English actress
Badly scarred on upper left arm as a result of scalding herself with a pan of boiling soup when she was 18 months old.
Daughter Emily Glenister - also an actress - born 1987, from marriage to Robert Glenister.
Several sources have claimed she is the niece of actress Joyce Redman , but this does not seem likely as research shows no immediate familial connections between Joyce (who had 3 sisters and no brothers) and Amandas father, Ronald Redman (1929-1980).
Had an affair with actor Dennis Waterman in 1983.
Teaches drama on Saturdays at Ealing Studios to age groups from 5 years to adult.
Ex-sister-in-law of Philip Glenister.
In 2008 and 2009 she referred in various newspaper and magazine interviews to her imminent 50th birthday, until the Daily Mail printed an article on 10 August 2009 that showed she was already 52, having been born in 1957.
She was awarded the MBE in the 2012 Queens Birthday Honours List for her services to Drama and to Charity. She is the Actress and Founder of the Artists Theatre School.
(June 2012) London, England: Actress and teacher
