Rebecca Root
Rebecca Root (born1969) is a British actress and stand-up comedian. She was rated 18th in the Rainbow List 2014, which named her as one of the very few openly trans actresses in mainstream television, alongside 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 an MA 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
- ↑ http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/therainbowlist/rainbow-list-2014-1-to-100-9848457.html "Rainbow List 2014, 1 to 101", Independent on Sunday, 9 November 2014
- ↑ http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2015/feb/04/bbc-sitcom-transgender-actor Hannah Ellis-Petersen, "BBC starts filming sitcom starring transgender actor" The Guardian, 4 February 2015
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 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
- ↑ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/the-filter/11309020/Transgender-women-often-want-to-sound-like-Fiona-Bruce.html Theo Merz, "Transgender women often want to sound like Fiona Bruce", Telegraph, 8 January 2015|accessdate=14 April 2015
- ↑ http://www.rebeccaroot.co.uk/page10.htm Rebecca Root: "Biography"
- ↑ http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/bbc2-commissions-britains-first-transgender-sitcom-boy-meets-girl-9683788.html Adam Sherwin, "BBC2 commissions Britain's first transgender sitcom Boy Meets Girl". The Independent, 21 August 2014
- ↑ Rebecca Root, " "There and Back Again: Adventures in Genderland", Voice and Speech Review, volume 6, issue 1, 2009 pages 144–155 doi=10.1080/23268263.2009.10761517
