Rebecca Scroggs
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. 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. One of first television programmes Scroggs worked on was  the BBC’s "", where she played the character Byana in both "Homo Erectus" and "Neanderthal" episodes. Following this performance, Scroggs landed a regular role on BBC’s long running serial "EastEnders", where she played Fiona "Tosh" Mackintosh for 63 episodes during 2014. 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" starring Lesley Sharp. Other Interests. Scroggs is an active human rights and feminist and social equality activist, and has been involved with the Ice and Fire Theatre Company and the Forge Collective Scroggs is also a keen athlete, running the Brighton Half Marathon in 2012.