Rebecca Breeds
Actor · Born June 17, 1987 (39) · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Rebecca Elizabeth Breeds (born 17 June 1987) is an Australian actress. She is best known for her lead roles as Ruby Buckton on the Seven Network soap opera Home and Away (2008–2012) and Clarice Starling on the CBS crime drama series Clarice (2021). Breeds is also known for her supporting roles as Nicole Gordon on the sixth and seventh seasons of the Freeform mystery teen drama series Pretty Little Liars (2015–2017) and Aurora de Martel on the third season of The CW fantasy supernatural drama series The Originals (2015–2016) and its spin-off series Legacies (2021–2022). Breeds was born in Sydney. She attended St Andrew's Cathedral School, where she was made Drama Captain. For six months, she studied a double degree in music and performing arts at University of New South Wales, but she deferred her studies for a film role. Breeds began her acting career with appearances in television commercials. She landed her first lead role as Leah Pointin in the 2008 Australian film Newcastle. Breeds played Cassie Cometti in the third series of Blue Water High. It was during filming on Blue Water High that she successfully auditioned for the role of Ruby Buckton on Home and Away, and her first scenes aired in June 2008. For her portrayal of Ruby, Breeds earned two Logie Award nominations, including Most Popular Actress in 2010. In June 2012, TV Week's Erin Miller reported that Breeds had filmed her final scenes and had left Home and Away after four years. The actress made her last appearance as Ruby during the episode broadcast on 15 August 2012. In August 2012, Nellie Andreeva from Deadline.com announced that Breeds had been cast in Rob Greenberg's We Are Men as Abby Russo. We Are Men marked her first US television role, however, the show was cancelled after poor ratings. Breeds also appears in the 2013 Hindi-language Bollywood film Bhaag Milkha Bhaag. In 2015, Breeds appeared in the sixth season of Pretty Little Liars and was cast as Aurora in the supernatural series The Originals. Breeds played Molly Meldrum's fiancée Camille in the 2016 miniseries Molly. On 19 February 2016, it was announced that Breeds would star in Miranda's Rights, a legal soap about a group of lawyers who work and live together. Breeds was cast as the title character Miranda Coale after a competitive audition process, however the pilot was never aired. Breeds plays one of two leads in Ben Elton's 2017 romantic comedy film Three Summers. She also appears in Partho Sen-Gupta's 2018 feature film Slam. On 26 February 2020, she was cast as Clarice Starling in the CBS series Clarice, which is set three years after the events of The Silence of the Lambs. The series was approved by CBS on 8 May 2020 for the 2020–2021 television season. CBS planned to relocate Clarice to Paramount+ for its second season, but in June 2021 it was announced the deal was "unlikely" to happen. In late 2021, Breeds reprised her role of Aurora de Martel in season 4 of The Originals spin-off Legacies. Jillian Fabiano of E! Online confirmed that Breeds would have a recurring role on the series.
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Biography from TMDB.
- June 17, 1987 (39)
- Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Actor
- 9 on MovieCove · 13 credits in all
What are Rebecca Breeds' films like?
Across their 7 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 3
Light 1 · Serious 1 · Dark 1
A split, not a type: Grounded 2 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 1
Gentle 0 · Charged 1 · Intense 2
Steady 1 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 1
Straight-faced 3 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0
A split, not a type: Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 1 · Relentless 0
Casual 0 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 0 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 2
A split, not a type: Resolved 1 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 0
Roles they play
- Heroas Clarice Starling in Clarice (2021)
- Allyas Lou Wells in Kangaroo Island (2024)
Moods and endings
- Happy2
- Bittersweet2
- Ambiguous2
- Cyclical1
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Rebecca Breeds' films?
As of October 24, 2026, 4 of their 9 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Prime Video (2).
Subscription and free streaming for Rebecca Breeds' titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
13 credits, 9 with a MovieCove page; 3 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Kangaroo Island(2024)
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films
C*A*U*G*H*T(2023)
Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all shows
Clarice(2021)
Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all shows
Slam(2018)
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films
Three Summers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
The Brave (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
Molly (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
The Originals(2013)
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows
We Are Men(2013)
Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all shows
Bhaag Milkha Bhaag(2013)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films
Pretty Little Liars(2010)
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all shows
Newcastle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)
Blue Water High(2005)
Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all shows
Career shape
Star power in the 86th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 13 titles from 2005 to 2025; peak year 2013.
Biggest box office
Bhaag Milkha Bhaag (2013)
Highest rated
Bhaag Milkha Bhaag (2013)
Most popular right now
Clarice (2021)
Film career
Peak 2013 · steadily prominent in film for years. Top draw in 1 MovieCove title. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.
- 2008Screen debut· Newcastle
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
How do Rebecca Breeds' films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 69th percentile, the median of all 3; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 65th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up2
- 50th to 74th3
- 25th to 49th2
- Below 25th2
Shape of the crowd
4 of their 9 titles are Mixed.
- Universally Loved2
- Cult Classic1
- Crowd Pleaser2
- Mixed4
Reviewers score the acting 78/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles; fans 88, detractors 43. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Rebecca Breeds' work okay for kids?
Across a limited sample of up to 3 MovieCove titles with content scores.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.
Who does Rebecca Breeds work with?
People who share at least 2 of Rebecca Breeds' MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Erik Thomson shares the most, 2.
Actors
- Erik ThomsonShared titles: Kangaroo Island (2024), C*A*U*G*H*T (2023)See all 2 shared titles with Erik Thomson
- Nicholas HopeShared titles: Kangaroo Island (2024), Slam (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Nicholas Hope
- Kal PennShared titles: Clarice (2021), We Are Men (2013)See all 2 shared titles with Kal Penn
