Rebekah Robertson
| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Age Range | 45-50, 50-55, 55-60 |
| Accents | Southern Accent, Welsh, Standard US, British, Scottish, English- RP, Cockney, Devon, NY - US |
| Own Studio | Home Studio - without Source connect |
Singing: Mezzo Soprano
Rebekah (Beck) is like a spray-on bottle of freshness to a delicious tray of shiny apples. Her voice has a just-picked quality – clear and sharp. She is so tasty that you may even hear the “crunch” of a bright red delicious apple in her delivery. I’m afraid that dish-washing liquid commercial got it wrong – Beck IS “morning fresh”. The perfectionist will love her, she finishes every word with the diction you’d expect from a professional. But without the toffy-nosed elitism of academia. There’s no stage portentousness here, but a vocal bright light that shines on everything she reads. Using her obvious love of words, each word gets its own respect. A podium so everything can step up and off the page better than the writer originally intended. Of course the writer or the engineer may take the credit for what Beck has done all by herself. Beck’s voice is ready to sit on the couch and pour out her concern or stand up and wave the flag for the cause. And she does this without effort. So, if you have a script with a sudden turn of emotion she can do it without making a fuss. Before you sit down to listen to this demo I’d recommend having a mirror handy. At the end you’ll be smiling and if you like the feeling, press play again.
Actor Bio
Rebekah Robertson (she/her) is a British/Australian actor, voice artist, author, speaker and advocate. She is a proud member of both Actors Equity UK and MEAA. Her roles have included Phebe in As You Like It, Adrianna in The Comedy of Errors, Hermia in A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Merteuil in Quartet, a role for which she won a Variety Club Best Professional Actor Award in 1993.
Her roles at Melbourne Theatre Company include Lady Agatha Carlisle (Lady Windermere’s Fan), Sibyl (Private Lives), Rosie Pye (Humble Boy) and was a 2003 nominee for a Green Room Award for Best Female Supporting Performer, Madeleine Beck (Boy Gets Girl) Sue Bayliss (All My Sons), Mae (Cat on a Hot Tin Roof) and Ivy Weston (August: Osage County) a role for which she received the 2009 Green Room Award for Best Female Supporting Performer.
Rebekah was a semi regular on Australian TV Drama, Neighbours as psychologist Rhonda Del Rubio as well as guest appearances on TV including The Librarians and City Homicide.
Rebekah is also a much sought after voice talent having voiced many projects and campaigns including fourteen years as the voice for a major Australian retailer.
Rebekah is a prominent advocate and speaker in support of the trans and gender diverse community, especially children. She founded Transcend Australia and has been a central voice in legal, educational and medical reforms supporting the human rights of trans and gender diverse children and their families. In 2019 she published her memoir About a Girl (Penguin Random House) which shares her story of raising her transgender child in Australia. She has been a patron of Wear It Purple Day, spoken at RMIT University, the Law Society of Victoria, Australian Football League (AFL), Casey City Council, LUSH, Igniting Change, and made presentations and speeches at the Parliament of Australia. She appeared alongside her daughter in the Netflix documentary The Dream Life of Georgie Stone which was nominated for a Peabody Award in 2022.
Her work as an advocate for transgender and gender diverse young people in Australia has been recognised by a GLOBE Community Award for Ally of the Year in 2019 and a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) which she received alongside her daughter, actor and activist Georgie Stone OAM.
