Bec Hewitt

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Bec Hewitt
Birth name	Rebecca June Cartwright
Born	July 23 1983 (1983-07-23) (age 24) Sydney, Australia
Spouse(s)	Lleyton Hewitt (2005-present; 1 child)

Rebecca "Bec" June Hewitt (née Cartwright) (born July 23, 1983 in Sydney, Australia) is an Australian actress.

1 Background
2 Career
3 Private life
4 Discography
- 4.1 Albums
- 4.2 Singles
5 References
6 External links

Background

Hewitt is known for her acting career, as Rebecca Cartwright and later Bec Cartwright, in Police Rescue, Heartbreak High, Water Rats and Totally Wild, and she is best known for her role as Hayley Smith in the soap opera Home and Away. After her marriage to Australian tennis player Lleyton Hewitt she changed her name to Bec Hewitt.

Career

Hewitt starred in an episode of Police Rescue in 1992, at the age of 9. She came to prominence when she joined the cast of the Seven Network's soap opera Home and Away in 1998, playing Hayley Smith Lawson. Hewitt remained on the show until August 2005. Although she left the show, her character did not and Ella Scott Lynch took over the role of Hayley. In 1999 Hewitt was nominated for a Silver Logie for Most Popular New Talent. She released an album in 2003 and three singles. Hewitt won the first series of the Australian series Dancing with the Stars in 2004. Hewitt won the Logie for Most Popular Actress in 2005, an award for which she was also nominated in 2006 along with the Gold Logie for Most Popular Personality. In November 2006, she returned to TV for Abba Mania. Many Australian artists participated in this programme, and the show was broadcast on Channel Nine. After leaving Home and Away in 2005, Hewitt now writes a column for the magazine Woman's Day. She is reportedly coming out with a clothes line for children called "Bec Kidz".

Preceded by N/A	Dancing with the Stars (Australia) winner Season 1 (Late 2004 with Michael Miziner)	Succeeded by Tom Williams & Kym Johnson

Private life

Bec dated Australian actor Beau Brady for four years (2000-2004) prior to beginning her relationship with tennis star Lleyton Hewitt. After only 6 weeks of dating, Lleyton proposed to Bec. Rebecca Cartwright's wedding to Lleyton Hewitt was on 21 July 2005. The wedding was at the Sydney Opera House and reception at Taronga Zoo, and was given much media attention. On 5 May 2005, the Hewitts announced that Bec was pregnant. On 29 November 2005, she gave birth to a girl, Mia Rebecca Hewitt, at Sydney's Royal North Shore Hospital.