Amanda Jacqueline Redman (born 12 August 1957) is an English actress, known for her roles as Detective Superintendent Sandra Pullman in the BBC One series New Tricks (2003–2013) and as Dr. Lydia Fonseca in The Good Karma Hospital (2017–2022). She gained BAFTA TV Award nominations for At Home with the Braithwaites (2000–2003) and Tommy Cooper: Not Like That, Like This (2014). Her film roles include For Queen and Country (1988), Sexy Beast (2000) and Mike Bassett: England Manager (2001).

Early life Redman was born in Brighton, Sussex, on 12 August 1957.General Register Office England and Wales Birth Index 1916–2005 shows her birth registered in 1957 (Amanda J. Redman 1957 Q3 Vol 5h, page 131 Brighton) Her father, Ronald Jack Redman (1929–1980), was born in Camberwell, London to parents from the East End, and her mother, Joan Beryl Redman (née Herrington, 1927–2014), was born in Quetta which was then still in India to William Herrington, a British Indian Army soldier. Redman's father died at the age of 51, when she was 23. Redman had one brother, who died of pneumonia in 2008.

Redman is badly scarred on her left arm as a result of an accident when she was 18 months old."Biographical note to BBC's Who Do You Think You Are?", Bbc.co.uk She was scalded by a pan of boiling hot turkey and vegetable soup and suffered burns to 75% of her body. Her arm was the only part of her body permanently affected, but the trauma was so severe that she was pronounced clinically dead at the Queen Victoria Hospital in East Grinstead, Sussex.Viner, Brian; "Amanda Redman: How I've learnt to live with my scars" Independent.co.uk, 27 March 2002 (Retrieved: 14 July 2008) (dead link as of October 26, 2020)

Career Redman trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School."Alumni: Past Graduates" OldVic.ac.uk (Retrieved: 14 July 2008) She was in the same year as Daniel Day-Lewis, Miranda Richardson and Greta Scacchi.

In 1984, she appeared as Marina in the BBC Shakespeare production of Pericles, Prince of Tyre opposite Mike Gwilym. She also played Maxine in Oxbridge Blues, a British television mini-series, produced by the BBC and first shown in 1984 written by Frederick Raphael. In 1985, she played Janet in the touring version of The Rocky Horror Show.

In 1986, she played Miss Fairfax (Gwendolen) in the BBC Drama production of The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde. In 1988, she played Julia Melville in the BBC Theatre Night production of Richard Brinsley Sheridan's The Rivals.

She played opposite Liv Ullmann in Richard's Things (1980), 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 TV film The Blonde Bombshell (1999). She presented an MTV show on satellite TV in the 1990s. She co-starred in the first two series of Dangerfield in 1995, playing Joanna Stevens, and played a role in Taggart the same year. In 2000, she played Deedee Dove in the feature film Sexy Beast. From 2000 until 2003, she played Alison Braithwaite, a woman whose life is turned upside down after she wins the lottery, in ITV's At Home with the Braithwaites.

From 2003 to 2013, Redman took the role of DSI Sandra Pullman in the BBC's New Tricks. In July 2013, she announced her departure; Tamzin Outhwaite replaced her.

In June 2006, Redman performed in Children's Party at the Palace as Cruella DeVil for the Queen's 80th birthday, and was the subject of an episode of the BBC documentary series Who Do You Think You Are?, a programme that explored her family history."Who Do You Think You Are?: Amanda Redman" BBC.co.uk (Press Office), 24 September 2004 (Retrieved: 14 July 2008)Waddell, Dan; "WDYTYA? Series One: Celebrity Gallery" BBC.co.uk, 19 October 2004 (Retrieved: 14 July 2008)

In 2015, Redman played the role of Jackie Rose in the three-part ITV drama The Trials of Jimmy Rose, starring alongside Ray Winstone. From 2017, she played Lydia Fonseca in the ITV drama series The Good Karma Hospital.

Redman is the founder and principal of the Artists Theatre School. She directs an annual show which is performed at The Questors Theatre in Ealing.

In 2018, she became a patron of Brighton Open Air Theatre. She told the Brighton Argus:

In 2024, Redman was awarded an honorary benchership with Middle Temple. In the same year, she became a trustee of the Royal Theatrical Fund.

Awards and nominations 2001 – Nominated – BAFTA TV Award – Best Actress for At Home with the Braithwaites 2002 – Winner – Chlotrudis Award – Best Actress for Sexy Beast "2002, 8th Annual Awards," Chlotrudis Society for Independent Films website. Accessed October 4, 2019. 2003 – Nominated – National Television Award – Most Popular Actress for At Home with the Braithwaites 2007 – Nominated – TV Quick Award – Best Actress for New Tricks 2008 – Nominated – Crime Thriller Award – Best Actress for New Tricks 2015 – Nominated – BAFTA TV Award – Best Supporting Actress for Tommy Cooper: Not Like That, Like This 2016 – Winner – New York Festivals International TV and Film Awards – Best Actress for The Trials of Jimmy Rose

Personal life Redman married actor Robert Glenister in 1984; they had one daughter together, Emily, before divorcing in 1992. Redman is credited with encouraging her then-brother-in-law, Philip Glenister, to go to drama school and pursue acting; he has played DCI Gene Hunt in both Life on Mars and Ashes to Ashes.

Redman was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2012 Birthday Honours for services to drama and charity.

Filmography Year Title Role Notes 1978 Turning Year Tales Member Episode: "Clubs" 1979 The Innes Book of Records 1980 Richard's Things Josie 1980Tales of the Unexpected Anna Warrack Episode: "I'll Be Seeing You" Pat Episode: "The Party" 1982 On the Line Sara Newton 12 episodes The Agatha Christie Hour Pauline, Grand Duchess of Ostravia Episode: "Jane in Search of a Job" La Ronde Sweet Young Thing 1984 Oxbridge Blues Maxine Episode: "Oxbridge Blues" Give My Regards to Broad Street Office Receptionist Pericles, Prince of Tyre Marina 1986 To Have and to Hold Viv Meadows 8 episodes Bergerac Pauline Taylor Episode: "Fires in the Fall" The Importance of Being Earnest Gwendolen Fairfax1988 For Queen and Country Stacey Theatre Night Julia Melville Episode: "The Rivals" 1988–1989 Streets Apart Sylvia Grant Series 1–2; 12 episodes 1990 Screen Two Kate Episode: "The Lorelei"1991 Spender Roberta 'Bobby' Montgomery Episode: "The Candidate" The Men's Room Sally 5 episodes The Ruth Rendell Mysteries Helen Missal Episodes: "From Doon With Death", Parts 1 & 2 1992 El C.I.D. Rosie Bromley Series 3; 6 episodes1993 Casualty Olivia Purcell Episode: "The Ties That Bind" Body & Soul Lynn Gibson 6 episodes Demob Janet Deasey 6 episodes1995 Taggart Julie Carson Episode: "Black Orchid" Dangerfield Dr. Joanna Stevens Series 1–2; 18 episodes1996 The Ruth Rendell Mysteries Susan Townsend Episodes: "The Secret House of Death", Parts 1 & 2 Beck Beck 6 episodes1998 Performance Regan Episode: "King Lear" Close Relations Prudence Hammond 5 episodes Next Birthday Sarah Short film 1999 The Blonde Bombshell Diana Dors (1965-1984) Episode: "#1.2" 1999–2000 Hope And Glory Debbie Bryan Series 1–2; 10 episodes 2000 Sexy Beast Deedee Dove The Wedding Tackle Petula The Sight Detective Pryce 2000–2003 At Home with the Braithwaites Alison Braithwaite Series 1–4; 26 episodes 2001 Mike Bassett: England Manager Karine Bassett 2002 Scar Stories 2003 Suspicion Carol Finnegan 2 episodes 2003–2013, 2015 New Tricks Detective Superintendent Sandra Pullman Series 1–10; 84 episodes 2004 DNA Sally Parker Episode: "DNA", Part 2 Who Do You Think You Are Herself Series 1, episode 2 2005 Mike Bassett: Manager Karine Bassett 6 episodes 2006 The Children's Party at the Palace Cruella de Vil Segment: "101 Dalmatians" Vincent Jackie Nelson Episode: "The Bodies Beneath"2008 Honest Lindsay Carter 6 episodes Little Dorrit Mrs. Merdle 11 episodes 2014 Tommy Cooper: Not Like That, Like This Gwen 'Dove' Cooper 2015 The Trials of Jimmy Rose Jackie Rose 3 episodes 2017—2022 The Good Karma Hospital Dr. Lydia Fonseca Series 1–4; 24 episodes 2017 Diana, Our Mother: Her Life and Legacy Narrator One-off documentary Prince Harry and Meghan: Truly, Madly, Deeply Narrator One-off documentary2019 Hafu Mrs Coates Short Film Prince Charles: Inside the Duchy of Cornwall Narrator One-off documentary2020 Bumps Anita Pilot episode For You Isobel Channel 4's On the Edge drama anthology 2021 Fading Jane Campbell Short film 2024 Scoop Netta McAlister, Sam McAlister's mother 2025 Murder Before Evensong Audrey Clement Series 1

Theatre Year Title Location Notes 1975 Mother Goose Stoke-on-Trent 1978 The Seagull Bristol Old Vic As You Like It Bristol Old Vic A Man For All Seasons Bristol Old Vic The Man Who Came to Dinner Bristol Old Vic Jack and the Beanstalk Bristol Old Vic 1979 Destiny Bristol Old Vic Love for Love Bristol Old Vic A Month in the Country Bristol Old Vic Lucy Playwrights Company Triple Bill Playwrights Company The Rocky Horror Show National Tour Playing Janet Weiss 1980 The Bristol Twins Bristol Old Vic 1981 If We Only Have Love Bristol Old Vic 1982 Windy City Victoria Palace Theatre Playing Esther alongside Dennis Waterman Out to Lunch New End Theatre 1983 Crimes of the Heart Bush Theatre Playing Meg The Duenna Young Vic Swan Esther Young Vic 1984 Private Lives Oxford Playhouse National Tour The Marriage of Figaro Warehouse Theatre 1985 State of Affairs Lyric Hammersmith 1986 Love for Love Royal National Theatre Directed by Peter Wood 1989 The Last Waltz Greenwich Theatre 1989–1990 Our Country's Good and The Recruiting Officer Royal Court Theatre, Garrick Theatre and world tour Directed by Max Stafford-Clark 1992 Private Lives Gate Theatre and Cork Opera House 1997 King Lear Royal National Theatre Playing Regan, directed by Sir Richard Eyre 2006 The Queen's Handbag Buckingham Palace As part of Children's Party at the Palace playing Cruella De Vil 2016 The Queen's 90th birthday celebrations Windsor Narrating Queen's 90th birthday celebrations

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External links Amanda Redman on Twitter

Artists Theatre School