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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.
Filmography22 titles

Heartstopper
2022as Principal Edwards
2022as Principal Edwards

The Queen's Gambit
2020as Miss Lonsdale
2020as Miss Lonsdale

Sex Education
2019as Leanne
2019as Leanne

Keeping Up Appearances
1990as The Engineer
1990as The Engineer

The Wheel of Time
2021as Keeper
2021as Keeper

The Danish Girl
2015as Nurse
2015as Nurse

Last Christmas
2019as Dr. Addis
2019as Dr. Addis

This Is Christmas
2022as Miranda
2022as Miranda

Annika
2021as Alex Carrigan
2021as Alex Carrigan

Colette
2018as Rachilde
2018as Rachilde

Flack
2019as Allie Gregs
2019as Allie Gregs

The Sisters Brothers
2018as Mayfield
2018as Mayfield

Hank Zipzer's Christmas Catastrophe
2016as Camilla Stevens
2016as Camilla Stevens

The Rising
2022as DS Diana Aird
2022as DS Diana Aird

The Romanoffs
2018as Dana
2018as Dana

Enigma
2025as Narrator (voice)
2025as Narrator (voice)

Monsieur Spade
2024as Cynthia Fitzsimmons
2024as Cynthia Fitzsimmons

Casualty
1986as Psychiatric SHO
1986as Psychiatric SHO

Creation Stories
2021as Vicky
2021as Vicky

Finding Alice
2021as Lindsay
2021as Lindsay

Hollyoaks
1995as Midwife
1995as Midwife

Boy Meets Girl
2015as Judy
2015as Judy