# Rebecca Scroggs

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

Rebecca Scroggs is an English actress from London, England. Scroggs was a drama student at the University of Sussex during 2002, where she obtained a degree in European Drama and French. 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).

## Career
### Theatre

Scroggs began her career at London's Tricycle Theatre appearing in Detaining Justice by Bola Agbaje, directed by Indhu Rubasingham. 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. 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.

### Television and film

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. The same year, she appeared as Michelle Bouchant in Death in Paradise episode "Music of Murder" alongside Ben Miller and Danny John-Jules. 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.
In 2019, Scroggs played Ursula Pittman in Smoke and Mirrors – final chapter of the Acorn TV comedy-drama murder-mystery series Queens of Mystery Later that year, Scroggs landed a regular role as WPC Treeves in the BBC comedy series Scarborough. In 2019 she appeared in 3 episodes of season one of Amazon's Alex Rider series. In 2018 and 2019 she had a recurring role in Flack, produced by and starring Anna Paquin.
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.

## Other interests

Scroggs was involved with the Forge Collective, supporting feminism and equality. Scroggs is also a keen athlete, running the Brighton Half Marathon in 2012.

## Filmography
### Film

| 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

| 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 | 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 | Ursula Pittman | "Smoke and Mirrors – final episode" |
| 2019 | Scarborough | 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

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