Rebecca Elizabeth Breeds is an Australian actress, known for her roles as Cassie Cometti in the third series of Blue Water High, as series regular Ruby Buckton in the soap operaHome and Away, Aurora de Martel in The Originals and as recurring character Nicole in seasons 6 and 7 of Pretty Little Liars.
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-languageBollywood film Bhaag Milkha Bhaag. In 2015, Breeds appeared in the sixth season of Pretty Little Liars and was cast as Aurora in the supernatural seriesThe 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 filmThree Summers. She also appears in Partho Sen-Gupta's 2018 feature filmSlam. On 26 February 2020, she was cast as Clarice Starling in the CBS series Clarice, which is set a year after the events of The Silence of the Lambs. The series was green lit by CBS on 8 May 2020 for the 2020–2021 television season.
Personal life
In 2009, Breeds began dating her Home and Away co-star Luke Mitchell. The couple announced their engagement in May 2012 and they married in January 2013.
