Rebecca Root

Rebecca Root
Born (1969-05-10) 10 May 1969
Woking, Surrey
Residence Highgate, London
Alma mater Royal Central School of Speech and Drama
Occupation Actress, comedian, voice coach
Website rebeccaroot.co.uk

Rebecca Root (born 10 May 1969) is a British actress and stand-up comedian. She was rated 18th in The Independent on Sunday's Rainbow List 2014, which named her as one of the very few openly trans actresses in mainstream television, alongside Laverne Cox and Adèle Anderson.[1] She plays the leading role in the 2015–2016 BBC2 sitcom Boy Meets Girl.[2]

Root is also a voice coach,[3] teaching at the East 15 Acting School and from her home in Highgate, London. She started that career after she transitioned and acting work became harder to find.[4] She graduated from the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama with a Master of Arts in Vocal Studies. Her thesis, "There and Back Again: Adventures in Genderland", has since been published in the peer reviewed journal Voice and Speech Review, and she advertises voice therapy specifically for transgender people to help them "find a voice they feel fits their gender".[5][6][7][8]

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
2012 Normal: Real Stories from the Sex Industry Cynthia Film premiered at the 2012 Raindance Film Festival[9]
2015–2016 Boy Meets Girl Judy BBC TV series[2]
2015 The Danish Girl Lili's nurse Root auditioned for the role of the transgender character Lili Elbe, but the role was given to actor Eddie Redmayne,[4][10] with Root being given the role of Lili's nurse

References

  1. ↑ "Rainbow List 2014, 1 to 101". The Independent on Sunday. 9 November 2014. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
  2. 1 2 Ellis-Petersen, Hannah (4 February 2015). "BBC starts filming sitcom starring transgender actor". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
  3. ↑ Gill, Nicola (22 September 2015). "Rebecca Root interview: 'I'm not fighting myself any more'". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
  4. 1 2 Enfield, Laura (23 March 2015). "Highate Actress Rebecca Root talks being transgender, her BBC2 sitcom and starring with Eddie Redmayne". Enfield Independent. Newsquest. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
  5. ↑ Merz, Theo (8 January 2015). "'Transgender women often want to sound like Fiona Bruce'". The Telegraph. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
  6. ↑ Root, Rebecca. "Biography". Rebecca Root. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
  7. ↑ Sherwin, Adam (21 August 2014). "BBC2 commissions Britain's first transgender sitcom Boy Meets Girl". The Independent. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
  8. ↑ Root, Rebecca (2009). "There and Back Again: Adventures in Genderland". Voice and Speech Review. Voice and Speech Trainers Association. 6 (1): 144–155. doi:10.1080/23268263.2009.10761517.
  9. ↑ Root, Rebecca. "News and upcoming events". Rebecca Root. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
  10. ↑ Pate, Caroline (1 May 2014). "Eddie Redmayne Cast as Transgender — Do We Need Another Straight, Cisgender Dude in a LGBTQ Role?". Bustle. Retrieved 9 September 2015.

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