Rebecca Smart
{{short description|Australian actor}}
{{Use Australian English|date=January 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}}
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| birth_name = Rebecca Elizabeth Smart
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1976|1|30}}
| birth_place = Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia
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| occupation = Actor
| years_active = 1984–present
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| website = {{URL|http://leeleslie.com/artist/rebecca-smart}}
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Rebecca Elizabeth Smart (born 30 January 1976) is an Australian actor, who began acting for television at the age of eight. Her first movie role was one year later in The Coca-Cola Kid. She played the lead in the 1988 film Celia and went on to do many more supporting roles in movies and television shows, including miniseries and soap operas. Smart has worked with Australian directors of film, television and theatre. Companies include Sydney Theatre Company and Belvoir St Theatre.{{cite web|url=http://leeleslie.com/artist/rebecca-smart|title=Rebecca Smart|website=leeleslie.com}}
Early life and education
Smart was born in Tamworth, New South Wales, and was educated at St Catherine's School, Waverley, an independent, Anglican, day and boarding school for girls, located in the eastern suburbs of Sydney.{{cite web| url=http://www.abc.net.au/heartbreak/actor/rebecca.htm| title=Profile Rebecca Smart| website=Australian Broadcasting Corporation| access-date=23 January 2018| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19991014043214/http://www.abc.net.au/heartbreak/actor/rebecca.htm| archive-date=14 October 1999}}
Awards and nominations
Smart won the Most Popular Actress in a Miniseries/Telemovie Silver Logie at the Logie Awards for her performance in the 1987 Australian
Miniseries The Shiralee. She was also nominated for Best Supporting Actress at the Australian Film Institute Awards and the Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards for her performance in Blackrock.{{imdb name|id=0806693}}
Filmography
=Filmography=
FILM
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| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Type |
|---|
| 1985
|{{sortname|The|Coca-Cola Kid}} |DMZ |Feature film |
| 1985
|{{sortname|The|Empty Beach}} |Little Girl |Feature film |
| 1987
|Echoes of Paradise aka 'Shadow Of The Peacock' |Tessa |Feature film |
| 1989
|Celia Carmichael |Feature film |
| 1993
|Lynne |Feature film |
| 1997
|Cherie |Feature film |
| 1997
|Violet's Visit |Scooter |Feature film |
| 1999
|Tom's Funeral |Rebecca |Feature film |
| 2004
|Industrial Love Dwarf Number 7 |Friend |Film Short |
| 2005
|Oedipus |Mother |Film Short |
| 2011
|Savages Crossing |Mickey |Feature film |
| 2014
|Skin Deep |Nina |Feature film |
| 2016
|Highway |Marlene |Film Short |
=Television=
TELEVISION
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| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 1984
| {{sortname|The|Cowra Breakout|The Cowra Breakout (miniseries)}} | Recurring role: Shirley Murphy | TV miniseries, 4 episodes |
| 1985
| WINNERS - Top Kid | Recurring role: Jennie Nelson | TV film series, 1 episode: "Top Kid" |
| 1987
|{{sortname|The|Shiralee|The Shiralee (1987 film)}} | Regular role: Buster | TV miniseries, 2 episodes |
| 1987
| The 1987 Australian Film Institute Awards | Herself | ABC TV special |
| 1988
| Spit MacPhee aka '{{sortname|The|True Story of Spit MacPhee|nolink=1}}' | Regular role: Sadie Tree | TV miniseries, 4 episodes |
| 1988
| Life Education Television Appeal | Herself | TV special |
| 1989
| Herself | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1989
| Guest role: Jackie Rogan | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1990
| Regular Lead role: Eleanor "Elly" Lockett | TV series, |
| 1990
| Recurring role: Luen | ABC TV miniseries, 2 episodes |
| 1990
| More Winners: Mr Edmund | Lead role: Cherry | ABC TV film series, 1 episode "Mr Edmund" |
| 1991
| Regular role: Zoe Rose | ABC TV series, 13 episodes |
| 1992
| Recurring role: Linda Crealy | TV miniseries, 2 episodes |
| 1992
| English At Work | Herself | SBS TV series, 1 episode: "Assurance Of Support" |
| 1994
| G.P. | Guest role: Cassandra 'Caz' Koffel | ABC TV series, 1 episode: "Sugar & Spice" |
| 1994;1997
| Good Morning Australia | Herself - Guest | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1996
| Recurring Guest role | TV series |
| 1996
| Recurring Guest role: V.J. | ABC TV series, 2 episodes: "Sex", "Truth or Dare" |
| 1997
| Lead role: Lizzie | TV film |
| 1997-1998
| Regular role: Melanie Black | ABC TV series, 42 episodes |
| 1997
| Recovery | Herself - Guest | ABC TV series, 1 episode |
| 1997
| Roy & HG | Herself - Guest | ABC TV series, 1 episode |
| 1997
| Good Morning Australia | Herself - Guest | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1997
| Herself - Guest | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1997
| The 1997 Australian Film Institute Awards | Herself - Nominee Best Supporting Actress 'Blackrock' | SBS TV special |
| 1998
| Corn Devils | Lead role: Becky | TV film |
| 1998
| Guest role: Claudine Kent | TV series, 1 episode: "Fatal Charm" |
| 1999
| Guest role: Charlotte 'Charlie' Wilde | TV series, 1 episode: "Outside the Square" |
| 2000-2001
| Regular role: Const. Donna Janevski / Donna Janevski | TV series, 60 episodes |
| 2004
| Guest role: Amy Rose | TV series, season 12, 1 episode: "Secrets & Lies" |
| 2006
| Herself - Contestant | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2010
| The Making Of 'Savages Crossing' | Herself - Actor | Video |
| 2010
| Savages Crossing Outtakes | Herself - Actor | Video |
References
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Category:Australian child actresses
Category:Australian film actresses