Amanda Redman

Infobox Actor
name = Amanda Redman


imagesize = 200px
birthname = Amanda Redman
birthdate = birth date and age|1959|8|12|df=yes
birthplace = Brighton, Sussex, England
occupation = Actress
yearsactive = 1979-present
spouse = Robert Glenister (1984-1992)
website = http://www.artiststheatreschool.com/
awards = Chlotrudis Awards - Chlotrudis Award (Best Supporting Actress)
2002 "Sexy Beast"

Amanda Redman (born 12 August 1959) is an English actress, perhaps best known for her role as Detective Superintendent Sandra Pullman, in "New Tricks".

Early life

Redman was born in Brighton, Sussex, England on the 12 August 1959. Born to English parents, her father was from Yorkshire and her mother from Sussex.

Biography

Redman is badly scarred on her upper left arm as a result of scalding herself with a pan of boiling turkey and vegetable soup when she was 18 months old. She suffered 3rd degree burns to 75% of her body (her arm was the only area permanently affected) in the accident and was so traumatised she was actually pronounced clinically dead at the Queen Victoria Hospital in East Grinstead, Sussex.Her father died in 1980.cite episode |title=Who Do You Think You Are? with Amanda Redman |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/familyhistory/get_started/wdytya_s1_celeb_gallery_02.shtml
series=Who Do You Think You Are? | serieslink=Who Do You Think You Are? |network=BBC |station=BBC Two |airdate=2004-10-19]

Career

Redman trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.

She played opposite Liv Ullman in "Richard's Things" (1981) and 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 1999 TV movie "The Blonde Bombshell". In 2000 she played Deedee Dove in the feature film Sexy Beast, and most recently, she has starred in the TV series "New Tricks". In June 2006 Redman performed in Children's Party At The Palace as Cruella DeVil for Queen Elizabeth II's 80th birthday; and was the subject of one episode of the BBC documentary series Who Do You Think You Are?, a program about her family history.

She is currently appearing in the ITV1 drama "Honest."

Redman was president of the Brighton Little Theatre from 2004-2007. She is also involved in drama education at the [http://www.artiststheatreschool.com Artist's Theatre School] , based at Ealing Studios.

Personal life

She has a daughter Emily (born 1987), also an actress, from her first and only marriage to the actor Robert Glenister from whom she is now divorced. Redman has been in a relationship with mobile phone designer Damian Schnabel, [citeweb|url=http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/tv/article691921.ece|title=Redman: I want another baby|publisher=The Sun|date=16 January,2008|accessdate=2008-01-16] since 1999. The couple live in Ealing, West London. She is also a supporter of Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.

elected filmography

*"Honest (TV Series)" as Lindsay Carter
*"New Tricks" (2004) (TV series)...as Detective Superintendent Sandra Pullman
*"" (2001)...as Karine Bassett
*"Sexy Beast" (2000)
*"At Home with the Braithwaites" (2000) (TV series)
*"Hope And Glory" (1999) (TV series)
*"King Lear" (1998) (TV)
*"For Queen and Country" (1989)
*"Give My Regards to Broad Street" (1984)
*"Richard's Things" (1981)

References

External links

*imdb name|id=0714985|name=Amanda Redman
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2004/09_september/24/who_redman.shtml Press release] concerning Redman's involvement in tracing her family history for the television programme "Who Do You Think You Are?" in 2004.

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