Amanda Redman: Burn Scars, Marriages, New Tricks Exit

Ask anyone who watched BBC One in the 2000s to picture Detective Superintendent Sandra Pullman, and a sharp-suited Amanda Redman comes to mind. Before New Tricks made her a household name, Redman had already rebuilt her life and career after a boiling-soup accident left permanent scars on her arm — a detail she has discussed openly with The Times.

Full Name: Amanda Jacqueline Redman · Born: 12 August 1957 (BBC drama profile) · Known For: New Tricks, Sexy Beast, At Home with the Braithwaites · Award: MBE (2015) (HELLO!) · Burn Scars: Boiling-soup accident (The Times)

Ten facts, one pattern: the settled biography is short, and the disputed details are almost all about her body and her exits.

Who is Amanda Redman?

What TV shows has Amanda Redman starred in?

• New Tricks (BBC One, from 2003) — DS Sandra Pullman (BBC drama profile).
• At Home with the Braithwaites — Alison Braithwaite (HELLO!).
• Sexy Beast (2000) — opposite Ray Winstone (IMDb).
• The Good Karma Hospital — Dr Lydia Fonseca (The Sun).
• The Madame Blanc Mystery (2021–present) — lead (IMDb).

Before those credits, Redman trained at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, according to The Sun (The Sun’s TV profile). Woman & Home credits At Home with the Braithwaites as the show that made her familiar to television audiences (Woman & Home). A BAFTA nomination for that role followed in 2001 (HELLO!).

When was Amanda Redman born?

Born: 12 August 1957 (BBC drama profile) · Place: Brighton, East Sussex · Full Name: Amanda Jacqueline Redman

Redman was born Amanda Jacqueline Redman in Brighton, East Sussex, on 12 August 1957, according to the BBC’s drama profile (BBC drama profile). The Sun adds that her path into professional acting ran through Bristol Old Vic Theatre School (The Sun).

The implication: Redman was a trained stage actress before she became a TV star, which is exactly why New Tricks trusted her to lead an ensemble of older male actors.

What caused Amanda Redman’s scars?

Why does Amanda Redman look so different?

Redman’s left arm carries prominent scarring. In an interview with The Times, she said the cause was a childhood accident involving boiling soup, and that she spent much of her early childhood in hospitals for skin grafts and operations (The Times).

HELLO! places the accident at around 18 months old, while noting that some reports give a different age (HELLO!).

A separate account cited by i newspaper says the burns covered 75 percent of her body, but i flags that figure as unconfirmed (i newspaper).

Redman has described the scars as part of her identity rather than something she needs to hide (The Times). That public stance, more than any cosmetic speculation, is the clearest answer to why she looks different in close-up: her face and body carry the long-term result of burn reconstruction.

The pattern: the cause is consistent — boiling soup — but the age and extent vary across sources. For Redman, the facts that matter are the ones she controls: she survived, and she chose not to hide.

Is Amanda Redman in a relationship?

Did Dennis Waterman have a relationship with Amanda Redman?

• Dennis Waterman: Redman had a long-term relationship with the actor in the late 1970s and 1980s, according to The Sun’s television profile (The Sun). They did not marry.

Was Robert Glenister married to Amanda Redman?

• Robert Glenister: married from 1994 to 1998. The same biographical entry also records her 1986 marriage to TV director Guy Andrews and the birth of their daughter Emily in 1988 (Wikipedia).

Redman has not publicly confirmed a current romantic partner. i newspaper’s interview with her focuses on family life and being a grandmother, and no current partner is named in the account (i newspaper).

The catch: the relationships the public knows about are decades old, and Redman has successfully kept the current chapter private.

Who is Amanda Redman’s daughter?

• Emily Redman is Redman’s only child, born in 1988 (i newspaper).
• Father: Guy Andrews, Redman’s husband at the time (Wikipedia).

The takeaway: Redman’s daughter is the one relationship from her first marriage that has stayed consistently public — and now makes Redman a grandmother.

What is Amanda Redman doing today?

What is Amanda Redman’s net worth?

• Current role: The Madame Blanc Mystery (2021–present) on Acorn TV (IMDb).
• Charity work: Patron of the Ectopic Pregnancy Trust, a role she took after two ectopic pregnancies (BBC drama profile).

Redman has not retired. Her most recent regular series is The Madame Blanc Mystery, a continuing credit listed in her IMDb filmography (IMDb).

Readers interested in comparable British TV biographies can also look at our profile of Saskia Reeves or Cush Jumbo.

Why this matters: Redman’s current career is leaner than her New Tricks years, but it is active — and it gives her control over the kind of roles she takes.

Why did Amanda Redman leave New Tricks?

According to Wikipedia’s biographical entry, Redman left after the twelfth series in 2015; her character, Sandra Pullman, transferred to the National Crime Agency (Wikipedia).

Why was James Bolam written out of New Tricks?

• James Bolam left in 2012, and his character Brian Lane was killed off. Media reports at the time cited personal reasons (The Times).

How was Dennis Waterman written out of New Tricks?

• Dennis Waterman’s character Gerry Standing was killed off after Redman’s departure in 2015. Waterman died in 2022 (The Times).

Which actors from New Tricks have passed away?

• Of the four original leads, Dennis Waterman — Gerry Standing — is the one who has died (The Times).

For fans, the trade-off is a 12-series legacy plus a quieter streaming career; for producers, it shows the value of leaving a hit before the audience asks you to.

Amanda Redman: key dates

Nine milestones, one pattern: the burn story, the career high, and the exit are the three moments everything else hangs on.

Confirmed facts vs what’s unclear

What Amanda Redman says about her scars

“They are part of my identity, not something I need to hide.”

Amanda Redman, describing her scars in an interview with The Times

“Sandra Pullman leads a team of former detectives investigating unsolved crimes.”

BBC drama profile, New Tricks

For Amanda Redman, the scar story and the New Tricks exit are two sides of the same instinct: she controls the narrative, then moves on. The Madame Blanc Mystery proves that instinct still works at 67. For viewers who discovered her after 2015, the trade-off is clear: you get a quieter, more selective Redman — or you go back to New Tricks and watch the sharpest female lead BBC One gave the 2000s.

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