Rebecca Night

Rebecca Night

Night in Fanny Hill
Born Rebecca Hardwick
(1985-07-13) 13 July 1985
Poole, Dorset, England
Occupation Actress
Years active 2005–present

Rebecca Night (born Rebecca Hardwick; 13 July 1985)[1] is an English actress who starred in the title role of James Hawes's BBC Four adaptation Fanny Hill.[2]

Background

Rebecca Night was born in Poole, Dorset. She attended Yarrells Preparatory School in Upton, Dorset where she took great pleasure in being a part of the annual musical productions, and later Parkstone Grammar School in Poole as well as Brownsea Open Air Theatre. Night is a former member of the National Youth Theatre, where she appeared as Hero in Much Ado About Nothing.

She graduated from Rose Bruford College in 2005, where she received critical acclaim for her performance in Patrick Marber’s After Miss Julie; it was said that she "[put] everything into her role."[3]

She has also appeared in a number of TV adverts and short films, currently appearing in the BT Infinity adverts.

She is married to fellow actor Harry Hadden-Paton, who she met while performing in The Importance of Being Earnest [4]

Career

Night's highest-profile stage role, to date, is in a West End production of Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest.[5] She has said that being in a Wilde play "makes you want to stand a bit taller, and it's nice getting to play dress up and be kind of refined. But it's also nice to leave it all behind, at the end of the day, to be able to put on your trainers and jeans."[6]

She has appeared in two ITV dramas: Wuthering Heights as Catherine Linton, and Caught in a Trap as Becci, directed by Michael Samuels.

Select credits

Year Format Title Role Other notes
2012 TV series Starlings Bell
2012- TV Advert BT Infinity Broadband Anna Ongoing
2011 TV movie Rosamunde Pilcher: Vier Frauen Laura Aird 4-part, 355 min.
2010 TV Series Law and Order UK: Episode - Shaken Leila Merton
2009 Feature film Miss Irena's Children Danuta Filming
TV series Lark Rise to Candleford Nan Carter
TV movie Caught in a Trap Becci
TV movie Wuthering Heights Catherine Linton
2008 Feature film Framed Ailish
2007 Stage The Importance of Being Earnest Cecily Cardew Vaudeville Theatre
29 Jan-26 April 2008
British tour
12 Sept-24 Nov 2007
Spoonface Steinberg Spoonface Steinberg Etcetera Theatre
TV movie Fanny Hill Fanny Hill
Short film Rebecca Rebecca
2006 Wednesday Nurse
2005 Tail Clara
Monologue Kat

References

  1. "Rebecca Night". btvguide.net. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
  2. BBC Four gets turned on to Andrew Davies' steamy adaptation of Fanny Hill, BBC (13 July 2007)
  3. Smith, Derek Rose Bruford College Acting & Actor Musicianship Student Showcase, The Stage (12 May 2005)
  4. Official London Theatre "Harry Hadden-Paton" Check |url= value (help). 18 January 2012. Retrieved 20 February 2012.
  5. Guilfoyle, Lizzie The Importance of Being Earnest — casting complete, Indie London
  6. Wolf, Matt Fresh Face: Rebecca Night (17 January 2008)

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