Rebecca Scroggs

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Rebecca Scroggs
Born1982 (age 41–42)[1]
OccupationActress
Years active2010–present
Notable workEastEnders (2014)

Rebecca Scroggs is an English actress. She has performed numerous roles in the theatre including at the Royal National Theatre, Birmingham Rep and Sheffield Crucible. She is known for playing Fiona "Tosh" Mackintosh for 63 episodes of BBC’s EastEnders in 2014.

More recent credits include Scarborough (2019), Flack (2019–2020), Alex Rider (2020), and Grace (2021-2023).

Early life[edit]

Rebecca Scroggs is an English actress from London, England.[2] Scroggs was a drama student at the University of Sussex during 2002,[1] where she obtained a degree in European Drama and French.[2] As part of her degree she spent a year at the Universite de Provence, Aix en Provence. Furthering her acting education, Scroggs was one of 32 students selected from 2000 applicants (approx.) to train at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in London, where she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Acting Degree (H Level).[3][2]

Career[edit]

Theatre[edit]

Scroggs began her career at London's Tricycle Theatre appearing in Detaining Justice by Bola Agbaje, directed by Indhu Rubasingham.[4] She appeared at the Royal National Theatre in George Buchner's Danton's Death directed by Michael Grandage in 2010 and again in 2016, as Maya in The Suicide, adapted from the Russian play by Maxim Gorky by Suhayla El-Bushra and directed by Nadia Fall.[4] In 2017 she starred in the premier of Chris Bush's Steel at the Sheffield Crucible , a two hander directed by Rebecca Frecknall, doubling the roles of Vanessa Gallacher and Josie Kirkwood.[5]

Television and film[edit]

One of first television programmes Scroggs worked on was the BBC’s Planet of the Apemen: Battle for Earth, where she played the character Byana in both Homo Erectus and Neanderthal episodes.[6] The same year, she appeared as Michelle Bouchant in Death in Paradise episode "Music of Murder" alongside Ben Miller and Danny John-Jules.[4] In 2014, Scroggs landed a regular role on BBC’s long running serial EastEnders, where she played Fiona "Tosh" Mackintosh for 63 episodes that year.[7]

In 2019, Scroggs played Ursula Pittman in Smoke and Mirrors – final chapter of the Acorn TV comedy-drama murder-mystery series Queens of Mystery [8] Later that year, Scroggs landed a regular role as WPC Treeves in the BBC comedy series Scarborough.[9] In 2019 she appeared in 3 episodes of season one of Amazon's Alex Rider series.[4] In 2018 and 2019 she had a recurring role in Flack, produced by and starring Anna Paquin.[4]

In 2021, Scroggs secured a regular role playing Detective Chief Inspector Tina Carter in the Channel 4 crime drama Before we Die, alongside Lesley Sharp.[10]

Other Interests[edit]

Scroggs was involved with the Forge Collective, supporting Feminism and equality.[11] Scroggs is also a keen athlete, running the Brighton Half Marathon in 2012.[12]

Filmography[edit]

Film[edit]

Year Title Role Notes
2010 15 Seconds Rachel Short
2013 Dead Cat Woman Film
2015 Hard to Lose Laura Short
2021 Nation Your Nation Adjudicator Short
2022 Awakened Dreams Pale film

Television[edit]

Year Title Role Notes
2011 Planet of the Apemen: Battle for Earth Byana 2 episodes "Homo Erectus" and "Neanderthal"
2011, 2014, 2015 Doctors Sophie Myerson (2011); Ally Lenton (2014); SGT Nadia Devlin (2015) 3 episodes
2011 Death in Paradise Michelle Bouchant Episode – "Music of Murder"
2014 EastEnders[7] Fiona "Tosh" Mackintosh Series regular – 63 episodes
2015 Holby City Tori Clifton Episode 38 – "Losing Control of the Wheel"
2018 Casualty Frankie Arnolds Season 33, episode 12
2019–2020 Flack Abigail Reese Supporting role – 4 episodes
2019 Queens of Mystery [8] Ursula Pittman "Smoke and Mirrors – final episode"
Scarborough [9] WPC Treeves Main role – 4 episodes
2020 Alex Rider Snake Recurring role – 3 episodes
2021 Before We Die Tina Carter Main - 6 episodes
2022 Professor T. Anya Hallett 1 episode
2021-2023 Grace Ari Branson 3 episodes

Video games[edit]

Year Title Role Notes
2015 Soma Julia Dahl Voice
2020 Serious Sam 4 Michelle / Princess Voices

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Drinkers at The Hop Poles pub in Brighton give their views on politics and the Liberal Democrats gathering down the road". news.bbc.co.uk. September 24, 2002.
  2. ^ a b c "Rebecca's RADA Appeal Fundraising for Royal Academy of Dramatic Art". justgiving.com. July 13, 2006.
  3. ^ "Rebecca Scroggs - Student & graduate profiles". rada.ac.uk. 2009.
  4. ^ a b c d e "Rebecca Scroggs". unitedagents.co.uk. Retrieved March 12, 2023.
  5. ^ Clare Brennan (September 23, 2018). "Steel review – sisters beaten by the system". theguardian.com.
  6. ^ "Planet of the Apemen: Battle for Earth". bbc.co.uk. June 30, 2011.
  7. ^ a b "Eastenders - Fiona Mackintosh (Tosh)". bbc.co.uk. 2020.
  8. ^ a b "Smoke and Mirrors: Final Chapter". tvmaze.com. 2019.
  9. ^ a b "First look as BBC releases pictures ahead of new comedy Scarborough". yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk. August 28, 2019.
  10. ^ "Meet the cast of new Channel 4 crime drama Before We Die". hellomagazine.com. May 26, 2021.
  11. ^ "Theatre Forge - Meet the Team". theatreforge.com. 2017.
  12. ^ "Rebecca's Half Marathon 19/02/2012 Fundraising for Rise". justgiving.com. 2012.

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