Rebecca Root
Actor · Executive Producer
Born May 10, 1969 · Woking, Surrey, England, UK
Active 1986–present
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…
Filmography
Heartstopper Forever (2026) — Principal EdwardsThe Breakdown of a Toxic Relationship as told by Fluffmeister, a Poodle of Questionable Heritage (2025)Sex Education (2019) — LeanneThe Queen's Gambit (2020) — Miss LonsdaleThe Danish Girl (2015) — NurseHeartstopper (2022) — Principal EdwardsThe Wheel of Time (2021) — KeeperLast Christmas (2019) — Dr. AddisThe Sisters Brothers (2018) — MayfieldColette (2018) — RachildeKeeping Up Appearances (1990) — The EngineerAnnika (2021) — Alex CarriganThis Is Christmas (2022) — MirandaCasualty (1986) — Psychiatric SHOThe Romanoffs (2018) — DanaMonsieur Spade (2024) — Cynthia FitzsimmonsThe Rising (2022) — DS Diana AirdFlack (2019) — Allie GregsThe Detectives (1993) — VetHollyoaks (1995) — Melanie Athill · MidwifeCreation Stories (2021) — VickyEnigma (2025) — Narrator (voice)Hank Zipzer's Christmas Catastrophe (2016) — Camilla StevensFinding Alice (2021) — Lindsay