Rebecca Massey
Introduction '''Rebecca Massey''' is an Australian film, television, and theatre actress. She  is best known for her comic roles as Beverley in ''Utopia'', and as Lucy Canon in ''Chandon Pictures''. She has worked in leading roles with major theatre companies nationwide such as The Sydney Theatre Company, Belvoir St Theatre, Bell Shakespeare Company, State Theatre Company of South Australia, and Griffin Theatre Company. She has performed alongside many of Australia's great actors and actresses including Cate Blanchett, Geoffrey Rush, and Barry Otto.
Early life and education Rebecca Massey was born in Rotorua, New Zealand. She grew up in Papua New Guinea and Hong Kong, before returning to New Zealand to complete her schooling at St Cuthbert's College, Auckland. After graduating dux of school, Rebecca went on to study law and English at the University of Auckland, graduating with honours. She worked briefly as a lawyer.
Theatre career After graduating from Auckland University, Massey toured New Zealand with an Australian production of ''Steaming'' with Liz Burch, Lenore Smith, and Cornelia Frances.Her first professional job was in a production of ''The Crucible'' with the Mercury Theatre Company (now Auckland Theatre Company). She went on to star in Daughters of Heaven directed by Colin McColl, opening the Auckland Theatre Company after the Mercury Theatre went bankrupt. She was a founding member of Stronghold Theatre company with Peter Evans, whom she married.After moving toAustralia, Massey has worked consistently with the major theatre companies, including Sydney Theatre Company, Belvoir St Theatre, Bell Shakespeare Company, State Theatre Company of South Australia, Malthouse Theatre, and Griffin Theatre Company.After moving to Sydney, Neil Armfield cast her in ''The Alchemist'', alongside Geoffrey Rush and Hugo Weaving. She worked consistently with Armfield at Company B until Armfield's resignation as artistic director of the theatre in 2010.During that time she was awarded a Glug and a Green Room Award for Best Actress, and nominated for two Helpmann Awards for Best Supporting Actress in Steve Martin's ''The Underpants'' and ''It Just Stopped'' by Steven Sewell. Much of the time in those years was taken up with touring the world with the epic ''Cloudstreet'', Nick Enright and Justin Monjo's adaptation of Tim Winton's novel of the same name.Massey has performed alongside many of Australia's great actors and actresses including Cate Blanchett (The Seagull), Geoffrey Rush, Barry Otto, Julie Forsythe, and Jacek Koman. Rebecca opened the new theatre at Belvoir Street together with Catherine McClements and John Woods in ''It Just Stopped''.After 2010 she worked with the Malthouse Theatre, the State Theatre of South Australia in John Doyle's play, ''Vere (Faith)'', the Griffin Theatre Company in ''Kill Climate Deniers'' by David Finisgan. For the Sydney Theatre Company she has appeared in ''Travesties'', ''Vere (Faith)'', ''Perplex'', ''After Dinner'' by Andrew Bovell, Lucy Kirkwood's play ''Chimerica'', and Moira Buffini's play ''Dinner''===Awards and nominations===Massey has been nominated and won numerous awards for her performances including the Helpmann Award for both Steve Martin's ''The Underpants'' (Belvoir) and Steven Sewell's ''It Just Stopped'' (Belvoir). Year Association Category Nominated work Result 2004 Helpmann Award Best Female Actor in a Supporting Role – Play The Underpants  2007 Best Female Actor in a Supporting Role – Play ''It Just Stopped''  Green Room Awards Best Female Actress  Best Supporting Female Actress  Glug Awards Best Supporting Actress  2010 Best Supporting Actress ''Travesties''  2018 Sydney Theatre Awards Best New Australian Work Kill Climate Deniers }
Filmography Rebecca Massey's film and television credits include ''Chandon Pictures'' (ABC) which won Best Comedy (AFI, ADG, and AWGIES), Best Original Production (ASTRA), Most Outstanding Light Entertainment (Logies), and ''Utopia'' (ABC): which won Best Television Comedy Series (AACTA), Most Outstanding Comedy Program (LOGIES).Other television credits include Lowdown (2010), My Place (2009), Stepfather of the Bride (2006), Deep Water (2016). Film credits she is known for are Son of the Mask (2005), The Black Balloon (2008), Accidents Happen (2009), Backyard Ashes (2013), Bad Girl (2016).===Film=== Years Title Role Notes 2005 ''Son of the Mask'' Clare 2006 ''Final Call'' Short film 2008 ''The Black Balloon'' Miss Babb 2009 ''Accidents Happen'' Louise 2013 ''Greg's First Day'' Madam 2 Short film 2013 ''Backyard Ashes'' Lilly Waters 2015 ''Holding the Man'' Woman from Red Cross 2016 ''Bad Girl'' Detective Daniels 2018 ''Last Ark'' Captain Shane Hudson Short film2022''Blaze''Jade===Television=== Years Title Role Notes 2002 ''Kangaroo Creek Gang'' Kristie the Koala Voice 2002 ''Blood Sports'' Sarah Television film 2002-6 ''All Saints'' Melissa Wilson; Jodie Abbott; Wendy Saralyn 3 episodes 2003 ''''Grass Roots'''' Kirsten Bovie Episode: "Youth" 2004 ''Small Claims'' Clare Santarini Television film 2006 ''Stepfather of the Bride'' Fiona Television film 2007-9 ''Chandon Pictures'' Lucy Cannon 16 episodes 2009 ''City Homicide'' Peggy Duval Episode: "Baker's Dozen" 2009 ''My Place'' Mrs Benson 6 episodes 2010-12 ''Lowdown'' Trudy March 4 episodes 2012 ''Packed to the Rafters'' Audrey 2 episodes 2012 ''Tricky Business'' Gaye Hudson Episode: "Mothercraft" 2015 ''Winter'' Sally McKenzie Episode: "Blow Up" 2015 ''The Principal'' Rina 4 episodes 2015-17,23 ''Utopia'' Beverley Sadler 11 episodes 2016 ''Deep Water'' Sally Williams 2 episodes 2016-17 ''Pacific Heat'' Maddie Riggs 13 episodes; Voice 2019 ''Upright'' Constable Stacey Episode: "Day Three" 2019 ''The Letdown'' Real Estate Agent Julie Episode: "Heavy Heart" 2019-21 ''Metro Sexual'' Miranda Graft 5 episodes 2019 ''Total Control'' Sharon Episode #1.32019''Upright (TV series)''Constable Stacey1 episode2022''Barons''Sylive Thompson3 episodes2023''The Messenger''Bev Kennedy6 episodes
Stage  Production Year Venue Company Role(s) Director(s) ''The Crucible''  Mercury Theatre Mercury Theatre Company Susanna Walcott Miles Taylor ''The Possibilities''  Stronghold Theatre Company Ensemble Peter Evans ''Daughters of Heaven''  Auckland Theatre Company Pauline Parker Colin McColl ''Evans Freud’s Dora''  NZ Arts Council Dora Anatoly Frusin ''Media Sluts''  NZ Puppet Theatre The Starlet Peter Evans ''Macbeth''  Wellington International Festival of the Arts Lady Macbeth Peter Evans ''The Man from Scotland''  New Zealand Fringe Festival Peter Evans ''Steaming''  National Tour Gary Penny Productions Dawn Gary Downes ''Othello''  The Mask Company Desdemona Peter Evans ''Bad Poetry''  NIDA NIDA Company Nurse, Sister Peter Kingston ''The Alchemist'' 1996 Belvoir Street Theatre Company B Belvoir Dame Pliant Neil Armfield ''WASP'' 1996 Belvoir Street Theatre Company B Belvoir Zig Zag Woman, Angie, Sis Neil Armfield ''The Seagull'' 1997 Belvoir Street Theatre Company B Belvoir Masha Neil Armfield ''Max & The Trickster''  Australian Museum Trickster Yaron Lifshitz ''Cloudstreet'' 1998 Sydney Festival, Perth Festival Company B Belvoir, Black Swan Elaine, Mrs. Clay, Meredith Neil Armfield ''The Caucasian Chalk Circle'' 1998 Belvoir Street Theatre Company B Belvoir Natella Abashvili Michael Kantor ''Henry IV (Parts I & II)'' 1999 National Tour Bell Shakespeare Lady Percy, Doll Tearsheet Wart John Bell ''Valley of the Big Bones'' 1999 Australian Museum  Bjork Mcgurk Warren Coleman ''Ship of Fools'' 1999  Griffin Theatre Company Sunny, Mayor, Anna Lundsdorf, Madame van Eyck Ros Horin ''Cloudstreet'' 1999 Melbourne, Adelaide, Zurich Festival, London, Dublin Festival Company B Belvoir, Black Swan Elaine, Lucy Wentworth, Meredith Neil Armfield ''The Small Poppies'' 1999 Sydney Festival Company B Belvoir Clint's Mum, Courtney Neil Armfield ''Australian National Playwrights’ Conference'' 1999    Richard Wherrett, Ros Horin ''The Small Poppies'' 1999 Dublin Festival, Melbourne Festival Company B Belvoir Clint's Mum, Courtney Neil Armfield ''Borderlines'' 2001  The Griffin Griffin Theatre Company, Riverina Theatre Company Meredith Danni, Ren, Lisa Richard Buckham, Adam Cook, Jeremy Sims ''Cloudstreet'' 2001 National Theatre, BAM, Kennedy Centre Company B Belvoir Elaine Lamb, Lucy Wentworth, Meredith Neil Armfield ''The Rood Screen'' 2001 Development Workshop  Alice Anna Messariti ''Macbeth'' 2003 Belvoir Street Theatre Company B Belvoir Witch Michael Kantor ''The Underpants'' 2003 Belvoir Street Theatre Company B Belvoir Gertrude Neil Armfield ''Stuff Happens'' 2005 Seymour Centre Company B Belvoir Various Neil Armfield ''It Just Stopped'' 2006  Company B Belvoir Pearl Neil Armfield ''Dead Caesar'' 2007 Wharf 2 Theater Sydney Theatre Company Calpurnia Tamara Cook ''Exit The King'' 2007 The Merlin, Belvoir Street Theatre  Malthouse Theatre Company, Company B Belvoir Queen Mary Neil Armfield ''Tartuffe''  2008 The Merlin  Malthouse Theatre Company Dorine Michael Kantor ''Travesties'' 2009 Sydney Theatre Company Cecily Richard Cottrell ''The Book of Everything'' 2013 Tour Belvoir Margot Neil Armfield ''Cat on a Hot Tin Roof'' 2013 Belvoir Street Theatre Belvoir Mae Simon Stone ''Vere'' 2013 Adelaide Festival Centre, Sydney Opera House State Theatre Company of South Australia, Sydney Theatre Company Kate Sarah Goodes ''Perplex'' 2014 Wharf 1 Sydney Theatre Company Rebecca Sarah Giles ''After Dinner'' 2015 Wharf 1 Sydney Theatre Company Dympie Imara Savage ''Chimerica'' 2017 Roslyn Packer Theatre Sydney Theatre Company Barb, Doreen, Marie Dubiecki, Kate, Judy Kip Williams ''Dinner'' 2017 Sydney Opera House Sydney Theatre Company Wynne Imara Savage ''Kill Climate Deniers'' 2018 The Griffin Griffin Theatre Company Gwen Malkin Lee Lewis ''The Misanthrope'' 2018 Sydney Opera House Bell Shakespeare Philipa (Philinte) Lee Lewis ''First Love is the Revolution'' 2019 The Griffin Griffin Theatre Company Cochineal and Bailey Chicken Lee Lewis ''Dance Nation'' 2020 Adelaide Festival Centre Belvoir and State Theatre Company of South Australia Maeve Imara Savage
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