Yahoo Lifestyle Rebecca Gibney: My mum is a star too!
Rebecca Gibney and her mum Shirley.
Gold Logie winner Rebecca Gibney’s beloved mum Shirley is making her TV debut at age 80 in Seven’s edgy new drama series Wanted.
‘Blink and you’ll miss her,’ laughs Rebecca.
‘It’s a tiny cameo that called for an old lady, so I suggested she play the part, and she enjoyed every second,’ says the 51-year-old.
‘She’s such a kind and compassionate person. Despite a very tough life – she was sexually abused as a child and my father was a violent alcoholic – Mum has never, ever become bitter or angry. She’s an inspiration.’
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The Packed To The Rafters star created the concept for Wanted, then worked on it with her husband, Richard Bell, for a year, before teaming up with Matchbox Pictures and getting the green light for fast-track production.
The two heroines – Rebecca, who plays Lola, and Geraldine Hakewill, as Chelsea – are strangers at a bus stop until fate, and a carjacking that turns deadly, intervenes, and a cross- country pursuit ensues.
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Former Home And Away hunk Steve Peacocke plays a young detective involved in the hunt for the fugitives.
‘We hope audiences will see our flavour in this show and love it as much as we do. I feel blessed to be able to make a series like Wanted, particularly being a woman,' said Rebecca.
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