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.

Movies & TV Shows

1. Sex Education (2019) — Leanne
2. The Danish Girl (2015) — Nurse
3. The Queen's Gambit (2020) — Miss Lonsdale
4. Last Christmas (2019) — Dr. Addis
5. The Wheel of Time (2021) — Keeper
6. The Sisters Brothers (2018) — Mayfield
7. Heartstopper (2022) — Principal Edwards
8. Colette (2018) — Rachilde
9. Heartstopper Forever (2026) — Principal Edwards
10. Keeping Up Appearances (1990) — The Engineer
11. Casualty (1986) — Psychiatric SHO
12. The Romanoffs (2018) — Dana
13. Hollyoaks (1995) — Midwife
14. Annika (2021) — Alex Carrigan
15. Monsieur Spade (2024) — Cynthia Fitzsimmons
16. This Is Christmas (2022) — Miranda
17. The Rising (2022) — DS Diana Aird
18. Flack (2019) — Allie Gregs
19. Creation Stories (2021) — Vicky
20. The Detectives (1993) — Vet
21. Enigma (2025) — Narrator (voice)
22. Finding Alice (2021) — Lindsay
23. Boy Meets Girl (2015) — Judy
24. Hank Zipzer's Christmas Catastrophe (2016) — Camilla Stevens
25. The Gallery (2022) — Nicky
26. Sis (2017) — Steph
27. Celebrity Mastermind (2003)
28. Normal (2012) — Cynthia
29. Eddie Elise (2018) — Elise
30. Hear Me Roar — Elizabeth Bellinger
31. Approach/Withdraw (2016) — Narrator
32. The Breakdown of a Toxic Relationship as told by Fluffmeister, a Poodle of Questionable Heritage (2025)