Rebecca Gibney
Rebecca Gibney was born on December 14 1964 in Levin.
The youngest of six children, and brought up in Wellington.
Gibney moved to Australia at the age of 19.
After working as a model, she moved to television with the role of
Julie Davis in the children's series Zoo Family in 1985 and went on
to play mechanic Emma Plimpton in the critically acclaimed and
popular drama series The Flying Doctors.
She appeared in the movie adaptation of Stephen King's novel Salem's Lot released in 2004 and then followed up in 2006 with King's Nightmares and Dreamscapes TV Mini-series.
Rebecca executive produced and starred in New Zealand feature film The Map Reader as Amelia alongside Michael Hurst and played the mother of Michael, The map reader of the title portrayed by Jordan Selwyn, nephew of New Zealand acting icon Don Selwyn.
In 2009, Rebecca won 2 Logies for her role as Julie Rafter in Packed to the Rafters. She won the Silver Logie for Most Popular Actress and the Gold Logie, and was nominated for Most Outstanding Actress (losing to Underbelly's Kat Stewart).
