# Amanda Redman
**Amanda Redman** (Amanda Jacqueline Redman, born 1957) is an English actress best known for playing Detective Superintendent Sandra Pullman in the [BBC One](https://www.edgepedia.org/bbc-one) series *New Tricks* (2003–2013), Alison Braithwaite in *At Home with the Braithwaites* (2000–2003), and Dr Lydia Fonseca in *[The Good Karma Hospital](https://www.edgepedia.org/the-good-karma-hospital)* (2017–2022). Her film work includes the role of Deedee Dove in [Jonathan Glazer](https://www.edgepedia.org/jonathan-glazer)'s gangster film *Sexy Beast* (2000).[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0714985/) • [2](https://www.middletemple.org.uk/bencher-persons-view/170254)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Born | 1957, Brighton, East Sussex, England[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0714985/) |
| Training | Bristol Old Vic Theatre School[3](https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2026/sep/19/amanda-redman-actor-sexy-beast-rerelease-box-set-film) |
| Signature TV roles | Sandra Pullman in *New Tricks* (2003–2013, 84 episodes); Alison Braithwaite in *At Home with the Braithwaites* (2000–2003, 26 episodes); Dr Lydia Fonseca in *The Good Karma Hospital* (2017–2022, 24 episodes)[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0714985/) |
| Best-known film | Deedee Dove in *Sexy Beast* (2000), Rotten Tomatoes critics score 87%[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0714985/) • [4](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/amanda_redman) |
| Honors | MBE in 2012 for services to drama and charity; twice BAFTA-nominated; Honorary Bencher of Middle Temple (bench call 26 November 2024)[2](https://www.middletemple.org.uk/bencher-persons-view/170254) |
| Teaching | Founder and principal of the Artists Theatre School for adult actors since 1998[2](https://www.middletemple.org.uk/bencher-persons-view/170254) |
| Marriages | Robert Glenister (divorced); Damian Schnabel since 4 September 2010[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0714985/) |
## Early life
Redman was born in Brighton, East Sussex. Most sources, including IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, and The Movie Database, give her birth date as 1957[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0714985/) • [4](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/amanda_redman) • [5](https://www.themoviedb.org/person/70633-amanda-redman); an Encyclopedia.com profile instead lists January 12, 1959[6](https://www.encyclopedia.com/education/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/redman-amanda-1959).
Her childhood was marked by a serious accident. In a 2026 Guardian interview she said she pulled a cauldron of boiling soup over herself at 18 months old and spent five years of her life in various hospitals, with her earliest memory being a hospital ward[3](https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2026/sep/19/amanda-redman-actor-sexy-beast-rerelease-box-set-film). One account of her career places the accident at 15 months old and describes third-degree burns to 75% of her body[7](https://scopepress.uk/features/amanda-redman-burn-injury-new-tricks/); a hospital trust publication also cites an accident at 18 months old[8](https://www.qvh.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/QVH-BoD-May-2021-public-FULL.pdf).
She trained at the [Bristol Old Vic Theatre School](https://www.edgepedia.org/bristol-old-vic-theatre-school)[3](https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2026/sep/19/amanda-redman-actor-sexy-beast-rerelease-box-set-film) • [9](https://oldvic.ac.uk/alumni/amanda-redman/).
## Television career
**Early roles.** Redman's screen career began with film and television parts in the early 1980s, including Josie in *Richard's Things* (1980), an office receptionist in the [Paul McCartney](https://www.edgepedia.org/paul-mccartney) film *Give My Regards to Broad Street* (1984), Marina in the BBC Television Shakespeare production *Pericles, Prince of Tyre* (1984), and Gwendolen in *The Importance of Being Earnest* (1988)[5](https://www.themoviedb.org/person/70633-amanda-redman) • [6](https://www.encyclopedia.com/education/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/redman-amanda-1959). Through the late 1980s and 1990s she built a television resume that included Sylvia in *Streets Apart* (1988), Rosie Bromley in the comedy drama *El C.I.D.* (1992), Dr Joanna Stevens in *Dangerfield* (1995), Lynn in *Body & Soul* (1993), and Regan in *King Lear* (1998)[5](https://www.themoviedb.org/person/70633-amanda-redman) • [6](https://www.encyclopedia.com/education/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/redman-amanda-1959).
**At Home with the Braithwaites.** From 2000 to 2003 Redman played Alison Braithwaite, a lottery-winning suburban housewife, in the ITV comedy drama *At Home with the Braithwaites*, appearing in 26 episodes[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0714985/). The role earned her a BAFTA Television Award nomination for best actress in 2001 and a National Television Award nomination for most popular actress in 2003[6](https://www.encyclopedia.com/education/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/redman-amanda-1959) • [3](https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2026/sep/19/amanda-redman-actor-sexy-beast-rerelease-box-set-film).
**New Tricks.** Redman played Detective Superintendent Sandra Pullman, the lead of the BBC's police drama *New Tricks*, about a unit of retired officers reinvestigating unsolved crimes, from 2003 to 2013 across 84 episodes[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0714985/). She described leaving after ten years as a deliberate choice, saying she "really wanted the chance to move on and do something different" and that staying would have made her "too comfortable"[10](https://www.whattowatch.com/new-tricks/amanda-redman-it-took-bravery-to-leave-new-tricks-101579). Her performance brought a TV Quick Award nomination for Best Actress in 2007 and a Crime Thriller Award nomination for Best Leading Actress in 2008[11](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0362357/awards/), and she received a BAFTA Television Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress in 2015 for the drama *Tommy Cooper: Not Like That, Like This*[12](https://static.bafta.org/uploads_pre_202411/baftatv1415nominationsrelease.pdf).
**Later television.** After *New Tricks*, her roles included *The Trials of Jimmy Rose* (ITV, 2015) opposite [Ray Winstone](https://www.edgepedia.org/ray-winstone)[3](https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2026/sep/19/amanda-redman-actor-sexy-beast-rerelease-box-set-film) • [13](https://www.itv.com/lorraine/articles/amanda-redman-joins-forces-with-ray-winstone) and Dr Lydia Fonseca in *The Good Karma Hospital* from 2017 to 2022, over 24 episodes[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0714985/). More recent credits include Netta McAlister in *Scoop* (2024) and Audrey Clement in *[Murder Before Evensong](https://www.edgepedia.org/murder-before-evensong)* (2025)[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0714985/).
## Film: Sexy Beast
In *Sexy Beast* (2000), directed by Jonathan Glazer from a script by Louis Mellis and David Scinto, Redman played Deedee Dove, the wife of retired thief Gal Dove (Ray Winstone), whose Spanish retirement is shattered when gangster Don Logan ([Ben Kingsley](https://www.edgepedia.org/ben-kingsley)) arrives to force Gal into one last job[14](https://www.nme.com/features/film-interviews/sexy-beast-interview-20-year-anniversary-ray-winstone-amanda-redman-ian-mcshane-2754380). The film premiered at the [Toronto International Film Festival](https://www.edgepedia.org/toronto-international-film-festival) in 2000 and grossed $10.2 million worldwide against a $4.3 million budget; Redman described it as "one of those films where it was a bit marmite" among cinemagoers[14](https://www.nme.com/features/film-interviews/sexy-beast-interview-20-year-anniversary-ray-winstone-amanda-redman-ian-mcshane-2754380). It remains her highest-rated film on Rotten Tomatoes at 87%[4](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/amanda_redman), and in September 2026 it was rereleased in a limited-edition box set[3](https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2026/sep/19/amanda-redman-actor-sexy-beast-rerelease-box-set-film). When the property was adapted as a [Paramount+](https://www.edgepedia.org/paramount) prequel series in 2024, the young Deedee was played by Sarah Greene, who said she studied Redman's performance in the film repeatedly to prepare[15](https://www.countryandtownhouse.com/culture/sarah-greene-interview/).
Her other film credits include Stacey in *For Queen and Country* (1988), Petula in *The Wedding Tackle* (2000), and Karine Bassett in *Mike Bassett: England Manager* (2001)[4](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/amanda_redman) • [6](https://www.encyclopedia.com/education/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/redman-amanda-1959). According to her IMDb biography, she turned down the role of Elsa in *Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade* (1989) because of a fear of rats[16](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0714985/bio/?mode=desktop).
## Theatre and teaching
Redman has performed in productions for the National Theatre, Bristol Old Vic, the Royal Court, the Young Vic, and the West End[2](https://www.middletemple.org.uk/bencher-persons-view/170254). Since 1998 she has run the Artists Theatre School for adult actors, directing an annual show with her current cohort of students every July[2](https://www.middletemple.org.uk/bencher-persons-view/170254).
## Honors and personal life
Redman was appointed an MBE in 2012 for her services to drama and charity[2](https://www.middletemple.org.uk/bencher-persons-view/170254), and was made an Honorary Bencher of the Honourable Society of Middle Temple with a bench call date of 26 November 2024[2](https://www.middletemple.org.uk/bencher-persons-view/170254).
She was previously married to the actor [Robert Glenister](https://www.edgepedia.org/robert-glenister), with whom she has a daughter, Emily, who has also become an actress and appeared alongside her mother in *At Home with the Braithwaites* and *New Tricks*[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0714985/) • [17](https://www.irishnews.com/lifestyle/2013/07/29/news/amanda-has-new-tricks-in-hand-66037/). She has been married to Damian Schnabel since 4 September 2010[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0714985/).
## References
1. [Amanda Redman, IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0714985/)
2. [Amanda Redman MBE, Masters of the Bench, Middle Temple](https://www.middletemple.org.uk/bencher-persons-view/170254)
3. [Amanda Redman: 'My most embarrassing moment? Getting caught doing a pretend Bafta thank you speech', The Guardian, 19 September 2026](https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2026/sep/19/amanda-redman-actor-sexy-beast-rerelease-box-set-film)
4. [Amanda Redman Movies & TV Shows List, Rotten Tomatoes](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/amanda_redman)
5. [Amanda Redman, The Movie Database (TMDB)](https://www.themoviedb.org/person/70633-amanda-redman)
6. [Redman, Amanda, Encyclopedia.com](https://www.encyclopedia.com/education/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/redman-amanda-1959)
7. [Amanda Redman: Burn Injury, New Tricks, and Current Life, ScopePress.uk](https://scopepress.uk/features/amanda-redman-burn-injury-new-tricks/)
8. [Name check from Amanda Redman, Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Board papers, May 2021](https://www.qvh.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/QVH-BoD-May-2021-public-FULL.pdf)
9. [Amanda Redman, Bristol Old Vic Theatre School alumni](https://oldvic.ac.uk/alumni/amanda-redman/)
10. [Amanda Redman: 'It took bravery to leave New Tricks', What to Watch](https://www.whattowatch.com/new-tricks/amanda-redman-it-took-bravery-to-leave-new-tricks-101579)
11. [New Tricks (TV Series 2003–2015) Awards, IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0362357/awards/)
12. [BAFTA Television Awards nominations release, 1 July 2014, BAFTA](https://static.bafta.org/uploads_pre_202411/baftatv1415nominationsrelease.pdf)
13. [Amanda Redman joins forces with Ray Winstone, Lorraine, ITV](https://www.itv.com/lorraine/articles/amanda-redman-joins-forces-with-ray-winstone)
14. ['Sexy Beast' turns 20, NME, 16 September 2020](https://www.nme.com/features/film-interviews/sexy-beast-interview-20-year-anniversary-ray-winstone-amanda-redman-ian-mcshane-2754380)
15. [Interview: Sarah Greene On Playing DeeDee In Sexy Beast, Country & Town House](https://www.countryandtownhouse.com/culture/sarah-greene-interview/)
16. [Amanda Redman Biography, IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0714985/bio/?mode=desktop)
17. [Amanda has New Tricks in hand, The Irish News, 29 July 2013](https://www.irishnews.com/lifestyle/2013/07/29/news/amanda-has-new-tricks-in-hand-66037/)
---
*Topic: Encyclopedia › Arts and culture › Screen and stage › Film and television › Screen people and creators › Screen actors of the Anglosphere and Europe › English actors: 2000s onward › Surnames Q to Se*
*Initially written Sep 17, 2026 · Reviewed: Sep 17, 2026; Sep 30, 2026; Oct 25, 2026 · Edited: Sep 30, 2026; Oct 12, 2026; Oct 25, 2026 · Last review: Oct 25, 2026*
*Copyright 2026 EdgeChat AI, a subsidiary of Biostate AI.*
License: Edgepedia Community License 1.0, https://www.edgepedia.org/edgepedia/license