“When I first started doing 'New Tricks,' an older actress said to me, 'Can you ever imagine a world where you would have 'New Tricks' with three women in their fifties and a younger man? No!' And that is appalling. It's an insidious sexism because nobody talks about it. If you do, it's seen as whingeing!”

English actress, born 1957

Amanda Redman is an English actress known for television roles that made her a familiar face in British drama. She was born in 1957 and is best known for playing Detective Superintendent Sandra Pullman in New Tricks and Dr. Lydia Fonseca in The Good Karma Hospital. Her work has also brought BAFTA TV Award nominations for At Home with the Braithwaites and Tommy Cooper: Not Like That, Like This. On film, she appeared in For Queen and Country, Sexy Beast, and Mike Bassett: England Manager.