# Becca Tobin
**Becca Tobin** (Rebecca "Becca" Grace Tobin, born 1986) is an American actress and singer known for playing the cheerleader Kitty Wilde on the Fox musical comedy *Glee* and for co-hosting the podcast LadyGang with Keltie Knight and Jac Vanek.[1](https://glee.fandom.com/wiki/Becca_Tobin) • [2](https://www.ajc.com/life/radiotvtalk-blog/interview-marietta-native-becca-tobin-comes-home-for-live-show-based-on-her-ladygang-podcast/IVCJZ3CR2ZDRVARIOLSWLSAIX4/) She began on the musical theater stage, appeared as a series regular on *Glee* from 2012 to 2015, and later starred in the Disney+ series *[Turner & Hooch](https://www.edgepedia.org/turner-and-hooch-tv-series)*.[3](https://1883magazine.com/becca-tobin/) • [4](https://amda-production.frb.io/news/alumna-becca-tobin-joins-glee)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Full name and birth | Rebecca "Becca" Grace Tobin, born 1986[1](https://glee.fandom.com/wiki/Becca_Tobin) |
| Signature role | Kitty Wilde, introduced in the *Glee* season 4 premiere "The New Rachel"[1](https://glee.fandom.com/wiki/Becca_Tobin) |
| Stage background | Broadway's *Rock of Ages* (understudy and replacement for Sherrie, performer/swing, offstage voice); *West Side Story* ensemble in Houston, 2006[5](https://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Becca-Tobin/) |
| Training | Graduated from AMDA in 2005[4](https://amda-production.frb.io/news/alumna-becca-tobin-joins-glee) |
| Podcast | LadyGang co-host with Keltie Knight and Jac Vanek; about 4 million downloads a month as of 2022[2](https://www.ajc.com/life/radiotvtalk-blog/interview-marietta-native-becca-tobin-comes-home-for-live-show-based-on-her-ladygang-podcast/IVCJZ3CR2ZDRVARIOLSWLSAIX4/) |
| Later TV lead | *Turner & Hooch* (Disney+), her first series regular role since *Glee*[3](https://1883magazine.com/becca-tobin/) |
| Family | Married Zach Martin in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, with castmate Jane Lynch officiating; two children born via surrogate[5](https://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Becca-Tobin/) • [6](https://nz.news.yahoo.com/glee-alum-becca-tobin-welcomes-110000343.html) |
## Early life and training
Tobin grew up in [Marietta, Georgia](https://www.edgepedia.org/marietta-georgia), the younger of two daughters born to two attorneys.[1](https://glee.fandom.com/wiki/Becca_Tobin) She was a cheerleader in seventh and eighth grade but found it was not for her, so she moved on to dance instead.[1](https://glee.fandom.com/wiki/Becca_Tobin) At age 10 she caught the acting bug playing an orphan in a Fox Theatre production of *Annie*, a job that paid $100; she later recalled meeting friends who liked to sing and finding her people.[2](https://www.ajc.com/life/radiotvtalk-blog/interview-marietta-native-becca-tobin-comes-home-for-live-show-based-on-her-ladygang-podcast/IVCJZ3CR2ZDRVARIOLSWLSAIX4/)
**Bullying experience.** She transferred from a theater arts school to a public school halfway through her senior year, and girls there called her "theater freak" and "nerd."[1](https://glee.fandom.com/wiki/Becca_Tobin) She has said she knows first hand what it is like to be bullied in high school and how it can take a toll on self-esteem, which led her to serve as the female spokesperson for the anti-bullying website BullyVille.com.[7](https://mediamikes.com/2012/11/becca-tobin-reflects-on-her-role-in-glee/)
After high school she attended a conservatory, graduated from AMDA in 2005, and moved to New York at eighteen to begin working.[4](https://amda-production.frb.io/news/alumna-becca-tobin-joins-glee) • [1](https://glee.fandom.com/wiki/Becca_Tobin) • [8](https://windycitytimes.com/2013/03/05/becca-tobin-of-glee-on-the-show-bullying/)
## Stage career
Tobin's stage work centered on musical theater. Her BroadwayWorld credits list the original Broadway production of *Rock of Ages*, where she served as an understudy and replacement for Sherrie, a replacement performer and swing, and an offstage voice, and a 2006 Theatre Under the Stars production of *West Side Story* in Houston as ensemble.[5](https://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Becca-Tobin/) She also toured with the [Trans-Siberian Orchestra](https://www.edgepedia.org/trans-siberian-orchestra) in 2011.[1](https://glee.fandom.com/wiki/Becca_Tobin)
## Glee
*Glee* was Tobin's television debut. Her New York agent submitted her to the casting process; after taping an audition in which she sang [Katy Perry](https://www.edgepedia.org/katy-perry)'s "I Kissed a Girl," she flew to Los Angeles for a final screen test with Ryan Murphy and the creative team, and a week later she was moving her life to Los Angeles.[8](https://windycitytimes.com/2013/03/05/becca-tobin-of-glee-on-the-show-bullying/) • [1](https://glee.fandom.com/wiki/Becca_Tobin)
She was brought on for the fourth season in 2012 as the cheerleader Kitty Wilde, a new mean girl at McKinley High. [TV Guide](https://www.edgepedia.org/tv-guide) described her debut character as harsher than the show's established villain Coach Sue, noting that Kitty's insults in her first episode included racist, homophobic, and elitist remarks.[9](https://www.tvguide.com/news/glee-kitty-villain-1056969/) Tobin described the character as "like most high school mean girls… extremely insecure" and said a softer side would eventually appear.[7](https://mediamikes.com/2012/11/becca-tobin-reflects-on-her-role-in-glee/) She has called *Glee* her training ground for the television medium, saying she gained confidence in it by the end of the show.[3](https://1883magazine.com/becca-tobin/) In 2021 she recalled one of the show's musical numbers as "one of the most stressful experiences of my entire career," a duet with [Melissa Benoist](https://www.edgepedia.org/melissa-benoist) that foreshadowed Benoist's later casting as *Supergirl*.[10](https://www.thewrap.com/becca-tobin-mortifying-glee-performance-melissa-benoist-supergirl/) When the 2023 docuseries *The Price of Glee* drew criticism, Tobin said on a podcast that the cast is still a family and that "it doesn't matter what happened on that set."[11](https://time.com/6248035/the-price-of-glee-docuseries-curse/)
## LadyGang and later work
**LadyGang.** Since 2015 Tobin has been part of the LadyGang podcast with Keltie Knight, an entertainment correspondent, and fashion designer Jac Vanek. [The Atlanta Journal-Constitution](https://www.edgepedia.org/the-atlanta-journal-constitution) reported in 2022 that the show drew 4 million downloads a month and that the trio was touring nationally behind the book *Lady Secrets*; Tobin called the podcast "a happy accident and the thing I'm most grateful for in my entire career" because it gave her ownership, unlike Broadway and *Glee*.[2](https://www.ajc.com/life/radiotvtalk-blog/interview-marietta-native-becca-tobin-comes-home-for-live-show-based-on-her-ladygang-podcast/IVCJZ3CR2ZDRVARIOLSWLSAIX4/) The trio also tried a television version, filming 16 episodes for E! before choosing to stay with the freewheeling audio format.[2](https://www.ajc.com/life/radiotvtalk-blog/interview-marietta-native-becca-tobin-comes-home-for-live-show-based-on-her-ladygang-podcast/IVCJZ3CR2ZDRVARIOLSWLSAIX4/)
**Acting after Glee.** Tobin has appeared in *Mystery Girls* and *NCIS: Los Angeles* and in the television films *A Song for Christmas* (2017), *Christmas Is You* (2021), *Love at First Dance* (2023), *Sister of the Bride*, and *The Wedding Contract*.[12](https://snapshot.apple.com/us/person/6621230477) In 2021 she played Brooke in the Disney+ series *Turner & Hooch* opposite [Josh Peck](https://www.edgepedia.org/josh-peck), her first series regular role since *Glee*; she has said the show also sparked a mini *Glee* reunion on set.[3](https://1883magazine.com/becca-tobin/) • [13](https://hollywoodlife.com/2021/08/24/becca-tobin-interview-turner-and-hooch-glee-reunion/) Her biography for the series also lists dancer and *New York Times* bestselling author among her credits.[14](https://lumiere-a.akamaihd.net/v1/documents/t_h_becca_tobin_b343799e.pdf)
## Personal life
Tobin married Zach Martin on December 3 in [Jackson Hole](https://www.edgepedia.org/jackson-hole), Wyoming; her *Glee* castmate [Jane Lynch](https://www.edgepedia.org/jane-lynch) officiated the wedding.[5](https://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Becca-Tobin/) The couple's son Rutherford "Ford" Thomas Martin was born via surrogate in 2022, and their daughter Meyer June Martin was born via surrogate in 2026, arriving five and a half weeks early and spending time in the NICU after the surrogate developed preeclampsia; Tobin announced the birth live from the hospital on The LadyGang podcast.[6](https://nz.news.yahoo.com/glee-alum-becca-tobin-welcomes-110000343.html) She has also spoken publicly about psoriasis, saying she does not let it hold her back from performing.[15](https://www.glamour.com/video/watch/in-her-skin-with-becca-tobin)
## References
1. [Becca Tobin, Glee Wiki (Fandom)](https://glee.fandom.com/wiki/Becca_Tobin)
2. [Interview: Marietta native Becca Tobin comes home for live show based on her Ladygang podcast, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution](https://www.ajc.com/life/radiotvtalk-blog/interview-marietta-native-becca-tobin-comes-home-for-live-show-based-on-her-ladygang-podcast/IVCJZ3CR2ZDRVARIOLSWLSAIX4/)
3. [Becca Tobin, 1883 Magazine](https://1883magazine.com/becca-tobin/)
4. [Alumna Becca Tobin Joins "Glee"!, AMDA News](https://amda-production.frb.io/news/alumna-becca-tobin-joins-glee)
5. [Becca Tobin, BroadwayWorld](https://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Becca-Tobin/)
6. ["Glee" Alum Becca Tobin Welcomes Baby No. 2 with Husband Zach Martin, Yahoo Entertainment](https://nz.news.yahoo.com/glee-alum-becca-tobin-welcomes-110000343.html)
7. [Becca Tobin reflects on her role in "Glee", MediaMikes](https://mediamikes.com/2012/11/becca-tobin-reflects-on-her-role-in-glee/)
8. [Becca Tobin of 'Glee' on the show, bullying, Windy City Times](https://windycitytimes.com/2013/03/05/becca-tobin-of-glee-on-the-show-bullying/)
9. [Glee: Can Kitty Be Fixed? We Take a Closer Look at This Season's New Villain, TV Guide](https://www.tvguide.com/news/glee-kitty-villain-1056969/)
10. [Becca Tobin Vividly Remembers Her Most 'Mortifying' Performance on 'Glee', TheWrap](https://www.thewrap.com/becca-tobin-mortifying-glee-performance-melissa-benoist-supergirl/)
11. [What to Know About a Controversial New Docuseries That Explores an Alleged 'Curse' on Glee, TIME](https://time.com/6248035/the-price-of-glee-docuseries-curse/)
12. [Becca Tobin, Apple Snapshot](https://snapshot.apple.com/us/person/6621230477)
13. [Becca Tobin Interview On 'Turner & Hooch' & The Show's 'Glee' Reunion, Hollywood Life](https://hollywoodlife.com/2021/08/24/becca-tobin-interview-turner-and-hooch-glee-reunion/)
14. [Becca Tobin biography, Turner & Hooch press document](https://lumiere-a.akamaihd.net/v1/documents/t_h_becca_tobin_b343799e.pdf)
15. [In Her Skin With Becca Tobin, Glamour](https://www.glamour.com/video/watch/in-her-skin-with-becca-tobin)
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