Rebecca Root
'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]
References
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 2.0 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
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 4.0 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
- ↑ 5.0 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
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 http://www.rebeccaroot.co.uk/page10.htm%7Ctitle=Biography%7Clast=Root%7Cfirst=Rebecca%7Cwebsite=Rebecca Root|accessdate=14 April 2015
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 8.0 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
- ↑ 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
- ↑ http://www.rebeccaroot.co.uk/page2.htm%7Ctitle=News and upcoming events|last=Root|first=Rebecca|website=Rebecca Root
