Rebecca Root

Born on May 10, 1969· Woking, Surrey, England, UK

20Roles★ 7Average rating

Rebecca Root is an English actress, comedian and voice coach. She was rated 18th in The Independent on Sunday's Rainbow List 2014, which named her as one of the very few openly transgender actresses in mainstream television, alongside Laverne Cox and Adèle Anderson.

Known for

Sex Education2019The Danish Girl2015The Queen's Gambit2020Last Christmas2019

Filmography

YearRating

★ 7.2

Heartstopper Forever2026

Principal Edwards

Series★ 6.2

Monsieur Spade2024

Cynthia Fitzsimmons

★ 7.1

This Is Christmas2022

Miranda

Series★ 8.6

Heartstopper2022

Principal Edwards

Series★ 6.4

The Rising2022

DS Diana Aird

★ 6

Creation Stories2021

Vicky

Series★ 7

Annika2021

Alex Carrigan

Series★ 7.6

The Wheel of Time2021

Keeper

Series★ 8.4

The Queen's Gambit2020

Miss Lonsdale

★ 7.2

Last Christmas2019

Dr. Addis

Series★ 8.2

Sex Education2019

Leanne

Series★ 6.8

Flack2019

Allie Gregs

★ 6.9

Colette2018

Rachilde

★ 6.8

The Sisters Brothers2018

Mayfield

Series★ 6.4

The Romanoffs2018

Dana

★ 7.5

The Danish Girl2015

Nurse

Series★ 5.2

Hollyoaks1995

Midwife

Series★ 6.9

The Detectives1993

Vet

Series★ 7.7

Keeping Up Appearances1990

The Engineer

Series★ 6.2

Casualty1986

Psychiatric SHO