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Amanda Redman
MBE
Redman at the 2015 British Academy Television Awards, May 2015
Born
Amanda Jacqueline Redman

(1957-08-12) 12 August 1957 (age 67)
Brighton, Sussex, England, UK
Alma materBristol Old Vic Theatre School
OccupationActress
Years active1975–present
Spouses
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(m. 1984; div. 1992)​
Damian Schnabel
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(m. 2010)​
Children1

Amanda Jacqueline Redman, MBE (born 12 August 1957[1]) is an English actress, known for her roles as Detective Superintendent Sandra Pullman in the BBC One series New Tricks (2003–2013) and as Dr. Lydia Fonseca in The Good Karma Hospital (2017–2022). She gained BAFTA TV Award nominations for At Home with the Braithwaites (2000–2003) and Tommy Cooper: Not 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

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Redman was born in Brighton, Sussex.[citation needed] Her father, Ronald Jack Redman (1929–1980), was born in Camberwell, London to parents from the East End, and her mother, Joan Beryl Redman (née Herrington, 1927–2014), was born in Quetta which was then still India to William Herrington, a British Indian Army soldier. Redman's father died at the age of 51, when she was 23. Redman had one brother, who died of pneumonia in 2008.[2][3]

Redman is badly scarred on her left arm as a result of an accident when she was 18 months old.[4] She was scalded by a pan of boiling hot turkey and vegetable soup[5] and suffered burns to 75% of her body. Her arm was the only part of her body permanently affected, but the trauma was so severe that she was pronounced clinically dead at the Queen Victoria Hospital in East Grinstead, Sussex.[6]

Career

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Redman trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.[7] She was in the same class as Daniel Day-Lewis and Miranda Richardson.[8][9]

In 1984, she appeared as Marina in the BBC Shakespeare production of Pericles, Prince of Tyre opposite Mike Gwilym. She also played Maxine in Oxbridge Blues, a British television mini-series, produced by the BBC and first shown in 1984 written by Frederick Raphael. In 1985 she played Janet in the touring version of The Rocky Horror Show.[citation needed]

In 1986, she played Miss Fairfax (Gwendolen) in the BBC Drama production of The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde. In 1988, she played Julia Melville in the BBC Theatre Night production of Richard Brinsley Sheridan's The Rivals.[10]

She played opposite Liv Ullmann in Richard's Things (1980), took over from Alfred Molina in the 1990s comedy drama El C.I.D., playing a new female lead in the series, and played Diana Dors in the TV film The Blonde Bombshell (1999). She presented an MTV show on satellite TV in the 1990s. She co-starred in the first two series of Dangerfield in 1995, playing Joanna Stevens, and played a role in Taggart the same year. In 2000 she played Deedee Dove in the feature film Sexy Beast. From 2000 until 2003 she played Alison Braithwaite, a woman whose life is turned upside down after she wins the lottery, in ITV's At Home with the Braithwaites.

From 2003 to 2013, Redman took the role of DSI Sandra Pullman in the BBC's New Tricks. In July 2013, she announced her departure; Tamzin Outhwaite replaced her.

In June 2006, Redman performed in Children's Party at the Palace as Cruella DeVil for the Queen's 80th birthday, and was the subject of an episode of the BBC documentary series Who Do You Think You Are?, a programme that explored her family history.[11][12]

In 2015, Redman played the role of Jackie Rose in the three-part ITV drama The Trials of Jimmy Rose, starring alongside Ray Winstone. From 2017, she played Lydia Fonseca in the ITV drama series The Good Karma Hospital.

Redman is the founder and principal of the Artists Theatre School. She directs an annual show which is performed at The Questors Theatre in Ealing.[13]

In 2018, she became a patron of Brighton Open Air Theatre. She told the Brighton Argus:

My stepfather used to bowl right here where the theatre is and my mother used to live in Dyke Road. When I was told about the history of this place I was incredibly moved. Whenever there is a venture where people are honestly trying to put something back into the community, you have to help however you can.[14]

Awards and nominations

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Personal life

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Redman married actor Robert Glenister in 1984; they had one child together, daughter Emily, before divorcing in 1992.[17] Redman is credited with encouraging her then-brother-in-law, Philip Glenister, to go to drama school and pursue acting; he has played DCI Gene Hunt in both Life on Mars and Ashes to Ashes.

Redman was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2012 Birthday Honours for services to drama and charity.[18][19]

Filmography

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Year Title Role Notes
1978 Turning Year Tales Member Episode: "Clubs"
1979 The Innes Book of Records
1980 Richard's Things Josie
1980 Tales of the Unexpected Anna Warrack Episode: "I'll Be Seeing You"
Pat Episode: "The Party"
1982 On the Line Sara Newton 12 episodes
The Agatha Christie Hour Pauline, Grand Duchess of Ostravia Episode: "Jane in Search of a Job"
La Ronde Sweet Young Thing
1984 Oxbridge Blues Maxine Episode: "Oxbridge Blues"
Give My Regards to Broad Street Office Receptionist
Pericles, Prince of Tyre Marina
1986 To Have and to Hold Viv Meadows 8 episodes
Bergerac Pauline Taylor Episode: "Fires in the Fall"
The Importance of Being Earnest Gwendolen Fairfax
1988 For Queen and Country Stacey
Theatre Night Julia Melville Episode: "The Rivals"
1988–1989 Streets Apart Sylvia Grant Series 1–2; 12 episodes
1990 Screen Two Kate Episode: "The Lorelei"
1991 Spender Roberta 'Bobby' Montgomery Episode: "The Candidate"
The Men's Room Sally 5 episodes
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries Helen Missal Episodes: "From Doon With Death", Parts 1 & 2
1992 El C.I.D. Rosie Bromley Series 3; 6 episodes
1993 Casualty Olivia Purcell Episode: "The Ties That Bind"
Body & Soul Lynn Gibson 6 episodes
Demob Janet Deasey 6 episodes
1995 Taggart Julie Carson Episode: "Black Orchid"
Dangerfield Dr. Joanna Stevens Series 1–2; 18 episodes
1996 The Ruth Rendell Mysteries Susan Townsend Episodes: "The Secret House of Death", Parts 1 & 2
Beck Beck 6 episodes
1998 Performance Regan Episode: "King Lear"
Close Relations Prudence Hammond 5 episodes
Next Birthday Sarah Short film
1999 The Blonde Bombshell Diana Dors (1965-1984) Episode: "#1.2"
1999–2000 Hope And Glory Debbie Bryan Series 1–2; 10 episodes
2000 Sexy Beast Deedee Dove
The Wedding Tackle Petula
The Sight Detective Pryce
2000–2003 At Home with the Braithwaites Alison Braithwaite Series 1–4; 26 episodes
2001 Mike Bassett: England Manager Karine Bassett
2002 Scar Stories
2003 Suspicion Carol Finnegan 2 episodes
2003–2013, 2015 New Tricks Detective Superintendent Sandra Pullman Series 1–10; 84 episodes
2004 DNA Sally Parker Episode: "DNA", Part 2
Who Do You Think You Are Herself Series 1, episode 2
2005 Mike Bassett: Manager Karine Bassett 6 episodes
2006 The Children's Party at the Palace Cruella de Vil Segment: "101 Dalmatians"
Vincent Jackie Nelson Episode: "The Bodies Beneath"
2008 Honest Lindsay Carter 6 episodes
Little Dorrit Mrs. Merdle 11 episodes
2014 Tommy Cooper: Not Like That, Like This Gwen 'Dove' Cooper
2015 The Trials of Jimmy Rose Jackie Rose 3 episodes
2017—2022 The Good Karma Hospital Dr. Lydia Fonseca Series 1–4; 24 episodes
2017 Diana, Our Mother: Her Life and Legacy Narrator One-off documentary
Prince Harry and Meghan: Truly, Madly, Deeply Narrator One-off documentary
2019 Hafu Mrs Coates Short Film
Prince Charles: Inside the Duchy of Cornwall Narrator One-off documentary
2020 Bumps Anita Pilot episode
For You Isobel Channel 4's On the Edge drama anthology
2024 Scoop Netta McAlister, Sam McAlister's mother

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Theatre

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Year Title Location Notes
1975 Mother Goose Stoke-on-Trent
1978 The Seagull Bristol Old Vic
As You Like It Bristol Old Vic
A Man For All Seasons Bristol Old Vic
The Man Who Came to Dinner Bristol Old Vic
Jack and the Beanstalk Bristol Old Vic
1979 Destiny Bristol Old Vic
Love for Love Bristol Old Vic
A Month in the Country Bristol Old Vic
Lucy Playwrights Company
Triple Bill Playwrights Company
The Rocky Horror Show National Tour Playing Janet Weiss
1980 The Bristol Twins Bristol Old Vic
1981 If We Only Have Love Bristol Old Vic
1982 Windy City Victoria Palace Theatre Playing Esther alongside Dennis Waterman
Out to Lunch New End Theatre
1983 Crimes of the Heart Bush Theatre Playing Meg
The Duenna Young Vic
Swan Esther Young Vic
1984 Private Lives Oxford Playhouse National Tour
The Marriage of Figaro Warehouse Theatre
1985 State of Affairs Lyric Hammersmith
1986 Love for Love Royal National Theatre Directed by Peter Wood
1989 The Last Waltz Greenwich Theatre
1989–1990 Our Country's Good and The Recruiting Officer Royal Court Theatre, Garrick Theatre and world tour Directed by Max Stafford-Clark
1992 Private Lives Gate Theatre and Cork Opera House
1997 King Lear Royal National Theatre Playing Regan, directed by Sir Richard Eyre
2006 The Queen's Handbag Buckingham Palace As part of Children's Party at the Palace playing Cruella De Vil
2016 The Queen's 90th birthday celebrations Windsor Narrating Queen's 90th birthday celebrations

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References

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  1. ^ General Register Office England and Wales Birth Index 1916–2005 shows her birth registered in 1957 (Amanda J. Redman 1957 Q3 Vol 5h, page 131 Brighton)
  2. ^ Pryer, Emma (22 August 2015). "Ray Winstone helped me after mum and Lynda Bellingham died says Amanda Redman". Mirror.co.uk. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
  3. ^ "Who Do You Think You Are? - Past Stories - Amanda Redman". BBC. 1 January 1970. Retrieved 11 July 2014.
  4. ^ "Biographical note to BBC's Who Do You Think You Are?", Bbc.co.uk
  5. ^ "Amanda Redman: 'My mother's guilt after I was burned as a child'". 20 January 2015. Archived from the original on 20 January 2015.
  6. ^ Viner, Brian; "Amanda Redman: How I've learnt to live with my scars" Independent.co.uk, 27 March 2002 (Retrieved: 14 July 2008) (dead link as of October 26, 2020)
  7. ^ "Alumni: Past Graduates" Archived 25 September 2009 at the Wayback Machine OldVic.ac.uk (Retrieved: 14 July 2008)
  8. ^ "It's an actor's life for us!". South Wales Argus. 19 September 2003. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
  9. ^ Lockyer, Daphne (20 April 2007). "Amanda Redman". Tes. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
  10. ^ "The Rivals / BBC Theatre Night". IMdb. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
  11. ^ "Who Do You Think You Are?: Amanda Redman" BBC.co.uk (Press Office), 24 September 2004 (Retrieved: 14 July 2008)
  12. ^ Waddell, Dan; "WDYTYA? Series One: Celebrity Gallery" BBC.co.uk, 19 October 2004 (Retrieved: 14 July 2008)
  13. ^ "Artists Theatre School for drama school, acting sc". Artiststheatreschool. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
  14. ^ 'Top actress backs open air theatre', The Argus, 23 April 2018
  15. ^ "2002, 8th Annual Awards," Chlotrudis Society for Independent Films website. Accessed October 4, 2019.
  16. ^ "2016 World's Best Television & Films™ Winners". NewYorkFestivals.com. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
  17. ^ Whiting, Kate (13 July 2009). "Amanda Redman: The laughing policemen are back in New Tricks". Chester Chronicle. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
  18. ^ "No. 60173". The London Gazette (Supplement). 16 June 2012. p. 20.
  19. ^ "Kenneth Branagh knighted in Queen's Birthday Honours". BBC News. 15 June 2012.
  20. ^ a b "Amanda Redman" (PDF). Cdalondon.com. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
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