Rebecca Ritters – Journalist

Another child star who found her way into another career is Rebecca Ritters. She made her television debut on the soap opera Neighbours at eight years old. She stayed in the series for seven more years. After working on television, movies, theater, and open-air productions for decades, she then decided to leave her acting career. The 35-year-old star left the entertainment industry to pursue a degree in politics and international relations at the University of Melbourne.

Even though she changed paths, Rebecca did not shy away from being on screen and in the media industry as she has worked as a news and current affairs producer for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Furthering her career in journalism, she transferred jobs to become a journalist for Deutsche Welle in Berlin. Taking advantage of social media and its market reach, Ritters also has her own blog, called Europe to Date, with her colleague Clare Richardson, covering European news from an American and Australian perspective.