1. Rebecca Leigh Mader was born on 24 April 1977 and is an English actress, best known for her roles as Charlotte Lewis in the ABC series Lost, and as Zelena, the Wicked Witch of the West, on ABC's Once Upon a Time.
17 Facts About Rebecca Mader
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Rebecca Mader worked as a model in New York City for a year, appearing in adverts for L'Oreal, Colgate and Wella Hair.
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Rebecca Mader began her television career on the ABC daytime soap operas All My Children as Morgan Gordon, and One Life to Live as Margaret Cochran.
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Rebecca Mader appeared on the soap opera Guiding Light in 2003.
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Also in 2003, Mader began acting in films, with Mimic 3: Sentinel, a direct-to-DVD sequel.
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Rebecca Mader has made a number of guest appearances on television shows.
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In 2008, Rebecca Mader began starring as anthropologist Charlotte Lewis on ABC series Lost.
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Rebecca Mader appeared in the show from 2008 to 2009 and in two episodes in 2010.
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Also in 2012, Rebecca Mader starred in the short-lived ABC comedy series Work It.
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In June 2013, Rebecca Mader made her stage debut in the role of Barrie in the one-act comedy The Third Date at the Hollywood Fringe Festival.
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In December 2013, Rebecca Mader was cast as the Wicked Witch of the West, a new antagonist for the second half of the third season of Once Upon a Time.
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Rebecca Mader made guest appearances during the second half of the fourth season and was later promoted to a series regular for the fifth and sixth seasons.
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In May 2017, Rebecca Mader announced that she would not be returning for the seventh season of the show due to a creative decision by the showrunners.
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However, in September 2017, it was announced that Rebecca Mader would be reprising her role as Zelena in a recurring capacity for the second half of the seventh season.
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In May 2020, during the COVID-19 lockdown in California, Rebecca Mader created the "At Home with Sean and Bex" interview series on YouTube with Once Upon a Time co-star Sean Maguire.
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On 29 December 2014, Rebecca Mader announced her engagement to producer Marcus Kayne.
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Rebecca Mader announced the birth of her second child in 2021.