Rebecca Root
Known for: Acting
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
Series
Sex Education
Leanne
2019
Series
Casualty
Psychiatric SHO
1986
Series
The Wheel of Time
Keeper
2021
Series
Hollyoaks
Midwife
1995
Series
Hollyoaks
Melanie Athill
1995
Series
The Queen's Gambit
Miss Lonsdale
2020
Series
Heartstopper
Principal Edwards
2022
Film
Heartstopper Forever
Principal Edwards
2026
Series
Celebrity Mastermind
2003
Series
Keeping Up Appearances
The Engineer
1990
Film
The Danish Girl
Nurse
2015
Series
Monsieur Spade
Cynthia Fitzsimmons
2024
Film
Last Christmas
Dr. Addis
2019
Series
Annika
Alex Carrigan
2021
Series
The Romanoffs
Dana
2018
Series
The Detectives
Vet
1993
Series
Flack
Allie Gregs
2019
Film
The Sisters Brothers
Mayfield
2018
Series
The Rising
DS Diana Aird
2022
Film
Colette
Rachilde
2018
Series
Boy Meets Girl
Judy
2015
Film
This Is Christmas
Miranda
2022
Series
Finding Alice
Lindsay
2021
Film
Creation Stories
Vicky
2021
Film
Enigma
Narrator (voice)
2025
Film
Eddie Elise
Elise
2018
Film
Hank Zipzer's Christmas Catastrophe
Camilla Stevens
2016
Film
The Gallery
Nicky
2022
Hear Me Roar
Elizabeth Bellinger
Film
Sis
Steph
2017
Film
The Breakdown of a Toxic Relationship as told by Fluffmeister, a Poodle of Questionable Heritage
2025
Film
Normal
Cynthia
2012
Film
Approach/Withdraw
Narrator
2016