Rebecca Dines is an Australian actress, best known to television viewers for her performance as Vicki McPherson during the final year (1986) of the drama series Prisoner.

Biography

Dines was born in Queensland, Australia. She graduated from Queensland University with a BA in English and drama, before going to Sydney to study acting at the Q Theatre from 1980 to 1983. She moved to London in 1988, before moving to the United States in 1989, concentrating on theatre work.[1][2][3]

Her recent work includes her critically acclaimed role as Tekla[4][5][6] in Strindberg's Creditors at the Aurora Theatre in Berkeley, California.

In 2017, Rebecca was awarded Outstanding Actress In A Lead Role from Theatre Tampa Bay[7] for playing Margie Walsh in Good People[8] by David Lindsay-Abaire at American Stage Company in St. Petersburg, Florida. She has previously received Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress awards from the Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle as well as several Dramalogue awards for Performance.

She has performed in 19 productions to date, for Palo Alto–based Theatreworks,[9][10] as well as appearing for the Kansas City, Berkeley, San Jose, and South Coast Repertory theatres, the Magic and B Street theatres, Capital Stage Company, American Stage Company (FL) and the Laguna Playhouse, as well as a variety of Shakespeare Festivals including Lake Tahoe, San Francisco and Sydney. She recently joined the North American touring company of Blithe Spirit starring Angela Lansbury appearing at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles,[11] San Francisco, Toronto and DC.[12]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1985 The Dunera Boys Abigail
1986 Death of a Soldier Jane Evans
1986PrisonerVicki McPherson57 episodes
1987 Going Sane Catherine
1988The Clean MachineNurse RobinsonTelevision film
2019July RisingCollette Williams
Producer
Year Title Role Notes
2020 Thunder Fit Producer

References

  1. ↑ BWW News Desk (8 February 2009). "Theatreworks Presents '20 Century' at Mountain View 1/17". Losangeles.broadwayworld.com. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
  2. ↑ "San Francisco Bay Area Critics Bow to Best". www.backstage.com. 19 April 2001. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  3. ↑ "Talkin' Broadway Regional News & Reviews: San Francisco "As Bees in Honey Drown" - 8/8/1999". www.talkinbroadway.com. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  4. ↑ "Rebecca Dines – The Thinking Man's Idiot". Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  5. ↑ "Creditors". EDGE Media Network. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  6. ↑ "Toxic misogyny meets its match at Aurora Theatre in Berkeley". The Mercury News. 12 February 2019. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  7. ↑ http://theatretampabay.org/2017-awards-winners/
  8. ↑ https://www.broadwayworld.com/st-petersburg/article/BWW-Review-Miraculous-Rebecca-Dines-in-David-Lindsay-Abaires-Powerful-GOOD-PEOPLE-at-American-Stage-20160912
  9. ↑ Kevin Kirby (2011-01-28). "A finely tuned blizzard" (review of The 39 Steps). Palo Alto Weekly
  10. ↑ Charlie McCollum (2012-08-27). "Review: Time Stands Still at TheatreWorks". San Jose Mercury News
  11. ↑ Program for Blithe Spirit, Ahmanson Theatre, 2014/15 Season
  12. ↑ "Rebecca Dines Theatre Credits and Profile". www.abouttheartists.com. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
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