Rebecca Hyland

Rebecca Hyland is a British actress, suit performer, and choreographer who is best known for playing Upsy Daisy on In the Night Garden and Laa-Laa on Teletubbies (reboot). Both projects involved her to do the characters from within a costume, which must have been extremely difficult for her. Rebecca has not done a single Muppet or Henson project (yet), but she has worked with a couple performers who have, Olly Taylor and Nick Kellington. Hyland also worked with Andrew Davenport, Rachelle Beinart, Victoria Jane, and Jeremiah Krage on those two shows respectively. In addition to television, she also acted on-screen in several films, usually uncredited. Some of the films include It's Complicated, Soul Surfer, Zombie Spring Breakers, The Beguiled, and many others, though I personally think she should have been credited for doing those films, even if the roles she did were very minor. Rebecca Hyland has done a great job overall taking over the role of Laa-Laa from Nikky Smedley for she also performed her in a Teletubbies mini-series as well as be the choreographer. IMDb states she even served as a motion capture performer on Maleficent: Mistress of Evil. In addition to screen, she also performed on stage in 2017 on An American in Paris (as Madame Baurel) which played in Texas. Rebecca will probably do a Muppet or Henson project at some point in the future. Maybe Kellington will tell Hyland all about his performances with both companies and maybe suggest to her that she should do a production. It's never too late for a performer to do a Muppet or Henson project, if either does one in the UK where she lives that is. She just has to keep on the lookout if any position opens up, but in the meantime, she should continue to act on films and television shows. Rebecca Hyland, you've done wonderful on In the Night Garden and Teletubbies as your respective characters. You've helped to entertain children and educate them as well. Keep on performing and keep in touch with the other Teletubbies performers so that they will remember you. Splendid acting Rebecca. May you always have sweet dreams Hyland!

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