Rebecca is a regular on Australian television and radio. Her television credits include The Glass House, Big Bite, CNNNN, The Chaser’s War on Everything, Stand Up Australia, This Is Your Laugh, Comedy Slapdown, Kath and Kim and Comedy Inc - The Late Shift.
On radio Rebecca has been the voice-over artist for the Triple J Breakfast Show and Triple M Chaser. She has been guest co-host of Late Night Chaser, Triple M Breakfast Show, Tom and Subby, The Shebang and is a regular guest on Thank God It’s Friday (ABC 702). For two years Rebecca was the voice-over artist for The Comedy Channel and continues to work extensively in the world of voice-overs.
Film roles include the feature film Dags and short films Muffled Love (2001 Tropfest Finalist), Tragic Love (2nd place, 2002 Tropfest), Garbage Man (2005 Tropfest Finalist) and The Code (2008 Tropfest Finalist, Winner of Best Short Film at the 2009 World Comedy Film Awards).
Rebecca has many stage credits including 3 Radicals (2001 Edinburgh Fringe Festival), Cops on Heat (2002 Melbourne International Comedy Festival), Text In The City (Dublin Improv/London Comedy Store Players), Crash Boom Bang Theory (2002 Adelaide Fringe Festival, 2002 Edinburgh Fringe Festival), Pulp (Sydney Comedy Festival), Spontaneous Broadway (2006 Adelaide Cabaret Festival, The Famous Spielgeltent, Sydney Opera House and 2010 Melbourne International Comedy Festival), The Great Debate (2004 Melbourne International Comedy Festival), A Family Affair (B-Sharp), Cirque du Chaser (Australian Tour) and The Umbilical Brothers – The Rehearsal.
Rebecca has also performed in three shows with Seinfeld’s Jason Alexander - Jason Alexander’s Comedy Christmas 2007(Crown Casino) and Jason Alexander’s Comedy Spectacular 2008 and 2009, which toured nationally and throughout New Zealand.
Rebecca has been an improviser for over 14 years and has performed regularly at Belvoir St Theatre and Enmore Theatre. She has directed the past three Theatresports National Championships as part of The Sydney Comedy Festival and will again be directing in 2010. Rebecca is a two-time Cranston Cup champion and was a member of the Australian team which won the Improv World Cup at the 2001 Just For Laughs Festival in Montreal. Rebecca was the first woman in the history of the competition to be named Player of the Tournament.
In 2003 Rebecca was nominated for Most Outstanding Newcomer to Television at the inaugural Australian Comedy Awards and in 2005 was a Moosehead Award recipient for her solo improvisation show Open To Suggestion at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. In 2009 Rebecca devised and performed Sincerely Yours: An Improvised Love Story with Derek Flores (3 Canadians, Second City Toronto) which was nominated for Best Comedy at the 2009 New Zealand Fringe Festival. Recently Rebecca has completed voice-over work on Happy Feet 2, working with Robin Williams, Hank Azaria and Elijah Wood.
"The Spontaneous Broadway team boasts some of Australia’s finest comic improvisers including the brilliant Rebecca De Unamuno". - The Herald Sun
"in her self-assured, quick-witted presentation, second only to Julia Zemiro in hostess with the mostess stakes" - Crikey.com.au
"…something few comics would dare contemplate" – SMH
"...the audience was clearly in awe of her talent" - The Age
"De Unamuno’s exquisite talent for creating characters on the spot, as well as a narrative to sustain them, is something to see" - The Age
"it’s like watching a magician and wondering what the secret to her craft is" - Impress Magazine
"De Unamuno is a vibrant, expert storyteller and captures your attention with her colourful characters" - Impress Magazine
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