Biography

Rebecca Kirsh

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Born in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Rebecca Kirsh has always been driven towards the arts. She first started her interest in film at age 7, then began to make her own home videos, eventually learning to use iMovie. She got involved with Movie Makers, a production company in the outskirts of Chapel Hill, at age 11, where she learned acting for the camera and behind the scenes. Kirsh became interested in theatre at age 13, where she performed as the Anne understudy in "The Diary of Anne Frank." She went on to perform in "Beauty and the Beast," "The Phantom Tollbooth," "Aladdin," "Our Town," "Grease," "Little Women," "The Mouse that Roared" (Nominated for Best Supporting Actress at the Hanes Theatre in Chapel Hill), "Ragtime," and other shows. Her film credits include: "Stalker/Stalker" (short - won at Carrboro Film Festival), "Emotion Room," (short) "Pixie Paisano," (short) "Supernatural National Anthem" (music video), "Thought Bubble," (short) and "Afraid of the World" (short- won at Carrboro Film Festival). Todd Tinkham's "Southland of the Heart" has marked her first crew credit.
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Rebecca works full time as a professional video editor and videographer.
Rebecca's first short film was a Movie Makers Film (directed by Melissa Lozoff) "Stalker/Stalker," where she played a leading role, which won the Student Kay Kyser Award at the first annual Carrboro Film Festival in 2006, 3 years after the film was produced.
Rebecca made her first movie at age 7. It was a Christmas present to her mom.
Rebecca's first major theatre production was North Carolina Kids Theatre's "The Diary of Anne Frank" where she understudied Rita Glynn (a Broadway actress) as Anne Frank and got to perform as Anne for one of the shows. She turned 13, Anne Frank's age, on the last day of the production run.
Rebecca attended the University of North Carolina at Greensboro as a Media Studies major, focusing on film and video production. She graduated Magna Cum Laude.

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