---
name: "Rebecca Root"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/rebecca-root"
fi1m_id: "rebecca-root"
imdb_id: "nm2340289"
tmdb_id: 1631710
wikidata_id: "Q20054091"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "10 May 1969"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 77
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-24T22:20:10.258308+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Rebecca Root

## Identity

Rebecca Root

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/rebecca-root
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** rebecca-root
- **IMDb ID:** nm2340289
- **TMDB ID:** 1631710
- **Wikidata ID:** Q20054091
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20054091, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2340289/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1631710

Actor. Born 10 May 1969 in Woking, Surrey, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 10 May 1969, Woking, Surrey, England, UK
- **Active:** 2018–present
- **Also known as:** Graham Root
- **Average Fi1m score:** 77, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 78 (1), 2020s 76 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 77 to 77 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Comedy 1, Western 1
- **Screen time:** 2 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $13m across 1 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20054091, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2340289/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1631710

## Streaming the US now

- **AMC+:** [*The Sisters Brothers*](https://film.one/film/the-sisters-brothers.md) (78)

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## Biography

Rebecca Root is an English actress and voice coach. She was born on 10 May 1969 in Woking, Surrey, and trained as an actor at Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts, graduating in 1990. Early television and theatre work includes an appearance in *Keeping Up Appearances* (1990).

After a period working as a voice coach, Root returned to acting with the leading role in the BBC Two sitcom *Boy Meets Girl* (2015–2016). Film roles include *The Danish Girl* (2015), *Colette* (2018) and Mayfield in *The Sisters Brothers* (2018). Other credits include *The Queen's Gambit* (2020) and *Heartstopper* (2022).

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Heartstopper* (2022), Fi1m 79, as Principal Edwards — [page](https://film.one/tv/heartstopper.md)
- *The Queen's Gambit* (2020), Fi1m 74, as Miss Lonsdale — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-queens-gambit.md)
- *The Sisters Brothers* (2018), Fi1m 78, as Mayfield — [page](https://film.one/film/the-sisters-brothers.md)

## Complete filmography (32)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Heartstopper Forever* (2026), as Principal Edwards
- *The Breakdown of a Toxic Relationship as told by Fluffmeister, a Poodle of Questionable Heritage* (2025), Actor
- *Enigma* (2025), as Narrator (voice)
- *Monsieur Spade* (2024), series, as Cynthia Fitzsimmons
- *This Is Christmas* (2022), as Miranda
- *The Gallery* (2022), as Nicky
- *Heartstopper* (2022), series, as Principal Edwards — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/tv/heartstopper.md)
- *The Rising* (2022), series, as DS Diana Aird
- *The Wheel of Time* (2021), series, as Keeper
- *Annika* (2021), series, as Alex Carrigan
- *Creation Stories* (2021), as Vicky
- *Finding Alice* (2021), series, as Lindsay
- *The Queen's Gambit* (2020), series, as Miss Lonsdale — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-queens-gambit.md)
- *Last Christmas* (2019), as Dr. Addis
- *Flack* (2019), series, as Allie Gregs
- *Sex Education* (2019), series, as Leanne — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/sex-education.md)
- *The Romanoffs* (2018), series, as Dana
- *Colette* (2018), as Rachilde
- *The Sisters Brothers* (2018), as Mayfield — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/the-sisters-brothers.md)
- *Eddie Elise* (2018), as Elise
- *Sis* (2017), as Steph
- *Hank Zipzer's Christmas Catastrophe* (2016), as Camilla Stevens
- *Approach/Withdraw* (2016), as Narrator
- *The Danish Girl* (2015), as Nurse
- *Boy Meets Girl* (2015), series, as Judy
- *Normal* (2012), as Cynthia
- *Celebrity Mastermind* (2003), series, Actor
- *Hollyoaks* (1995), series, as Midwife, Melanie Athill
- *The Detectives* (1993), series, as Vet
- *Keeping Up Appearances* (1990), series, as The Engineer
- *Casualty* (1986), series, as Psychiatric SHO
- *Hear Me Roar*, as Elizabeth Bellinger · Executive Producer

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