Rebecca Charles

Rebecca was born in Bristol on 21st October 1965 and brought up in North Wales and credits her stage ambitions to her supportive parents, her father having been an actor who brought other thespians to the house. At sixteen she left home to pursue Theatre Studies at Stratford-on-Avon under the tutelage of Gordon Vallins, who encouraged her to go to drama school at the age of eighteen. On graduation she embarked upon a theatrical career, playing, among other roles, Lady Anne in 'Richard III' and Gwendolen in 'The Importance of Being Earnest' at the Derby Playhouse and, from 1992 to 1993, Roxanne to Robert Lindsay's 'Cyrano de Bergerac' in London, during which production she met and later married fellow cast member Bob Barrett, with whom she has two daughters, the elder following in her parents' foot-steps by entering drama school. In 2015 she joined the cast of Florian Zeller's 'The Father' at the Theatre Royal, Bath, transferring with it to London to critical acclaim. She made her television debut in 1995 and has since appeared in a range of popular series including 'Foyle's War', 'Midsomer Murders' and 'Casualty' though not in the same episode as husband Bob, who has also featured in the show.