12 Facts About Amanda Burton

Amanda Burton was born on 10 October 1956 and is a Northern Irish actress.

Amanda Burton's father, Arthur Burton, was a primary school headmaster at Ballougry Primary School, which she attended as a child.

Amanda Burton was raised at Ballougry, a rural townland on the south-western outskirts of Derry City, where her family lived in a house beside Ballougry Primary School, right beside County Londonderry's boundary with County Donegal.

In 1993, Amanda Burton starred alongside Kevin Whately in Peak Practice.

Amanda Burton played the role of Doctor Beth Glover in the medical drama series, based in Derbyshire's Peak District, for three series until her departure in 1995.

Amanda Burton played Aunt Polly in a 2003 remake of Pollyanna and Commander Clare Blake in Lynda La Plante's drama, The Commander.

In 2010, Amanda Burton appeared in the sixth series of BBC drama Waterloo Road as new headteacher Karen Fisher, and departed the show in 2011.

Amanda Burton took part in BBC1's Celebrity Masterchef and made it through to the semi-finals.

Amanda Burton appeared as gangster's wife Cherie Le Saux in ITV drama The Level in Autumn 2016.

In 1976 Amanda Burton married theatre technician Jonathan Hartley, whom she met while at Manchester School of Theatre.

Amanda Burton married professional photographer Sven Arnstein in 1989, and the couple had two daughters before divorcing in 2004.

Amanda Burton is an ambassador for The Children's Trust, a UK charity for children with brain injury and neurodisability.