Rebecca Root

Acting

Born May 10, 1969, 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.

Filmography

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