The Australian Women's Register

Bec Cody was raised and educated in Canberra. Her mother was a public school teacher and union member. Leaving school early to take up a hairdressing apprenticeship, Bec Cody completed her qualification at Canberra Technical and Further Education college and became a small business owner managing her own hairdressing salon. She raised two sons as a single mother having dealt with domestic violence.

Bec Cody ran for the ACT Legislative Assembly in the seat of Brindabella in 2012 but was not successful. On 26 October 2016 she was elected in the seat of Murrumbidgee and represented this electorate until the 2020 election. She lost her seat to fellow Labor candidate Marisa Paterson. Cody was active in Assembly committees serving on the Standing Committees on Justice and Community Safety, Public Accounts, and Health, Aging and Community Services (2016–2020) and on the Select Committees on Estimates (2016–2018, 2019–2020), the ACT Election and the Electoral Act (2016–2017), the Independent Integrity Commission (2016–2018) and End of Life Choices in the ACT (2017–2019).

On 15 March 2021 Bec Cody joined the ACT Mental Health Community Coalition as its Chief Executive Officer. In September 2023 she relocated to Brisbane taking up the position of Director Business Partnerships with Queensland Labor.

While in Canberra she was involved with the Vikings Triathlon Club and Park Runs.