Acting
Rebecca Root
May 10, 1969 (57 years) Woking, Surrey, England, UK
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
8.2
Sex Education
Leanne
8.4
The Queen's Gambit
Miss Lonsdale
7.6
The Wheel of Time
Keeper
7.5
The Danish Girl
Nurse
8.6
Heartstopper
Principal Edwards
7.2
Last Christmas
Dr. Addis
6.8
The Sisters Brothers
Mayfield
6.2
Casualty
Psychiatric SHO
6.9
Colette
Rachilde
7.7
Keeping Up Appearances
The Engineer
5.2
Hollyoaks
Midwife
7.2
Heartstopper Forever
Principal Edwards
6.2
Monsieur Spade
Cynthia Fitzsimmons
6.4
The Romanoffs
Dana
7.0
Annika
Alex Carrigan
Filmography
7.2
Heartstopper Forever
2026 · Principal Edwards
6.2
Enigma
2025 · Narrator (voice)
The Breakdown of a Toxic Relationship as told by Fluffmeister, a Poodle of Questionable Heritage
2025
6.2
Monsieur Spade
2024 · Cynthia Fitzsimmons
8.6
Heartstopper
2022 · Principal Edwards
6.4
The Rising
2022 · DS Diana Aird
7.1
This Is Christmas
2022 · Miranda
5.0
The Gallery
2022 · Nicky
7.6
The Wheel of Time
2021 · Keeper
7.0
Annika
2021 · Alex Carrigan
5.9
Creation Stories
2021 · Vicky
5.6
Finding Alice
2021 · Lindsay
8.4
The Queen's Gambit
2020 · Miss Lonsdale
8.2
Sex Education
2019 · Leanne
7.2
Last Christmas
2019 · Dr. Addis
6.8
Flack
2019 · Allie Gregs
6.8
The Sisters Brothers
2018 · Mayfield
6.9
Colette
2018 · Rachilde
6.4
The Romanoffs
2018 · Dana
Eddie Elise
2018 · Elise
3.2
Sis
2017 · Steph
6.6
Hank Zipzer's Christmas Catastrophe
2016 · Camilla Stevens
Approach/Withdraw
2016 · Narrator
7.5
The Danish Girl
2015 · Nurse
4.2
Boy Meets Girl
2015 · Judy
Normal
2012 · Cynthia
6.0
Celebrity Mastermind
2003
5.2
Hollyoaks
1995 · Midwife
6.9
The Detectives
1993 · Vet
7.7
Keeping Up Appearances
1990 · The Engineer