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'''Rebecca Root''' (born1969) is a British [[actress]] and [[stand-up comedian]]. She was rated 18th in ''The Independent on Sunday'''s [[Rainbow List]] 2014, which named her as one of the very few openly [[transgender|trans]] actresses in mainstream television, alongside [[Laverne Cox]] and [[Adèle Anderson]].<ref name="IndRain2014"/> She plays the leading role in the 2015 [[BBC2]] sitcom ''[[Boy Meets Girl (BBC TV series)|Boy Meets Girl]]''.<ref name="GuardStartFilming"/>{{update after|2016|reason=Either the series will have aired, or it won't, but the article will need to be updated accordingly}}
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'''Rebecca Root''' (born1969) is a British [[actress]] and [[stand-up comedian]]. She was rated 18th in ''The Independent on Sunday'''s [[Rainbow List]] 2014, which named her as one of the very few openly [[transgender|trans]] actresses in mainstream television, alongside [[Laverne Cox]] and [[Adèle Anderson]].<ref name="IndRain2014"/> She plays the leading role in the 2015 [[BBC2]] sitcom ''[[Boy Meets Girl (BBC TV series)|Boy Meets Girl]]''.<ref name="GuardStartFilming"/>
  
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Root is also a voice coach,<ref name="GuardFightingMyself"/> teaching at the [[East 15 Acting School]] and from her home in [[Highgate]], London. She started that career after she [[transitioning (transgender)|transitioned]] and acting work became harder to find.<ref name="EnfInd"/> She graduated from the [[Royal Central School of Speech and Drama]] with a [[Master of Arts]] in Vocal Studies. Her thesis, "There and Back Again: Adventures in Genderland", has since been published in the peer reviewed journal ''Voice and Speech Review'', and she advertises voice therapy specifically for transgender people to help them "find a voice they feel fits their gender".<ref name="TeleVoice"/><ref name="RootBio"/><ref name="IndBBC2Commissions"/><ref name="Thesis"/>
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Root is also a voice coach,<ref name="GuardFightingMyself">http://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/aug/22/rebecca-root-interview-not-fighting-myself-any-more Nicola Gill "Rebecca Root interview: 'I'm not fighting myself any more'" ''The Guardian'' 22 September 2015</ref> teaching at the [[East 15 Acting School]] and from her home in [[Highgate]], London. She started that career after she [[transitioning (transgender)|transitioned]] and acting work became harder to find.<ref name="EnfInd"/> She graduated from the [[Royal Central School of Speech and Drama]] with a [[Master of Arts]] in Vocal Studies. Her thesis, "There and Back Again: Adventures in Genderland", has since been published in the peer reviewed journal ''Voice and Speech Review'', and she advertises voice therapy specifically for transgender people to help them "find a voice they feel fits their gender".<ref name="TeleVoice"/><ref name="RootBio"/><ref name="IndBBC2Commissions"/><ref name="Thesis"/>
  
 
<ref name="BustleRedmayne">http://www.bustle.com/articles/22954-eddie-redmayne-cast-as-transgender-do-we-need-another-straight-cisgender-dude-in-a-lgbtq|title=Eddie Redmayne Cast as Transgender — Do We Need Another Straight, Cisgender Dude in a LGBTQ Role? Caroline Pate|date=1 May 2014|newspaper=[[Bustle (magazine)|Bustle]]</ref>
 
<ref name="BustleRedmayne">http://www.bustle.com/articles/22954-eddie-redmayne-cast-as-transgender-do-we-need-another-straight-cisgender-dude-in-a-lgbtq|title=Eddie Redmayne Cast as Transgender — Do We Need Another Straight, Cisgender Dude in a LGBTQ Role? Caroline Pate|date=1 May 2014|newspaper=[[Bustle (magazine)|Bustle]]</ref>
 
<ref name="EnfInd">http://www.enfieldindependent.co.uk/leisure/film_tv/11868199.Highgate_actress_Rebecca_Root_talks_being_transgender__her_BBC2_sitcom_and_starring_with_Eddie_Redmayne/ "Highate Actress Rebecca Root talks being transgender, her BBC2 sitcom and starring with Eddie Redmayne" Laura Enfield, ''Enfield Independent'' 23 March 2015</ref>
 
<ref name="EnfInd">http://www.enfieldindependent.co.uk/leisure/film_tv/11868199.Highgate_actress_Rebecca_Root_talks_being_transgender__her_BBC2_sitcom_and_starring_with_Eddie_Redmayne/ "Highate Actress Rebecca Root talks being transgender, her BBC2 sitcom and starring with Eddie Redmayne" Laura Enfield, ''Enfield Independent'' 23 March 2015</ref>
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<ref name="GuardFightingMyself">http://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/aug/22/rebecca-root-interview-not-fighting-myself-any-more Gill|first1=Nicola|title=Rebecca Root interview: 'I'm not fighting myself any more'|url=|accessdate=22 September 2015|date=22 September 2015|newspaper=The Guardian</ref>
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<ref name="GuardStartFilming">http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2015/feb/04/bbc-sitcom-transgender-actor|title=BBC starts filming sitcom starring transgender actor|last=Ellis-Petersen|first=Hannah|date=4 February 2015|accessdate=14 April 2015|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]</ref>
 
<ref name="GuardStartFilming">http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2015/feb/04/bbc-sitcom-transgender-actor|title=BBC starts filming sitcom starring transgender actor|last=Ellis-Petersen|first=Hannah|date=4 February 2015|accessdate=14 April 2015|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]</ref>
 
<ref name="IndBBC2Commissions">http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/bbc2-commissions-britains-first-transgender-sitcom-boy-meets-girl-9683788.html "BBC2 commissions Britain's first transgender sitcom Boy Meets Girl" |last=Sherwin|first=Adam|date=21 August 2014|accessdate=28 April 2015|newspaper=The Independent</ref>
 
<ref name="IndBBC2Commissions">http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/bbc2-commissions-britains-first-transgender-sitcom-boy-meets-girl-9683788.html "BBC2 commissions Britain's first transgender sitcom Boy Meets Girl" |last=Sherwin|first=Adam|date=21 August 2014|accessdate=28 April 2015|newspaper=The Independent</ref>

Revision as of 16:30, 25 September 2015

'Rebecca Root (born1969) is a British actress and stand-up comedian. She was rated 18th in The Independent on Sundays Rainbow List 2014, which named her as one of the very few openly trans actresses in mainstream television, alongside Laverne Cox and Adèle Anderson.[1] She plays the leading role in the 2015 BBC2 sitcom Boy Meets Girl.[2]

Root is also a voice coach,[3] teaching at the East 15 Acting School and from her home in Highgate, London. She started that career after she transitioned and acting work became harder to find.[4] She graduated from the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama with a Master of Arts in Vocal Studies. Her thesis, "There and Back Again: Adventures in Genderland", has since been published in the peer reviewed journal Voice and Speech Review, and she advertises voice therapy specifically for transgender people to help them "find a voice they feel fits their gender".[5][6][7][8]

[9] [4]

[2] [7] [1] [6] [10] [5] [8]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/therainbowlist/rainbow-list-2014-1-to-100-9848457.html%7Ctitle=Rainbow List 2014, 1 to 101|newspaper=The Independent on Sunday|date=9 November 2014|accessdate=14 April 2015
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2015/feb/04/bbc-sitcom-transgender-actor%7Ctitle=BBC starts filming sitcom starring transgender actor|last=Ellis-Petersen|first=Hannah|date=4 February 2015|accessdate=14 April 2015|newspaper=The Guardian
  3. ↑ http://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/aug/22/rebecca-root-interview-not-fighting-myself-any-more Nicola Gill "Rebecca Root interview: 'I'm not fighting myself any more'" The Guardian 22 September 2015
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 http://www.enfieldindependent.co.uk/leisure/film_tv/11868199.Highgate_actress_Rebecca_Root_talks_being_transgender__her_BBC2_sitcom_and_starring_with_Eddie_Redmayne/ "Highate Actress Rebecca Root talks being transgender, her BBC2 sitcom and starring with Eddie Redmayne" Laura Enfield, Enfield Independent 23 March 2015
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/the-filter/11309020/Transgender-women-often-want-to-sound-like-Fiona-Bruce.html%7Ctitle='Transgender women often want to sound like Fiona Bruce'|last=Merz|first=Theo|date=8 January 2015|accessdate=14 April 2015|newspaper=The Telegraph
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 http://www.rebeccaroot.co.uk/page10.htm%7Ctitle=Biography%7Clast=Root%7Cfirst=Rebecca%7Cwebsite=Rebecca Root|accessdate=14 April 2015
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/bbc2-commissions-britains-first-transgender-sitcom-boy-meets-girl-9683788.html "BBC2 commissions Britain's first transgender sitcom Boy Meets Girl" |last=Sherwin|first=Adam|date=21 August 2014|accessdate=28 April 2015|newspaper=The Independent
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Rebecca Root|first=Rebecca|year=2009|title=There and Back Again: Adventures in Genderland|journal=Voice and Speech Review|volume=6|issue=1|publisher=Voice and Speech Trainers Association|pages=144–155|doi=10.1080/23268263.2009.10761517
  9. ↑ http://www.bustle.com/articles/22954-eddie-redmayne-cast-as-transgender-do-we-need-another-straight-cisgender-dude-in-a-lgbtq%7Ctitle=Eddie Redmayne Cast as Transgender — Do We Need Another Straight, Cisgender Dude in a LGBTQ Role? Caroline Pate|date=1 May 2014|newspaper=Bustle
  10. ↑ http://www.rebeccaroot.co.uk/page2.htm%7Ctitle=News and upcoming events|last=Root|first=Rebecca|website=Rebecca Root
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