Rebecca Massey

Rebecca Massey is a Sydney based actress born in Rotorua, New Zealand in 1969. Rebecca's first professional job was at the age of 17 in a production of the Crucible with the Mercury Theatre Company (now Auckland Theatre Company). She went on to star in Daughters of Heaven, opening the Auckland Theatre Company. She was a founding member of Stronghold Theatre company with Peter Evans, whom she married. After graduating from Auckland Law School she moved to Australia to begin a career as an actress. Later, Rebecca toured New Zealand with an Australian production of Steaming with Liz Burch, Lenore Smith and the late Cornelia Frances. After moving to Sydney Australia, Director Neil Armfield cast her in The Alchemist, alongside Geoffrey Rush, Hugo Weaving and Max Cullen. 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 fo