Rebecca Root

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.

Known For

Casualty

Sex Education

The Wheel of Time

Heartstopper

The Queen's Gambit

Hollyoaks

Hollyoaks

Keeping Up Appearances

All Movies (15)

• The Breakdown of a Toxic Relationship as told by Fluffmeister, a Poodle of Questionable Heritage2025
• Enigma2025 · as Narrator (voice)
• This Is Christmas2022 · as Miranda
• The Gallery2022 · as Nicky
• Creation Stories2021 · as Vicky
• Last Christmas2019 · as Dr. Addis
• Colette2018 · as Rachilde
• The Sisters Brothers2018 · as Mayfield
• Eddie Elise2018 · as Elise
• Sis2017 · as Steph
• Hank Zipzer's Christmas Catastrophe2016 · as Camilla Stevens
• Approach/Withdraw2016 · as Narrator
• The Danish Girl2015 · as Nurse
• Normal2012 · as Cynthia
• Hear Me Roar— · as Elizabeth Bellinger

All TV Shows (17)

• Monsieur Spade2024 · as Cynthia Fitzsimmons
• Heartstopper2022 · as Principal Edwards
• The Rising2022 · as DS Diana Aird
• The Wheel of Time2021 · as Keeper
• Annika2021 · as Alex Carrigan
• Finding Alice2021 · as Lindsay
• The Queen's Gambit2020 · as Miss Lonsdale
• Flack2019 · as Allie Gregs
• Sex Education2019 · as Leanne
• The Romanoffs2018 · as Dana
• Boy Meets Girl2015 · as Judy
• Celebrity Mastermind2003
• Hollyoaks1995 · as Midwife
• Hollyoaks1995 · as Melanie Athill
• The Detectives1993 · as Vet
• Keeping Up Appearances1990 · as The Engineer
• Casualty1986 · as Psychiatric SHO