Charlotte Comer
Plays Rebecca

Charlotte Comer is a stunning new actress perfectly cast to play Rebecca,Ivanhoe's beautiful companion.Rebecca is a complex character,by turns a gentle healer and fierce fighter who sees Ivanhoe as her destiny.Blessed with a dancer's grace and statuesque figure,Charlotte stands out in her first major television role.Comer describes her character as "a strong person with ideals who hates the idea of killing,yet she can handle herself in a fight".A modern character in a medieval setting,Rebecca could well become the new century's feminine hero.A talented dancer,Charlotte has also studied Yoga,Pilates,Fencing and more unusually,Boxing.With an appearence in the BBC's "The Wyvern Mysteries" Charlotte is a relative newcomer to television,but has years of performance experience behind her.

Charlotte began fashion modelling at a very young age and left school at 15 to pursue her career.Originally hailing from the village of Sale,Chesire,Charlotte's work took her all over the world.After living and working in Vienna,Milan,Germany,Switzerland and Australia,Charlotte spent three years with the manchester Youth Dance Theatre.It was here that Charlotte discovered her passion for literature and enrolled for professional training at the Drama Centre in London,graduates of which include Pierce Brosnan and Tara Fitzgerald.

Charlotte is excited to be working in New Zealand,a country she has always wanted to visit.