, she was given countless opportunities from a young age to play roles such as Anne in The Diary of Anne Frank, principal roles in pretty much every panto you could name and villains such as the Grand High Witch in Roald Dahl's The Witches.
Rebecca quickly progressed to professional work, appearing in a musical called Her Benny at the Liverpool Empire aged 11. A couple of years later she was cast as Elizabeth in the NYMT's production of Whistle Down The Wind, heading off to perform at the Edinburgh Festival Theatre. She would later appear in Sondheim's Into The Woods for the same company. Other professional work as a teenager included The House of Bernarda Alba at Theatre Clwyd, an episode playing a total bitch on Children's Ward and numerous appearances as a vocalist on programs including Noson Lawen, Tip Top and Stuart's Hall of Fame.
Aged 14, Rebecca began recording at Castle Hill Studios in Ewloe. It was her first real introduction to singing pop music and slowly but surely, she uncovered the closet belter buried under the choirgirl exterior. These sessions led to a short lived stint as a member of a female trio and being shortlisted as a soloist for the UK's Eurovision entry one year (beaten by girlband, Precious.... She was robbed).
Aged 15, having travelled back and forth to London to try her luck at various auditions, Rebecca was offered a management contract as part of a five piece girl group. Duly christened Deluxe, they were swiftly packed off to Olympic Studios in London to begin recording. The girls were made over, styled, choreographed, media coached and sent out to support the likes of Steps and A1 at various pop roadshows that year. They also showcased for all the big record labels. Not one of them bit.
By this point however, Rebecca was quietly glad as she had soon realised that having little to no say in what she wore, said or recorded and most frustratingly of all, being forced to mime, was a million miles away from what she wanted to be doing. So as the group fell apart, she auditioned for and was offered a place at Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts, packed up and moved to London.
Fast forward to the present day; Rebecca has carved out a successful career as a singer and actress. West End appearances include roles in Showboat, (Olivier award winner, best supporting actress in a musical) City of Angels and Ghost. Television appearances include the leading role of Karen McKay in Dim Ond Y Gwir for S4C and Carla Hewson in Casualty. She won S4C's Wawffactor, which led to the release of her solo EP and has appeared as a vocalist on more Welsh TV shows than she can remember. She is a regular vocalist on Friday Night is Music Night and is also frequently to be found in a recording studio as a session singer on film soundtracks including Pirates of the Caribbean; On Stranger Tides, Sweeney Todd and The Da Vinci Code, to name only a few.
More than thirty (cough) years since her professional debut, she continues to have a lovely time performing.
She will still knock you up a bag of candy floss if you ask nicely.
Her career arguably began when aged four (in an attempt to steal her baby brother's thunder at his christening), she plonked down her toy microphone in the living room and unprompted, proceeded to sing every song she knew for the assembled family and friends. Having basked in the glow of their applause she exited; only to return moments later to announce "I'll be singing again tomorrow". There was never any hope.
A fluent Welsh speaker, she began competing as a singer aged 8 in the Welsh Eisteddfods, quickly progressing to national level; (although after her first national prize, placing 3rd as a soloist aged 9, her only, tearful observation was "It's hard not winning"). She later realised this was a life lesson worth learning early and soon perfected her gracious loser face.
Around the same time, Rebecca took up piano lessons, kickstarting a lifelong love of playing. She also took clarinet and harp lessons, although her skills in those departments these days are perhaps best described as enthusiastically amateur.
She joined the Rhyl children's theatre club aged 9 and instantly fell in love with pretending to be somebody else. It was the only youth drama group with its own dedicated theatre in the country and provided the best grounding any young, wannabe performer could hope for. As well as weekly Saturday morning classes, she was given countless opportunities from a young age to play roles such as Anne in The Diary of Anne Frank, principal roles in pretty much every panto you could name and villains such as the Grand High Witch in Roald Dahl's The Witches.
Rebecca quickly progressed to professional work, appearing in a musical called Her Benny at the Liverpool Empire aged 11. A couple of years later she was cast as Elizabeth in the NYMT's production of Whistle Down The Wind, heading off to perform at the Edinburgh Festival Theatre. She would later appear in Sondheim's Into The Woods for the same company. Other professional work as a teenager included The House of Bernarda Alba at Theatre Clwyd, an episode playing a total bitch on Children's Ward and numerous appearances as a vocalist on programs including Noson Lawen, Tip Top and Stuart's Hall of Fame.
Aged 14, Rebecca began recording at Castle Hill Studios in Ewloe. It was her first real introduction to singing pop music and slowly but surely, she uncovered the closet belter buried under the choirgirl exterior. These sessions led to a short lived stint as a member of a female trio and being shortlisted as a soloist for the UK's Eurovision entry one year (beaten by girlband, Precious.... She was robbed).
Aged 15, having travelled back and forth to London to try her luck at various auditions, Rebecca was offered a management contract as part of a five piece girl group. Duly christened Deluxe, they were swiftly packed off to Olympic Studios in London to begin recording. The girls were made over, styled, choreographed, media coached and sent out to support the likes of Steps and A1 at various pop roadshows that year. They also showcased for all the big record labels. Not one of them bit.
By this point however, Rebecca was quietly glad as she had soon realised that having little to no say in what she wore, said or recorded and most frustratingly of all, being forced to mime, was a million miles away from what she wanted to be doing. So as the group fell apart, she auditioned for and was offered a place at Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts, packed up and moved to London.
Fast forward to the present day; Rebecca has carved out a successful career as a singer and actress. West End appearances include roles in Showboat, (Olivier award winner, best supporting actress in a musical) City of Angels and Ghost. Television appearances include the leading role of Karen McKay in Dim Ond Y Gwir for S4C and Carla Hewson in Casualty. She won S4C's Wawffactor, which led to the release of her solo EP and has appeared as a vocalist on more Welsh TV shows than she can remember. She is a regular vocalist on Friday Night is Music Night and is also frequently to be found in a recording studio as a session singer on film soundtracks including Pirates of the Caribbean; On Stranger Tides, Sweeney Todd and The Da Vinci Code, to name only a few.
More than thirty (cough) years since her professional debut, she continues to have a lovely time performing.
She will still knock you up a bag of candy floss if you ask nicely.