Rebecca Liddiard

Rebecca Liddiard
Liddiard in 2018
Born (1991-01-08) January 8, 1991 (age 33)
London, Ontario, Canada
OccupationActress
Years active2012–present

Rebecca Liddiard (born January 8, 1991) is a Canadian actress. She is known for her role as Constable Adelaide Stratton in the 2016 trans-Atlantic mystery series Houdini & Doyle and as morality officer Mary Shaw in Frankie Drake Mysteries.

Early life and education

Liddiard was born in 1990 or 1991 in London, Ontario. She studied theatre performance at Ryerson University.[1][2]

Liddiard moved to Toronto when she was 18, [1] and worked as a part-time office manager there for some time.[2]

Career

In February 2016 Liddiard portrayed the lead character Thai in the Tarragon Theatre production of Kat Sandler's play Mustard.[1][3]

She appeared as the lead character Ella in the web series MsLabelled,[1][2][4] and had the recurring role of Hanna on the City science-fiction drama series Between.[2]

She achieved wider recognition after being cast in the role of Constable Adelaide Stratton[5] in the British-Canadian-American period mystery series Houdini & Doyle in 2016.[1][6]

From 2017 to 2021, Liddiard played the regular role of Mary, a morality police officer in 1920s Toronto, in the CBC mystery-drama series, Frankie Drake Mysteries.[7] In 2019, she played airplane crash survivor Madelyn in the first season of the British-Canadian thriller television series Departure.[8]

Filmography

Television and film roles
Year Title Role Notes
2013 Murdoch Mysteries Lisette Barnes Episode: "Tour de Murdoch"
2015 Man Seeking Woman Serving Ghoul Episode: "Stain"
2015 Between Hanna 3 episodes
2015 MsLabelled Ella Web series; main role
2016 Saving Hope Bree Hannigan Episode: "Tested and Tried"
2016 Houdini & Doyle Adelaide Stratton Main role
2016 For Love & Honor Kylie Brennan Television film (Hallmark)
2017 Reign Princess Margot Episode: "All It Cost Her..."
2017 Alias Grace Mary Whitney Miniseries
2017 Slasher Andi Criss Main role (season 2)
2017–2021 Frankie Drake Mysteries Mary Shaw Main role
2018 The Detail Emma Wright Episode: "The Long Walk"
2019 Run This Town Claire Film
2019 Departure Madelyn Strong Main role (season 1)
2021 Clarice Eva Gallows Episode: "Father Time"
2022; 2024 Ruby and the Well Brea Cochrane 6 episodes
2022 Mary and Flo On the Go! Mary Shaw Web series; main voice role
2022 Danger in the House Nora Reed Television film (Lifetime)
2022 Lease on Love/From Chicago With Love Poppy Evans Television film
2022 Hudson & Rex Dr. Reva Warner Episode: "Rexpert Witness"
2023 Seven Veils Clea [9]
2023 Fargo (season 5) Karen Tillman Television series (recurring role)
2024 Murdoch Mysteries Tippy Longfellow Episode: "Only Murdoch in the Building"

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Bill Harris (April 27, 2016). "'Houdini & Doyle': Rebecca Liddiard gets the deciding vote in new series". Toronto Sun. Retrieved May 5, 2016.
  2. ^ a b c d Rebecca Eckler (May 2, 2016). "T.O.'s Rebecca Liddiard in Houdini & Doyle, premieres tonight". Post City Toronto. Retrieved May 5, 2016.
  3. ^ J. Kelly Nestruck (February 18, 2016). "Reviews: New Canadian plays Mustard and Dalton and Company". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved June 20, 2016.
  4. ^ "MsLabelled". Shaftesbury Films. Archived from the original on May 22, 2016. Retrieved June 19, 2016.
  5. ^ Elizabeth Wagmeister (June 24, 2015). "Fox Sets 'Houdini & Doyle' for 2016 Debut with Stars Michael Weston & Stephen Mangan". Variety. Retrieved June 20, 2016. Rounding out the cast, Rebecca Liddiard ("Man Seeking Woman"), has been set as Constable Adelaide Stratton, the first female constable ever to work for the London Metropolitan Police Force.
  6. ^ Julia Raeside (March 14, 2016). "Houdini & Doyle review: imagine Jonathan Creek wrestling Mr Selfridge..." The Guardian. Retrieved May 5, 2016.
  7. ^ Johanna Schneller (November 12, 2017). "In Frankie Drake Mysteries, some characters get a chance to sashay". The Toronto Star. Retrieved December 16, 2017.
  8. ^ Daniel Fienberg (September 17, 2020). "'Departure': TV Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 23, 2021.
  9. ^ Wiseman, Andreas (March 14, 2023). "Douglas Smith, Mark O'Brien, Rebecca Liddiard & Vinessa Antoine Join Amanda Seyfried In Atom Egoyan's 'Seven Veils'". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved July 19, 2023.