‘Absolutely adorable!’: Rebecca Gibney delights fans with throwback childhood photo

Packed to the Rafters star Rebecca Gibney has delighted fans after sharing a throwback photo from her childhood.

Gibney recently took a stroll down memory lane after sharing the black and white pic from when she was just a little one, sporting a bowl cut and dirty face. Alongside the image, Gibney encouraged fans to never “forget to honour the inner child”.

“Split lip, bowl cut, dirty faced Tom boy. And my fave pic as a kid. Don’t forget to honour the inner child, best advice I was ever given,” she wrote.

 

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Fans wasted no time in showering the throwback pic with comments, many expressing their delight at just how adorable the photo was.

“The smile says it all,” one fan wrote.

“Absolutely adorable!!!!”

“Yes a happy photo too,” commented another.

“You were as beautiful and enigmatic then as you are now.”

Gibney’s most recent post from her childhood comes after she got refreshingly candid about some of her more glamorous photos, reminding fans that behind her stunning pictures and red-carpet looks is a regular person.

The 58-year-old star shared a series of photos taken from magazine shoots and red-carpet premieres next to raw selfies and goofy behind-the-scene pictures to show “fantasy v reality”.

“Fantasy V Reality. Don’t buy into the hype. We’re all the same underneath – we just have different costumes on…” the Gold Logie winner captioned the carousel.

 

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Fans of the actress were quick to flock to her comments section to praise the star for being “real” and “grounded”.

Since turning 50, the actress has remained candid about ageing and embracing the changes that come with getting older.

In 2016, Gibney spoke to Prevention magazine about the challenges she faced with ageing and shared advice for women who felt “invisible” after 50.

“Ageing isn’t for sissies… I’ve got aching bits I never had before,” Gibney told the magazine.

“And I can’t lose the weight as quickly because I’m going into menopause, but I’m starting to embrace that.”

Gibney went on to say that getting older and being relevant aren’t directly correlated, arguing that “for a long time women felt like they were becoming invisible over a certain age” and that mature women are “vital and intelligent” that they “have more to offer now” than when they were in their 20s and 30s.

“We’ve got life experience and wisdom,” she said.