Rebecca Gethings is a British actress best known for her roles in film and television comedies such as The Thick of It, Extras, The Mimic, David Brent: Life on the Road and Call the Midwife.
Early life Rebecca Gethings was born 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.
Career Film and television Gethings has collaborated several times with Armando Iannucci, improvising with the US cast of Veep, in which she also appears. 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.
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.
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.
From January 2023, Gethings portrayed Sister Veronica in the twelfth series of BBC period drama Call the Midwife. 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."
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.
Theatre Gethings' stage work includes The Vegemite Tales at The Venue (2006), Blessie Blatt in Chicken Soup with Barley at the Royal Court Theatre (which was later produced as a radio play for BBC Radio 3, featuring Gethings in the same role) and the West End theatre production of Maxim Gorky's Vassa.
Personal life Gethings' long time partner is the Emmy award-winning animation director Tom Brass. 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.
Filmography Television series YearTitleRoleNotes 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 episodes2009 Not Going Out Dawn Series 3 episode 2: Winner The Omid Djalili Show Beth 1 episode2010 Dani's House Miss Batstone 1 episode2011 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 Experience2014 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 Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators Roamy Cusack Episode: The Offered Fallacy2020 There She Goes Leila Series 2 episode 3: Headspace Doctors Fran Claverley Series 21 episode 90 Feel Good Chella Goble 2 episodes2022 The Serpent Queen Eleanor of Austria Series 1; 6 episodes Breeders Rheumatologist Series 3 episode 4: No Body 2023–present Call the Midwife Sister Veronica Series regular
Animated shows + 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
Film YearTitleRole Notes2005 The Blind Productions Project Woman Short2006 Casino Royale Hot Room Technician #2 2016 David Brent: Life on the Road Miriam Clark The Mayflower Pilgrims: Behind the Myth Narrator2017 Mad to Be Normal Jane Simons You, Me and Him Biggles Tilsbury 2018 There Are No Dividends Claire Brady Short2022 Scrooge: A Christmas Carol Ethel Cratchit / Harty2023 The Critic Joan Harris Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget Hens / Factory workers / Lady Additional voices
Podcast series Year Title Role(s) Notes 2013 Iris Wildthyme Susie Hepcat Episode: A Lift in Time
Video games + List of voice performances in video games Year Title Role Notes2010 Kinect Sports Crowds / Announcer Xbox 3602018 Vampyr Mary Reid / Cristina Popa / Charlotte Ashbury / Lottie Paxton / Hsiao Shun / Morrigan / The Red Queen PlayStation 42021 The Forgotten City Fabia PlayStation 52023 Peppa Pig World Adventures Mummy Pig Nintendo Switch2024 Foamstars Gwyn's mom PlayStation 5 Star Wars Outlaws Jedi fighter / Pilot fighter / troopers Xbox Series X
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