No family lineage of actors but a self-confessed drama queen at heart, Rebecca set herself a laundry list of goals, left Tenterfield and has spent the past few years on a path to attain them.

She was born in Emerald, grew up in Tenterfield and attended Tenterfield High School before moving to Brisbane in search of acting work.

“My family for generations have lived there so mum and I moved back when I was a baby to be near the family,” Rebecca said.

“I left Tenterfield when I was 15 to move to Brisbane and get an acting agent. I finished grade 11 and 12 at a school that offered film production as a subject.

“I guess I was always a drama queen at heart. You could ask any one of my teachers and they could confirm that.”

At that point in her life acting was a fanciful desire but not one she’d actively sought to follow until an ad caught her eye.

“My real interest in acting began when I saw an article in the Courier Mail one day about an acting agency that did weekend acting classes on a Saturday morning in Brisbane.

“I had a part time job working at La Bella Pizza and I ended up begging my mum to let me go to these classes every week in Brisbane.

“Mum couldn't really afford for me to go so I worked my butt off at La Bella - which I loved - to pay for these acting classes.

“I used to miss school every Friday and catch the Crisps bus up to Brisbane to go to the class for two hours on a Saturday morning, and then catch an early bus home on Sunday to be able to go to school on Monday.

“I had a different script I would have to learn every week to present in front of my acting class. After a year of doing this, I finally signed with my first agent,” she said.

It was during that period when she landed her first acting role in ‘Unearthed’, a film shot partly in Tenterfield.

“The director Peter Yaxley came into the pizza shop and Roxanne (Bancroft-Stuart) had helped the crew find their feet in town, so Peter offered to write me a part into the movie.

“It was a small speaking role. I played the flirty pizza chick that was hitting on the sexy young cop. I was so excited and it was a great start to my acting resume.”

The incessant bus trips to Brisbane became exhausting leading Rebecca to move there full-time.

Since leaving Tenterfield she has completed an associate degree of Film and Television production at JMC Academy.

From there she has gone from strength to strength, even landing a recurring role in a Japanese produced news variety program.

“I have done a bit of everything really. I have done quite a bit of extra work on productions like K9, Lightning Point, The Honeymoon Killer and San Andreas.

“I had an amazing opportunity to film a lead role for Japans highest rated TV show 'Gyoten News'. It's just like their version of 60 minutes but they re-enact the stories.

“I had to give birth (simulate) in the first five minutes I was on set. It was so daunting. The director was in my face with a spray bottle trying to make me look sweaty. The entire crew was Japanese and the script was Japanese. There was an interpreter with us every day reading us our lines.

“I also filmed a season of a kids TV show for Bris 31 called Nicky Noo and the 'OO' Crew. I played the happy Orange alien called Wacky Woo.  We also did a series of stage shows around Brisbane.

A recent gig stands out as a career highlight with Rebecca working alongside one of Australia’s most prominent actors.

“I got to play Megan in Mystery Road directed by Ivan Sen. It was only a small role but it's one that I will never forget.

“When my agent called to say that I had been chosen, I just remember jumping around and screaming so loud. The day I spent on set I remember sitting down at the table on set running through the scene in my head when the lead actors came and sat down with us.

“They were setting up the cameras when the actor next to me leaned over, shook my hand and said ‘hi I’m Hugo Weaving, you must be Rebecca’ I nearly died.”

Life as an actor can be harsh, depressing - it isn’t all red carpets and adoring fans.

“You can go from having three jobs on the go at once to going months without one job. It can get so daunting when you are auditioning time and time again but not getting those roles that you have been working you butt off for.

“Sometimes it can be the littlest things like you aren't tall enough, you don't have the right hair colour or your look doesn't match the other actor.

“I have lost count of how many times I have been rejected, but for some odd reason, just when I am about to throw it all in and give up I get the next break.

“It’s not the red carpet and glamour that most people expect it to be. You have to work hard and you are forever getting told that you aren't good enough, but it’s just the business,” she said.

Acting isn’t the only field she’s dabbled in with Rebecca falling into modelling and she’s now running a personal training studio with her husband.

She hasn’t forgotten her adoptive home though with regular trips back to visit family and friends.

“My entire family still live in Tenterfield and I go down and visit them two or three times a year.

“Some of the best memories I have in Tenterfield were at Tenterfield High. I just loved how free we were to be ourselves.

“I also have so many fond memories of playing soccer,” she said.