Rebecca Metz is an American actress. She is best known for her roles as Tressa on the FX television comedy-drama series ''Better Things'', Melinda on the

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television comedy-drama series ''Shameless'' and Jenna Wrather on the Disney Channel comedy series '' Coop & Cami Ask the World''.

Life and career

Metz was born and raised in

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and graduated from

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. In 1998, she had her first television appearance on the

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series ''

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''. Later, Metz won other roles on a variety of TV shows like ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Californication'', ''

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'', '' Shameless'' and more. In 2010, she was the player support manager for Disney's Toontown Online. Later that year, she became the community manager for the game, until May 2011, when Disney laid off a majority of Toontown Online staff. In 2016, she was cast in a recurring role as Tressa in the FX television comedy series ''Better Things''. She is also a voice-over and stage actor whose theater credits include Sheila Callaghan's ''Kate Crackernuts'' and Burglars of Hamm's, ''The Behavior of Broadus''. In 2018, she was cast as Jenna Wrather on Disney Channels new live-action comedy '' Coop & Cami Ask the World'' which premiered on October 12, 2018.

Filmography

Television

Film

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Metz, Rebecca Living people American television actresses 20th-century American actresses 21st-century American actresses People from Freehold Township, New Jersey Actresses from New Jersey Carnegie Mellon University alumni Year of birth missing (living people)