Rebecca Grant (British actress)

Rebecca Grant

Rebecca Grant (British Actress)
Born Rebecca Helena Grant de Longueuil
Nottingham, England, UK
Occupation Actress
Years active 2001 – present

Rebecca Helena Grant de Longueuil, commonly known as Rebecca Grant, is a British actress, singer and dancer, most notable for her role as Daisha Anderson on British Medical Drama Holby City.

Career

Grant has taken television parts in ITV's Emmerdale playing Dr Stamford, Channel 4's Comedy Showcase playing Nila in 'Other People' opposite Martin Freeman, The Way We Live Now and Kristina (an Independent Film in which she won best actress at The International filmmakers Festival for World Cinema) as well as on the big screen in Chakara (Laidback Films) and Flipside and The Other Boleyn Girl.[1]

Her stage credits include: Andrew Lloyd Webber's Bombay Dreams and One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest starring Christian Slater directed by Terry Johnson, Tagore's Women by Kali Theatre; The House of Bernarda Alba; Who is this Jesus?; Bloodwedding; Why is John Lennon Wearing a Skirt?; Carmen; Roy Hudd's Aladdin; Mahabharata; Burlesque; Twelfth Night; The Glass Cage,[2][3]

In her most well known role as Daisha Anderson she plays a Filipina nurse, but Rebecca is of mixed British, Spanish and Filipino origin. She is also series regular Shaheen Wazir in BBC's second series of 'Prisoners Wives'. She plays Dr Stamford on ITV's Emmerdale. More recently, Rebecca plays semi-regular 'Heather Irvine' in BBC1 Doctors.

In 2014 Rebecca played Princess Aouda in Jules Verne's Around the world in 80 days written by 'House of Cards' writer Laura Eason receiving five star reviews up and down the country. Rebecca then was cast by Olivier award-winning director Terry Johnson in 'Seminar' for Hampstead Theatre. A play that which was previously on Broadway and written by NBC's 'Smash' writer Teresa Rebeck.

Rebecca is performing in a one woman play in 2015 at West Yorkshire Playhouse written by Vagina Monologues writer Eve Ensler.

Personal life

Her father Michael Grant, 12th Baron de Longueuil, a doctor, hypnotist and nobleman, is of Anglo-Scots and French-Canadian descent. Her mother Isabel moved from the Philippines to live in Nottingham where Rebecca grew up. She has two older sisters - model Angela Grant and actress Rachel Grant, and a brother - David Alexander. Her paternal great-grandmother, the Lady Ernestine Maude Bowes-Lyon, was 1st cousin to the British Queen Mother.[3][4][5]

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