Rebecca McDiarmid

About

Rebecca is an Irish-born actress from Essex. She stared as the co-lead in the independent feature film LIKE, which premiered at the Raindance Film Festival, with her performance earning her the Best Actress Award at the Sweden Film Festival. Rebecca holds a Bachelor’s degree in Vocal Performance as a classical singer from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, where she trained under the tutelage of Margaret Izatt. She went on to undertake the MA in Classical and Contemporary Text where she has had the opportunity to perform as Portia in Julius Caesar at Shakespeare’s Globe as part of an Educational Residency, and as Shylock in The Merchant of Venice, directed by Marc Silberschatz.

Bio

Height: 5″2

Playing Age Range: 21-26

Nationality: Irish, Settled status – permission to work in the UK and EU

Awards: Best Actress, Swedish Film Awards 2020

Scholarships: RCS Scholarship

Skills

Accents: RP, Heightened RP, Estuary English, Essex, Cockney, Multicultural London English, General Australian, General Irish, Cork

Singing: Classically Trained Soubrette/Coloratura Soprano, Musical Theatre, Jazz

Previous Training: BMus in Vocal performance from Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (2024), Bishops Award from Royal School of Church Music (RSCM)

Other: Improvisation (Acting and Music), Composer, Choral Singing, Electric Guitar, Sight-Reading, Surfing, Paddle boarding, Skiing, Swimming, Tennis, Golf, Cycling, Yoga

Theatre Credits

Portia/Octavious, Julius Caesar, Educational Sharing at Shakespeare’s Globe, (Dir. Michael Brown)

Shylock, The Merchant of Venice, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (Dir. Marc Silberschatz)

Euphrosyne/Miss Penelope Hartropp, Orlando, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (Dir. Taal Schatsky)

TV/Film Credits

Polly (Lead), LIKE (2019), Makovision Films (Dir. M. Frank) – Raindance Official Selection