Rebecca Scroggs is an English actress. She has performed numerous roles in the theatre including at the

Royal National Theatre The Royal National Theatre in London, commonly known as the National Theatre (NT), is one of the United Kingdom's three most prominent publicly funded performing arts venues, alongside the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Royal Opera House. I ...

Birmingham Rep Birmingham Repertory Theatre, commonly called Birmingham Rep or just The Rep, is a producing theatre based on Centenary Square in Birmingham, England. Founded by Barry Jackson, it is the longest-established of Britain's building-based theatre ...

and

Sheffield Crucible The Crucible Theatre (often referred to simply as "The Crucible") is a theatre in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England which opened in 1971. Although it hosts regular theatrical performances, it is best known for hosting professional snooker's ...

. She is known for playing Fiona "Tosh" Mackintosh for 63 episodes of BBC’s '' EastEnders'' in 2014.

Early life

Rebecca Scroggs is an English actress from

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, England. Scroggs was a drama student at the

University of Sussex , mottoeng = Be Still and Know , established = , type = Public research university , endowment = £14.4 million (2020) , budget = £319.6 million (2019–20) , chancellor = Sanjeev Bhaskar , vice_chancellor = Sasha Roseneil , ...

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 The University of Provence Aix-Marseille I (french: Université de Provence) was a public research university mostly located in Aix-en-Provence and Marseille. It was one of the three Universities of Aix-Marseille and was part of the Academy ...

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. Furthering her acting education, Scroggs was one of 32 students selected from 2000 applicants (approx.) to train at the

Royal Academy of Dramatic Art The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA; ) is a drama school in London, England, that provides vocational conservatoire training for theatre, film, television, and radio. It is based in the Bloomsbury area of Central London, close to the Sena ...

(RADA) in

, where she graduated with a

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in Acting Degree (H Level).

Career

Scroggs began her career at London's

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appearing in Detaining Justice by

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, directed by Indhu Rubasingham. She appeared at the

in George Buchner's

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directed by

Michael Grandage Michael Grandage CBE (born 2 May 1962) is a British theatre director and producer. He is currently Artistic Director of the Michael Grandage Company. From 2002 to 2012 he was Artistic Director of the Donmar Warehouse in London and from 2000 to ...

in 2010 and again in 2016 as Maya in The Suicide, adapted from the Russian play by

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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 '' Planet of the Apemen: Battle for Earth'', where she played the character Byana in both ''

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'' and ''

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'' 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

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comedy-drama murder-mystery series ''

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'' 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

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series. In 2018 and 2019 she had a recurring role in

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, produced by and starring

Anna Paquin Anna Hélène Paquin ( ; born 24 July 1982) is a New Zealand actress. Born in Winnipeg and raised in Wellington, Paquin made her acting debut portraying Flora McGrath in the romantic drama film '' The Piano'' (1993), for which she won the Aca ...

. In 2021, Scroggs secured a regular role playing Detective Chief Inspector Tina Carter in the

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crime drama ''Before we Die'' starring

Lesley Sharp Lesley Sharp is an English stage, film and television actress whose roles on British television include '' Clocking Off'' (2000–2001), '' Bob & Rose'' (2001) and '' Afterlife'' (2005–2006). She was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Act ...

Other Interests

Scroggs is an active

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and feminist and

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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.

Filmography

Film

Television

Video games

References

External links

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