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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 David Brent: Life on the Road.

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Career

Television

Gethings has collaborated several times with Armando Iannucci, improvising with the US cast of Veep, in which she also appears.[1] 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.[2] Gethings played Lizzie in episode 4 of 'Extras', directed by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant. In March 2020, she appeared in an episode of the BBC soap opera Doctors as Fran Claverley.[3]

Voice work

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.[4]

Film

She worked again with Ricky Gervais, playing Miriam, the head of Human Resources in David Brent: Life on the Road, released in August 2016.[5][6] Her film work also includes Casino Royale and Mad to Be Normal.

Theatre

Gethings' stage work includes Chicken Soup with Barley at the Royal Court Theatre[7] 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.[8] They have two children.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006	Casino Royale	Hot Room Technician #2
2016	David Brent: Life on the Road	Miriam Clark
2017	Mad to Be Normal	Jane Simons
2017	You, Me and Him	Biggles Tilsbury
2022	The Serpent Queen	Eleanor of Austria

References

External links

• Rebecca Gethings at IMDb
• Official website

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