Amanda Burton (born 10 October 1956) is a Northern Irish actress. Her notable credits include Heather Haversham in the Channel 4 soap opera Brookside (1982–1986), Beth Glover in the ITV drama series Peak Practice (1993–1995), Sam Ryan in the BBC crime drama series Silent Witness (1996–2004, 2022), Clare Blake in the ITV crime drama series The Commander (2003–2008), Karen Fisher in the BBC school-based drama series Waterloo Road (2010–2011) and Katherine Maguire in the ITV detective series Marcella (2020).

Filmography

• Anne Boleyn — Anne, Lady Shelton
• 2020Body of Water — Susan
• White House Farm — June Bamber
• 2017The Dog with the Woman — Alice Wilson
• Marcella — Katherine Macguire
• The Level — Cherie Le Saux
• 2009Bronson — Charlie's Mom
• Waterloo Road — Karen Fisher
• Agatha Christie's Marple — Sister Clotilde
• 2003Pollyanna — Aunt Polly Harrington
• The Commander — Commander Clare Blake
• Helen West — Helen West
• 2001The Whistle-Blower — Laura Tracey
• 2000Little Bird — Rachel Lewis
• Forgotten — Rachel Monroe
• 1998The Gift — Lynn
• Midsomer Murders — Carole Latimer
• Silent Witness — Sam Ryan
• 1996The Precious Blood — Rosie Willis
• Peak Practice — Dr. Beth Glover
• The Storyteller: Greek Myths — Aithra
• 1991The Storyteller: Greek Myths - Theseus & the Minotaur — Aithra
• Medics — Vikki
• 1989A Casualty of War — Nicola
• Stay Lucky — Jane Higgs
• 1989Where There's a Will — Alice
• Inspector Morse — Mirella Lunghi
• Boon — Margaret Daly
• Lovejoy — Bonnie Wright
• Open Air
• Screen Two — Rosie Willis
• Brookside — Heather Haversham
• Minder — Prosecuting Counsel
• Van der Valk — Elly Van Roekel

Appearances as themselves (8)

• Cause of Death — Self - Narrator (voice)
• Remembers… — Self
• Amanda Burton's Killer Forensics — Self
• The One Show — Self - Guest
• Parkinson — Self
• The National Television Awards — Self
• This Morning — Self
• An Audience with... — Self