Bio

Rebecca is a London & Berlin-based writer. Born in Berlin to a Welsh-Australian father and an English mother, she studied screenwriting at the dffb before moving to the UK, where she graduated from the NFTS with an MA in Screenwriting in 2018. Her graduation film Rooftop Refugee, co-written with writer-director Alexandra Brodski (Somewhere Boy, Rivals, Half Man), screened at festivals including Edinburgh International Film Festival and Aesthetica Short Film Festival, and won an award at the Bundesfestival Junger Film.

She co-wrote the fourth season of the Emmy-nominated series Charité (ARD/ARTE). Shooting has just wrapped on her first feature, co-written with and directed by Jela Hasler and produced by Langfilm. She also co-wrote three episodes of Petra Volpe’s upcoming series Dolce Amelia. She is currently working across various projects in film and TV.

Rebecca published her bestselling debut novel in 2008, while still at school, about a young woman growing up amid Berlin’s booming club culture. Her fourth novel, Sommer und so, was published by Zurich-based aki in 2026. She is a BAFTA Connect member and an alumna of the ZFF Academy and Eureka Series.

In 2025 she co-founded the live podcast nopressure99booklub, which takes place every few months at Château Royal in Berlin .