Rebecca Hyland is a British actress known for working in Children's Television. She is the actress who played Laa-Laa in the 2015 Teletubbies reboot.
Hyland is best known for playing Upsy Daisy in one of Ragdoll's other shows In The Night Garden.
Hyland took over the role of Laa-Laa when the reboot series began in 2015. She is the 2nd actress to play Laa-Laa after the original series performer Nikky Smedley. Rebecca Hyland's performance as Laa-Laa is very similar to Nikky Smedley. She is very girly, happy and hyper. Hyland's voice for Laa-Laa is almost similar to Smedley's. While Smedley's original voice for Laa-Laa was very high-pitched and giggly, Hyland's voice remains giggly but slightly lower pitched.
Guest appearances (most as Laa-Laa):
- Strictly Come Dancing (2015) (BBC One and BBC Two)
- Good Morning Britain (2015) (ITV)
- Children in Need (2015) (BBC One and BBC Two)
- Peter Pan Goes Wrong (2016) (BBC One)
- The One Show (2017) (BBC One)
- Lorraine (2017) (ITV)
- BBC Breakfast (2017) (as herself) (BBC One and BBC News)
- This Morning (2019 and 2021) (ITV)
- Britain’s Got Talent (2022) (ITV)
Trivia[]
- Before the Teletubbies reboot, Hyland worked alongside Nick Chee Ping Kellington (Dipsy) on In The Night Garden where he played Igglepiggle.