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Amanda Redman

Date of birth: 1957-08-12

Place of birth: Brighton, East Sussex, England, UK

Known for: Acting

Also known as:

Amanda Redman

Biography

Amanda Jacqueline Redman, MBE (born 12 August 1957) is an English actress, known for her role as Detective Superintendent Sandra Pullman in the BBC One series New Tricks (2003–2013) and as Dr. Lydia Fonseca in The Good Karma Hospital (2017–2020). 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).

Movie Credits

Sexy Beast
3.5

Sexy Beast

2001-01-12

Ex-safecracker Gal Dove has served his time behind bars and is blissfully retired to a Spanish villa

The Children's Party at the Palace
0.9

The Children's Party at the Palace

2006-06-25

To celebrate her 80th birthday, the Queen is holding a children's party in the grounds of Buckingham

Mike Bassett: England Manager
3.5

Mike Bassett: England Manager

2001-09-28

After England's football (soccer) manager has a heart attack, Mike Bassett is hired as the new manag

Give My Regards to Broad Street
2.5

Give My Regards to Broad Street

1984-11-28

When the mastertape of McCartney's latest album is misplaced, he must discover its whereabouts in le

The Sight
2.6

The Sight

2000-10-29

The American successful architect Michael Lewis travels to London with his partner and friend, the b

Scoop
3.2

Scoop

2024-03-27

Inspired by real events, this fictional dramatization gives an insider account of how the women of N

King Lear
4

King Lear

1998-03-21

An aging King invites disaster, when he abdicates to his corrupt, toadying daughters, and rejects hi

For Queen & Country
2.6

For Queen & Country

1988-05-17

A retired British soldier struggles to adjust to everyday life, with increasing difficulty.

Tommy Cooper: Not Like That, Like This
3.5

Tommy Cooper: Not Like That, Like This

2014-04-21

The life and times of Tommy Cooper

The Wedding Tackle
0

The Wedding Tackle

2000-08-11

The sexual rivalries between a group of friends cause comic chaos during a stag night celebration.

Richard's Things
2.5

Richard's Things

1980-12-26

Following her husband's death, a wife discovers and confronts her husband's lover. Their mutual pain

The Making of Sexy Beast
0

The Making of Sexy Beast

2001-07-13

A brief promotional featurette about the film including comments from most of the cast, as well as f

Les Dawson Lost Tapes
0

Les Dawson Lost Tapes

2021-07-21

Through previously unseen footage and clips, we reveal a very different side to the late comedian Le

The Lorelei
0.5

The Lorelei

1990-03-18

A lonely schoolteacher has a strange experience on her walking holiday. It haunts her and threatens

Diana, Our Mother: Her Life and Legacy
3.6

Diana, Our Mother: Her Life and Legacy

2017-07-24

A fresh and revealing insight into Princess Diana through the personal and intimate reflections of h

Pericles, Prince of Tyre
3.5

Pericles, Prince of Tyre

1984-12-08

When Prince Pericles, visiting Antioch, discovers the dreaded answer to King Antiochus's riddle, he

The Importance of Being Earnest
2.4

The Importance of Being Earnest

1988-05-29

Two young gentlemen living in 1890s England use the same pseudonym ('Ernest') on the sly, which is f

From Doon with Death
0

From Doon with Death

1991-11-10

Margaret Parsons, a fairly ordinary housewife who, with her water board official husband Ron, has re

Bumps
0

Bumps

2020-02-21

A sixty-two-year-old divorcee with two grown-up children and no sign any grandchildren on the way de