Rebecca Riggs is an Australian actress best known for her role as Commandant Grayza in the science fiction television series Farscape.

Career

Film

Riggs had parts in films such asJerry Maguire and Raw Nerve.

Television

Riggs played the recurring role of Commandant Grayza in the TV show Farscape.

She has also appeared in many Australian television series including Backberner, All Saints, Day of the Roses, Medivac and Fire.

Theatre

Riggs has appeared as a stage performer in Australia with such companies as Bell Shakespeare Company, Queensland Theatre Company, Darwin Theatre Company, La Boite and TN.

She has undertaken a variety of theatre roles . She has played Juliet and Lady Capulet in two different productions of Romeo and Juliet, Lady Macbeth in Macbeth, Trinculo in The Tempest, Bianca in Othello, Viola in Twelfth Night and Kate in The Taming of the Shrew. She has also appeared in modern Australian plays including the musicals Summer Rain and an acclaimed performance as Judy Garland in The Boy from Oz.

Riggs has performed a one woman/fifteen character show The Tall Green Stranger in the Ceramic Pot, and also in cabarets at the L.A. Creation Conventions in 2009 and 2011: The Shower Show (2009) and Witch Way? (2011).

She has performed with many improvisational troupes throughout Australia and has sung with bands, choirs and a cappella groups such as Darc Marc, The Lutin Girls Choir, The Star Pickets, Schrödinger's Cats, and many more.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Type
1990Raw NerveFeature film
1996Jerry MaguireFeature film
1999Alien CargoMeryl Leonardi, SSS17 SleeperFeature film

Television

Year Title Role Type
1995FireJane ConnorTV series, 2 episodes
1995Space: Above and BeyondMrs VansenTV series, 1 episode
1996MedivacMary JessupTV series, 1 episode
1996GladiatorsCompetitorTV game show
1998Day of the RosesCherilyn SkowTV miniseries, 2 episodes
BackbernerTV series
1999-2005All SaintsJenny Carmichael / Brenda StewartTV series, 2 episodes: Desperate Remedies, False Convictions
2002-03FarscapeCommandant GrayzaTV series, 12 episodes
2004Farscape: The Peacekeeper WarsCommandant GrayzaTV miniseries, 2 episodes
2019Reef BreakJan / RealtorTV series, 1 episode
2020The EndElla the Group LeaderTV series, 1 episode

Personal life

She is also now committed to refining communication in disaster and crisis through her work with consultancy Crisis Ready and the not for profit organization Emergency Media and Public Affairs. She is a fan of the Sci Fi genre.[1]

References

  1. "BBC - Cult - Farscape - Interview - Actor profiles - Rebecca Riggs".


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