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Rebecca Rigg is an Australian actress, best known for her roles in television and films including starting out as a child actor in Fatty Finn (1980) and also featured in films Hunting (1991) and Spotswood (1992) and short Ellie Parker (2001)

Rebecca Rigg
Rigg in 2013
Born	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1977–present
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Spouse	Simon Baker ​ ​ (m. 1998; sep. 2020)​
Children	3, including Stella Baker

Early life and career

Rebecca Rigg was born in Sydney, New South Wales.^{[citation needed]}

Her Australian television appearances include the television series Rafferty's Rules (in which she appeared as the daughter of the Magistrate, Michael Rafferty); and the ABC television movies Joh's Jury, Come In Spinner, and Naked. As well as a starring role in the Australian comedy television series Willing and Abel (in which she appeared as "Angela Reddy"). As a young girl she was also in the Australian film Fortress, which was about the kidnapping of a teacher (played by Rachel Ward) and a small class of students. She appeared in the television miniseries Emma: Queen of the South Seas.

She has made guest appearances in other Australian television series, including her brief recurring role of troubled teen Gabe in A Country Practice, The Flying Doctors, G.P., Blue Heelers and Winners.

Rigg had a role as Nurse Amy as part of the Mr Bad storyline on hugely popular Australian soap E Street, playing the girlfriend of her real-life boyfriend at the time, and future (ex) husband, Simon Baker.

After the birth of her youngest son, Rigg retired from acting to be at home with her children.^{[citation needed]} She has then returned to acting to appear in the films Ellie Parker and Fair Game with Naomi Watts. She also guest starred alongside her husband in The Mentalist episode "A Dozen Red Roses".

Personal life

Rigg married Simon Baker in 1998 after five years together, and they have three children, Stella, Claude, and Harry. They moved to Los Angeles in 1996, went to Sydney in 2005, but returned soon after to reside in the United States.[1]^{[better source needed]} Rigg and Baker separated in April 2020.[2]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1980	Fatty Finn	Tilly	Feature film
1981	Doctors And Nurses	Mercia King	Feature film
1982	Monkey Grip	Michelle	Feature film
1989	Flynn	Penelope Watts	In original cut of film but later replaced by Claudia Karvan in reshoots
1991	Hunting	Debbie McCormick	Feature film
1992	Spotswood	Cheryl Ball	AKA, The Efficiency Expert Feature film
1995	Tunnel Vision	Helena Martinelli	Feature film
1996	Jerry Maguire	Former Girlfriend	Feature film, US
2001	Ellie Parker	Sam	Short film

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1977	The Restless Years	Sandra Harper	TV series
1982-1984	A Country Practice	Gabe	28 episodes
1985	Winners	Katrin	Episode: "Quest Beyond Time"
1985	Fortress	Narelle	TV movie
1986	The Great Bookie Robbery		TV miniseries, 3 episodes
1987	Willing and Abel	Angela Reddy	TV series
1987	The Flying Doctors	Trisha Farley	Episode: "Every Day a Gift"
1988	Emma: Queen of the South Seas	Phebe Coe Parkinson	TV miniseries, 2 episodes
1990	Family and Friends	Pasquelina	TV series
1990	Come In Spinner	Shirley Noonan	ABC TV miniseries, 2 episodes
1992-1993	E Street	Amy Preston	TV series
1993	Joh's Jury	Madonna	ABC TV movie
1993	Mercy Mission: The Rescue of Flight 771	Ellen	TV movie US/AUSTRALIA
1994	Good Morning Australia	Herself - Guest & Simon Baker Denny	TV series, 1 episode
1994	Cody (Australian TV series)	Claudia (art thief)	Season 1, episode 3
1995	Blue Heelers	Kate Kenny	2 episodes: Double Jeopardy pt 1 & 2
1996	Naked: Stories of Men	Olivia	Episode: "Fisherman's Wake"
1997	The Guardian	Tess	TV movie
1997	The Sentinel	Margaret	Episode: "Blind Man's Bluff"
1997-1998	Michael Hayes	Lindsay Straus	20 episodes
1998-1999	L.A. Doctors	Kelly Newman	9 episodes
2006	BlackJack	Lisa Lindon	Episode: "At the Gates"
2009	The Mentalist	Felicia Scott Woman (uncredited)	Episode: "A Dozen Red Roses" Episode: "Red Sauce"

Awards and nominations

• 1981: Aged 13, Rebecca Rigg was nominated for an AFI award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for the film Fatty Finn.^{[citation needed]}

References

External links

• Rebecca Rigg – "A Country Practice" cast's actor filmographies
• Rebecca Rigg – Australian Film Commission website
• Rebecca Rigg at IMDb

На других языках

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[de] Rebecca Rigg

Rebecca Jane Rigg (* 31. Dezember 1967 in Gold Coast, Queensland) ist eine australische Schauspielerin.

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- [en] Rebecca Rigg

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