Rebecca Massey

Rebecca Massey is a New Zealand-born Australian actress who works in theatre, film and television. Her screen credits include the roles of Beverley Sadler in the ABC comedy Utopia and Lucy Cannon in Chandon Pictures. On stage she has appeared with a number of Australian companies, including Sydney Theatre Company, Belvoir, Bell Shakespeare and Griffin Theatre Company.

Early life Massey was born in Rotorua, New Zealand. She studied law and English at the University of Auckland and worked briefly as a lawyer before turning to acting.

Career

Theatre Massey began her stage career in New Zealand before relocating to Australia, where she appeared in productions with Company B at Belvoir St Theatre from the mid-1990s, including The Alchemist (1996), The Seagull (1997) and the touring production of Tim Winton's Cloudstreet (1998–2001). In 2024 she appeared in David Finnigan's 44 Sex Acts in One Week, which played at the Canberra Theatre Centre and the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

Film and television Massey played Lucy Cannon in the comedy series Chandon Pictures (2007–2009) and Beverley Sadler in Utopia (2015–2017, 2023). She has also won a Green Room Award and a Glug Award for her stage work.

Year Association Category Nominated work Result 2004 Helpmann Award Best Female Actor in a Supporting Role – Play The Underpants 2007 Best Female Actor in a Supporting Role – Play It Just Stopped Green Room Awards Best Female Actress Best Supporting Female Actress Glug Awards Best Supporting Actress 2010 Best Supporting Actress Travesties 2018 Sydney Theatre Awards Best New Australian Work Kill Climate Deniers

Filmography Rebecca Massey's film and television credits include Chandon Pictures (ABC) which won Best Comedy (AFI, ADG, and AWGIES), Best Original Production (ASTRA), Most Outstanding Light Entertainment (Logies), and Utopia (ABC): which won Best Television Comedy Series (AACTA), Most Outstanding Comedy Program (LOGIES).

Film Years Title Role Notes 2005 Son of the Mask Clare 2006 Final Call Short film 2008 The Black Balloon Miss Babb 2009 Accidents Happen Louise 2013 Greg's First Day Madam 2 Short film 2013 Backyard Ashes Lilly Waters 2015 Holding the Man Woman from Red Cross 2016 Bad Girl Detective Daniels 2018 Last Ark Captain Shane Hudson Short film2022 BlazeJade

Television

Theatre

Production Year Venue Company Role(s) Director(s) The Crucible Mercury Theatre Mercury Theatre Company Susanna Walcott Miles Taylor The Possibilities Stronghold Theatre Company Ensemble Peter Evans Daughters of Heaven Auckland Theatre Company Pauline Parker Colin McColl Evans Freud’s Dora NZ Arts Council Dora Anatoly Frusin Media Sluts NZ Puppet Theatre The Starlet Peter Evans Macbeth Wellington International Festival of the Arts Lady Macbeth Peter Evans The Man from Scotland New Zealand Fringe Festival Peter Evans Steaming National Tour Gary Penny Productions Dawn Gary Downes Othello The Mask Company Desdemona Peter Evans Bad Poetry NIDA NIDA Company Nurse, Sister Peter Kingston The Alchemist 1996 Belvoir Street Theatre Company B Belvoir Dame Pliant Neil Armfield WASP 1996 Belvoir Street Theatre Company B Belvoir Zig Zag Woman, Angie, Sis Neil Armfield The Seagull 1997 Belvoir Street Theatre Company B Belvoir Masha Neil Armfield Max & The Trickster Australian Museum Trickster Yaron Lifshitz Cloudstreet 1998 Sydney Festival, Perth Festival Company B Belvoir, Black Swan Elaine, Mrs. Clay, Meredith Neil Armfield The Caucasian Chalk Circle 1998 Belvoir Street Theatre Company B Belvoir Natella Abashvili Michael Kantor Henry IV (Parts I & II) 1999 National Tour Bell Shakespeare Lady Percy, Doll Tearsheet Wart John Bell Valley of the Big Bones 1999 Australian Museum Bjork Mcgurk Warren Coleman Ship of Fools 1999 Griffin Theatre Company Sunny, Mayor, Anna Lundsdorf, Madame van Eyck Ros Horin Cloudstreet 1999 Melbourne, Adelaide, Zurich Festival, London, Dublin Festival Company B Belvoir, Black Swan Elaine, Lucy Wentworth, Meredith Neil Armfield The Small Poppies 1999 Sydney Festival Company B Belvoir Clint's Mum, Courtney Neil Armfield Australian National Playwrights’ Conference 1999 Richard Wherrett, Ros Horin The Small Poppies 1999 Dublin Festival, Melbourne Festival Company B Belvoir Clint's Mum, Courtney Neil Armfield Borderlines 2001 The Griffin Griffin Theatre Company, Riverina Theatre Company Meredith Danni, Ren, Lisa Richard Buckham, Adam Cook, Jeremy Sims Cloudstreet 2001 National Theatre, BAM, Kennedy Centre Company B Belvoir Elaine Lamb, Lucy Wentworth, Meredith Neil Armfield The Rood Screen 2001 Development Workshop Alice Anna Messariti Macbeth 2003 Belvoir Street Theatre Company B Belvoir Witch Michael Kantor The Underpants 2003 Belvoir Street Theatre Company B Belvoir Gertrude Neil Armfield Stuff Happens 2005 Seymour Centre Company B Belvoir Various Neil Armfield It Just Stopped 2006 Company B Belvoir Pearl Neil Armfield Dead Caesar 2007 Wharf 2 Theater Sydney Theatre Company Calpurnia Tamara Cook Exit The King 2007 The Merlin, Belvoir Street Theatre Malthouse Theatre Company, Company B Belvoir Queen Mary Neil Armfield Tartuffe 2008 The Merlin Malthouse Theatre Company Dorine Michael Kantor Travesties 2009 Sydney Theatre Company Cecily Richard Cottrell The Book of Everything 2013 Tour Belvoir Margot Neil Armfield Cat on a Hot Tin Roof 2013 Belvoir Street Theatre Belvoir Mae Simon Stone Vere 2013 Adelaide Festival Centre, Sydney Opera House State Theatre Company of South Australia, Sydney Theatre Company Kate Sarah Goodes Perplex 2014 Wharf 1 Sydney Theatre Company Rebecca Sarah Giles After Dinner 2015 Wharf 1 Sydney Theatre Company Dympie Imara Savage Chimerica 2017 Roslyn Packer Theatre Sydney Theatre Company Barb, Doreen, Marie Dubiecki, Kate, Judy Kip Williams Dinner 2017 Sydney Opera House Sydney Theatre Company Wynne Imara Savage Kill Climate Deniers 2018 The Griffin Griffin Theatre Company Gwen Malkin Lee Lewis The Misanthrope 2018 Sydney Opera House Bell Shakespeare Philipa (Philinte) Lee Lewis First Love is the Revolution 2019 The Griffin Griffin Theatre Company Cochineal and Bailey Chicken Lee Lewis Dance Nation 2020 Adelaide Festival Centre Belvoir and State Theatre Company of South Australia Maeve Imara Savage The Wayside Bride 2022 Belvoir Ursula/Rosie/Dusty/Irma Hannah Goodwin Light Shining in Buckinghamshire 2022 Belvoir Cobbe Eamon Flack Holding the Man 2024 Belvoir Louis Caleo Eamon Flack 44 Sex Acts in One Week 2024 Clubhouse Productions Malaine Guttierez Sheridan Harbridge The Double Life of Marie Curie 2025 The Ensemble Theatre Hertha Ayrton Liesel Baddorek