Rebecca Root

Rebecca Root works as an English actress, comedian and voice coach. Born in Woking, Surrey, she moved to London in 1987 to study at Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts, then spent about ten years appearing in television and stage productions, including Keeping Up Appearances, Casualty, Hamlet, Tartuffe and The Lady's Not For Burning. Her breakthrough came in 2015 with a supporting role in The Danish Girl, her film debut, and the lead in the BBC Two sitcom Boy Meets Girl. Also that year, she starred in the radio drama 1977, which focused on composer Angela Morley. She later played Siobhan in a National Theatre touring version of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time and voiced Tania Bell in the Doctor Who audio series Stranded. She earned a master's degree in voice studies at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama and teaches at East 15 Acting School.