Rebecca Gibney I'm Hard To Say No To

The wanted star is a TV force to be reckoned with.

- Stephen Downie

Bringing any Australian TV series to life takes an incredible effort. For Rebecca Gibney, co-creator, executive producer and star of Wanted, the biggest challenge was being away from her family.

Gibney, 53, lives in Dunedin, New Zealand with her husband – and Wanted co-creator – Richard Bell and their teenage son, Zac. “Richard worked remotely on the show and I was in Adelaide by myself all the time,” Rebecca tells New Idea. “I was very busy, but it’s still very difficult being away from family.”

The actress was disappointed she missed some of 14-year-old Zac’s ‘milestones’ at school.

“He was doing very well at school at getting certificates and I couldn’t be there to see them being presented,” she says. “They’re just small things, but they’re the things that are hardest to deal with. He’s at that age where he just wants to stay home and study and I understand that.”