Rebecca Root
Acting • Born 1969-05-10
Biography
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.
Filmography
31 credits
This Is Christmas
Movie • 2022
Miranda
Normal
Movie • 2012
Cynthia
Sis
Movie • 2017
Steph
Eddie Elise
Movie • 2018
Elise
The Gallery
Movie • 2022
Nicky
The Danish Girl
Movie • 2015
Nurse
Hank Zipzer's Christmas Catastrophe
Movie • 2016
Camilla Stevens
Colette
Movie • 2018
Rachilde
The Sisters Brothers
Movie • 2018
Mayfield
Last Christmas
Movie • 2019
Dr. Addis
Creation Stories
Movie • 2021
Vicky
Hear Me Roar
Movie
Elizabeth Bellinger
Approach/Withdraw
Movie • 2016
Narrator
Enigma
Movie • 2025
Narrator (voice)
The Breakdown of a Toxic Relationship as told by Fluffmeister, a Poodle of Questionable Heritage
Movie • 2025
Finding Alice
TV • 2021
Lindsay
The Queen's Gambit
TV • 2020
Miss Lonsdale
Sex Education
TV • 2019
Leanne
Heartstopper
TV • 2022
Principal Edwards
The Detectives
TV • 1993
Vet
Casualty
TV • 1986
Psychiatric SHO
Hollyoaks
TV • 1995
Midwife
The Rising
TV • 2022
DS Diana Aird
Annika
TV • 2021
Alex Carrigan
Flack
TV • 2019
Allie Gregs
Boy Meets Girl
TV • 2015
Judy
The Romanoffs
TV • 2018
Dana
Monsieur Spade
TV • 2024
Cynthia Fitzsimmons
Keeping Up Appearances
TV • 1990
The Engineer
The Wheel of Time
TV • 2021
Keeper
Hollyoaks
TV • 1995
Melanie Athill