Biography
Rebecca Pidgeon is an American-British actress and singer-songwriter. She was born on 10 October 1965 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and moved to Edinburgh, Scotland, as a child. She trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London.
Pidgeon began her career as lead singer of the folk-pop band Ruby Blue in the late 1980s before focusing on acting. Her early film role was as Young Lillian in She's Been Away (1989). She has appeared in several films directed by her husband David Mamet, including Homicide (1991), The Spanish Prisoner (1997), The Winslow Boy (1999), State and Main (2000) and Heist (2001). Other credits include RED (2010), Bird Box (2018) and Euphoria (2019).
Pidgeon has maintained a parallel recording career, releasing solo albums after leaving Ruby Blue. She married playwright and director David Mamet in 1991.
