Rebekah Staton

Rebekah Staton is an English actress and narrator. She has had roles in Pulling (2006–2009), Doctor Who (2007), Rome (2007), Wallander (2011), Black Mirror (2011), Raised by Wolves (2013-2016), DanTDM Creates a Big Scene (2017), Home (2019-2020). She is also a narrator for Don't Tell The Bride (2008–present).

Early life
Born in Leek, Staffordshire, her family then moved to Shrewsbury, and aged nine to Penkridge, Staffordshire. She was a student at Wolgarston High School, in Penkridge, and went on to study acting at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), graduating with a BA in Acting Degree (H Level) in 2002.

Career
Her theatre work includes Playing with Fire by David Edgar at the National Theatre. The Crucible at the Crucible Theatre, Simplicity and Chasing the Golden Sun at the Orange Tree Theatre.

In 2007, she played Jenny in the Doctor Who two-part "Human Nature"/"The Family of Blood", alongside David Tennant. The same year, she starred as Althea in two episodes in the series Rome (2007). She played Louise in the BBC Three award-winning sitcom Pulling. She also plays Kristina in the BBC One version of Wallander (2011).

Other appearances include two episodes of The Amazing Mrs Pritchard, six of State of Play, and the film Bright Young Things. She had a small part in the 2006 mini series Jane Eyre. She plays the character of the superhero "She-Force" in the 2008 ITV2 series No Heroics, and played the character of Kelly in the BBC comedy Home Time.

In 2011, she acted as Caitlin in the Sky1 comedy series Spy.

In 2011, she appeared in "The Entire History of You", an episode of the anthology series Black Mirror.

From 2013 until 2016, Staton played Della in the Channel 4 sitcom Raised by Wolves, a performance described as "utterly brilliant".

In 2016, Staton was cast in the second series of Ordinary Lies as Wendy Walker. Filming started in March 2016.

Staton was the narrator for the BBC Three and BBC America documentary 18 Pregnant Schoolgirls, as well as being the narrator for the E4 reality television series Don't Tell the Bride. She also voices Bethany in Dragon Age II, and provided the voiceover for the Channel 5 documentary series Candy Bar Girls.

Staton played Katy in Home from 2019 to 2020.

Filmography

TV
 State of Play (2003) Liz
 Outlaws (2004) as Janey
 Jane Eyre (2006) as Bessie
 Rome (2007) as Althea (Episodes "These Being the Words of Marcus Tullius Cicero" and "Testudo et Lepus")
 Doctor Who (2007) as Jenny (Episodes Human Nature / The Family of Blood)
 Pulling (2006–2009) as Louise
 Wallander (Episodes "Before the Frost", "The Dogs of Riga", "An Event in Autumn") 
 Black Mirror: "The Entire History of You" (2011) as Colleen
 Spy (2011) as Caitlin Banks
 No Heroics as Jenny/"She-Force"
 Hunderby (2012) as Annie
 Inside Men (2012) as Sandra
 Groove High (2012) as Vic
 Love Matters (2013) as Jenny
 Great Night Out (2013) as Kath
 Moving On (2013) as Lisa
 Raised by Wolves (2013–2016) as Della Garry
 Up the Women (2014) as Betty
 Remember Me (2014) as Alison Denning
 Ordinary Lies (2016) as Wendy Walker
 DanTDM Creates a Big Scene (2017) as Ellie
 Home (2019–2020) as Katy
 The Following Events Are Based on a Pack of Lies (2023) as Alice

Movies
 Will (2011)
 The Hustle (2019) as Chloe, a pub girl

References

External links
 
Agent profile

Living people
1982 births
21st-century English actresses
Actresses from Staffordshire
Alumni of RADA
English stage actresses
English television actresses
People from Leek, Staffordshire
People from Penkridge
Actors from Shrewsbury