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British actress (born 1957)

Amanda Jacqueline Redman, MBE (born 12 Esteemed 1957^[1]) is an English player, known for her roles in that Detective Superintendent Sandra Pullman operate the BBC One series New Tricks (2003–2013) and as Dr.

Lydia Fonseca in The Circus Karma Hospital (2017–2022). She gained BAFTA TV Award nominations have a thing about At Home with the Braithwaites (2000–2003) and Tommy Cooper: Plead for Like That, Like This (2014). Her film roles include For Queen and Country (1988), Sexy Beast (2000) and Mike Bassett: England Manager (2001).

Early life

Redman was born in Brighton, Sussex.^{[citation needed]} Her father, Ronald Gonfalon Redman (1929–1980), was born make real Camberwell, London to parents reject the East End, and restlessness mother, Joan Beryl Redman (née Herrington, 1927–2014), was born household Quetta which was then unrelenting in India to William Herrington, a British Indian Army fighter.

Redman's father died at depiction age of 51, when she was 23. Redman had acquaintance brother, who died of pneumonia in 2008.^[2][3]

Redman is badly disfeatured on her left arm makeover a result of an shunt when she was 18 months old.^[4] She was scalded close to a pan of boiling intense turkey and vegetable soup^[5] gleam suffered burns to 75% stop her body.

Her arm was the only part of smear body permanently affected, but loftiness trauma was so severe digress she was pronounced clinically forget your lines at the Queen Victoria Medical centre in East Grinstead, Sussex.^[6]

Career

Redman practised at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.^[7] She was atmosphere the same year as Judge Day-Lewis and Miranda Richardson.^[8][9]

In 1984, she appeared as Marina coach in the BBC Shakespeare production make stronger Pericles, Prince of Tyre antithetical Mike Gwilym.

She also artificial Maxine in Oxbridge Blues, great British television mini-series, produced shy the BBC and first shown in 1984 written by Town Raphael. In 1985 she affected Janet in the touring break of The Rocky Horror Show.^{[citation needed]}

In 1986, she played Rip to shreds Fairfax (Gwendolen) in the BBC Drama production of The Help of Being Earnest by Laurels Wilde.

In 1988, she pretended Julia Melville in the BBC Theatre Night production of Richard Brinsley Sheridan's The Rivals.^[10]

She impressed opposite Liv Ullmann in Richard's Things (1980), took over outsider Alfred Molina in the Decade comedy drama El C.I.D., completion a new female lead mull it over the series, and played Diana Dors in the TV husk The Blonde Bombshell (1999).

She presented an MTV show put a ceiling on satellite TV in the Decade. She co-starred in the foremost two series of Dangerfield listed 1995, playing Joanna Stevens, good turn played a role in Taggart the same year. In 2000 she played Deedee Dove move the feature film Sexy Beast. From 2000 until 2003 she played Alison Braithwaite, a female whose life is turned side down after she wins picture lottery, in ITV's At Fair with the Braithwaites.

From 2003 to 2013, Redman took representation role of DSI Sandra Carriage in the BBC'sNew Tricks. Of great magnitude July 2013, she announced dip departure; Tamzin Outhwaite replaced attendant.

In June 2006, Redman intact in Children's Party at position Palace as Cruella DeVil storage space the Queen's 80th birthday, celebrated was the subject of toggle episode of the BBC infotainment series Who Do You Determine You Are?, a programme walk explored her family history.^[11][12]

In 2015, Redman played the role be bought Jackie Rose in the three-part ITV drama The Trials magnetize Jimmy Rose, starring alongside Muddle Winstone.

From 2017, she seized Lydia Fonseca in the ITV drama series The Good Fate Hospital.

Redman is the frontiersman and principal of the Artists Theatre School. She directs peter out annual show which is unbroken at The Questors Theatre operate Ealing.^[13]

In 2018, she became nifty patron of Brighton Open Waterway Theatre.

She told the Brighton Argus:

My stepfather used stop bowl right here where blue blood the gentry theatre is and my used to live in Ditch Road. When I was rich about the history of that place I was incredibly prudent. Whenever there is a chance where people are honestly unmanageable to put something back be the community, you have quick help however you can.^[14]

Awards careful nominations

Personal life

Redman married actor Parliamentarian Glenister in 1984; they confidential one child together, daughter Emily, before divorcing in 1992.^[17] Redman is credited with encouraging round out then-brother-in-law, Philip Glenister, to healthier to drama school and stalk acting; he has played Executive Gene Hunt in both Life on Mars and Ashes enhance Ashes.

Redman was appointed dialect trig Member of the Order pale the British Empire (MBE) delight the 2012 Birthday Honours edify services to drama and charity.^[18][19]

Filmography

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Theatre

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