Rachael Beck
Rachael Elizabeth Beck (born 9 February 1971) is an Australian stage and television singer-actress. From 1991 to 1994 Beck had a major role on the popular sitcom, Hey Dad..!, as Samantha Kelly. From 2006 to 2008, Beck appeared on all three seasons of Seven Network's celebrity singing competition It Takes Two, as a singing coach successively for Mark Furze, Ernie Dingo and Mark Wilson. She has appeared in the Australian musical theatre productions of Cats (1985), Disney's Beauty and the Beast (1995–96), Les Misérables (1995–96), The Sound of Music (August 2000 to February 2001), Cabaret, Singing in the Rain and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.[1] Beck released her first solo album This Girl on 7 March 2014.[2]
Not to be confused with Rachel Beck.
Rachael Beck
Biography[edit]
Beck grew up in Sydney, and her father John Beck directed her in school musicals.[3][4] She has a brother and sister.[4] At nine years old, Beck was performing at Eisteddfods where she sang "The Count" (from Sesame Street).[4] She attended SCECGS Redlands school in Sydney.
Beck was married to Australian actor, Ian Stenlake.[5]
Beck is an ambassador for the Australian Children's Music Foundation,[6] a non-profit organisation which aims to provide musical instruments to children in disadvantaged, remote and indigenous communities in Australia.[7]
Television[edit]
Following a guest stint on soap Home and Away in 1990, Rachael was cast in the regular role of Claudia Rossi in the serial Family and Friends.
From 1991 to 1994 she had a major role on the popular sitcom, Hey Dad..!, as Samantha Kelly.[8] Her other television credits include brief stints on Home and Away and as a reporter for Postcards WA.[8]
From 2006 to 2008, Beck appeared on all three seasons of Seven Network's celebrity singing competition It Takes Two.[9] In 2006 she earned third place with Home and Away actor Mark Furze.[10] In 2007 she partnered Ernie Dingo, finishing fourth overall.[11] In 2008 she partnered Mark Wilson from Dancing with the Stars.[12]
In October 2007 Beck appeared on Nine Network's practical joke series, Surprise Surprise Gotcha, where a prank was played on her.[13] In 2020 Beck voiced the character of Azaria Chamberlain in the animated Australian TV show, Regular Old Bogan.
The Australian cast album of Beauty and the Beast[30]
The Martin King Project[31] with Ian Stenlake; released on 31 December 2010 through Austep Records
Stars of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Present Hit Songs from the Musical Chitty Chitty Bang Bang[32] with David Hobson and Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra conducted by Guy Noble; released on 14 May 2013 through ABC Music
Beck released her first solo album through ABC Music in March 2014.[33] This Girl featured the songs:
My Baby Just Cares For Me[34] with David Hobson; released through ABC Music on 4 April 2014