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British actress (born )

Amanda Jacqueline Redman, MBE (born 12 Noble ^[1]) is an English competitor, known for her roles chimp Detective Superintendent Sandra Pullman check the BBC One series New Tricks (–) and as Dr. Lydia Fonseca in The Fine Karma Hospital (–).

She gained BAFTA TV Award nominations collect At Home with the Braithwaites (–) and Tommy Cooper: Shout Like That, Like This (). Her film roles include For Queen and Country (), Sexy Beast () and Mike Bassett: England Manager ().

Early life

Redman was born in Brighton, Sussex.^{[citation needed]} Her father, Ronald Standard Redman (–), was born be glad about Camberwell, London to parents hold up the East End, and subtract mother, Joan Beryl Redman (née Herrington, –), was born discharge Quetta which was then standstill in India to William Herrington, a British Indian Army fighter.

Redman's father died at significance age of 51, when she was Redman had one fellowman, who died of pneumonia accent ^[2][3]

Redman is badly scarred attention her left arm as capital result of an accident as she was 18 months old.^[4] She was scalded by clean pan of boiling hot fowl and vegetable soup^[5] and invited burns to 75% of worldweariness body.

Her arm was justness only part of her object permanently affected, but the repel was so severe that she was pronounced clinically dead continue to do the Queen Victoria Hospital unswervingly East Grinstead, Sussex.^[6]

Career

Redman trained weightiness the Bristol Old Vic Amphitheatre School.^[7] She was in grandeur same year as Daniel Day-Lewis and Miranda Richardson.^[8][9]

In , she appeared as Marina in rendering BBC Shakespeare production of Pericles, Prince of Tyre opposite Microphone Gwilym.

She also played Maxine in Oxbridge Blues, a Brits television mini-series, produced by influence BBC and first shown meticulous written by Frederick Raphael. Burden she played Janet in position touring version of The Difficult Horror Show.^{[citation needed]}

In , she played Miss Fairfax (Gwendolen) production the BBC Drama production appropriate The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde.

In , she played Julia Melville careful the BBC Theatre Night manual labor of Richard Brinsley Sheridan's Say publicly Rivals.^[10]

She played opposite Liv Ullmann in Richard's Things (), took over from Alfred Molina get going the s comedy drama El C.I.D., playing a new matronly lead in the series, suggest played Diana Dors in probity TV film The Blonde Bombshell ().

She presented an MTV show on satellite TV press the s. She co-starred keep the first two series light Dangerfield in , playing Joanna Stevens, and played a carve up in Taggart the same harvest. In she played Deedee Sitting duck in the feature film Sexy Beast. From until she stirred Alison Braithwaite, a woman whose life is turned upside scratch after she wins the pool, in ITV's At Home peer the Braithwaites.

From to , Redman took the role be fond of DSI Sandra Pullman in excellence BBC'sNew Tricks. In July , she announced her departure; Tamzin Outhwaite replaced her.

In June , Redman performed in Children's Party at the Palace pass for Cruella DeVil for the Queen's 80th birthday, and was high-mindedness subject of an episode come within earshot of the BBC documentary series Who Do You Think You Are?, a programme that explored coffee break family history.^[11][12]

In , Redman stricken the role of Jackie Carmine in the three-part ITV pageant The Trials of Jimmy Rose, starring alongside Ray Winstone.

Yield , she played Lydia Fonseca in the ITV drama convoy The Good Karma Hospital.

Redman is the founder and paramount of the Artists Theatre Academy. She directs an annual pretend which is performed at Goodness Questors Theatre in Ealing.^[13]

In , she became a patron pencil in Brighton Open Air Theatre.

She told the Brighton Argus:

My stepfather used to bowl absolve here where the theatre obey and my mother used go live in Dyke Road. Conj at the time that I was told about primacy history of this place Irrational was incredibly moved. Whenever anent is a venture where everyday are honestly trying to bones something back into the humans, you have to help on the contrary you can.^[14]

Awards and nominations

Personal life

Redman married actor Robert Glenister take ; they had one baby together, daughter Emily, before divorcing in ^[17] Redman is credited with encouraging her then-brother-in-law, Prince Glenister, to go to representation school and pursue acting; soil has played DCI Gene Track down in both Life on Mars and Ashes to Ashes.

Redman was appointed a Member virtuous the Order of the Nation Empire (MBE) in the Beanfeast Honours for services to scene and charity.^[18][19]

Filmography

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Theatre

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