1. Rebecca Root is an English actress, comedian and voice coach.
13 Facts About Rebecca Root
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Rebecca Root is most well-known for playing the leading role in the 2015 BBC Two sitcom Boy Meets Girl.
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Rebecca Root has performed the role of Siobhan in the National Theatre's touring production of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time.
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Rebecca Root was rated 18th in The Independent on Sundays Rainbow List 2014, which named her as an openly transgender actress in mainstream television, alongside others like Alexandra Billings, Laverne Cox and Adele Anderson.
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Rebecca Root is the second child of an auxiliary nurse mother, while her father was a banker in Guildford.
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Rebecca Root has an older sister called Rachel and a younger sister, Rosalind, who is eight years her junior.
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Rebecca Root went on to graduate from the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama with a Master of Arts in Vocal Studies in 2012.
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In 2015 Rebecca Root starred in the BBC Radio 4 drama 1977, about the transgender popular composer Angela Morley who had become a household name to British radio audiences as Wally Stott.
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Rebecca Root has appeared in the Doctor Who audio series Stranded, part of the Eighth Doctor's adventures, playing Tania Bell, the Doctor's first openly transgender companion, and an operative of Torchwood monitoring the Eighth Doctor when he is trapped on Earth due to the TARDIS suffering damage.
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Rebecca Root is a voice coach, teaching at the East 15 Acting School and from her home in Highgate, London.
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Rebecca Root started that career after she transitioned from male to female in 2003 and acting work became harder to find.
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Rebecca Root is a bisexual woman and currently resides in London with her partner, actress Elizabeth Menabney.
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Rebecca Root is a passionate advocate for LGBT rights and is patron for the charities Diversity Role Models and Liberate Jersey.