Rosalind Sophia Bennett (born 13 May 1963) is an English stage and television actress.
Rosalind was born in
Rochdale
Rochdale ( ) is a large town in Greater Manchester, England, at the foothills of the South Pennines in the dale on the River Roch, northwest of Oldham and northeast of Manchester. It is the administrative centre of the Metropolitan Borough ...
,
Lancashire
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The non-metropolitan county of Lancashi ...
, and trained at
The Drama Centre, she went on to a number of stage, television and screen roles.
Her film appearances included Miss Pickwick in ''American Roulette'' and Eleanor in ''
Restoration
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* Conservation and restoration of cultural heritage
** Audio restoration
** Film restoration
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...
''.
Television roles included an appearance in six episodes of ''
Coronation Street
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Origi ...
'' in 1986.
Bennett's stage roles include Mary in ''
Juno and the Paycock
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'' at the
National Theatre.
She appeared as Zoe in the ''
Tales of the Unexpected'' episode (9/5) "The Facts of Life" (1988).
Personal life
Bennett married actor
Linus Roache
Linus William Roache (born 1 February 1964) is a British actor. He is known for playing Executive ADA Michael Cutter in the NBC dramas ''Law & Order'' (2008–2010) and '' Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'' (2011–2012). More recently, Roach ...
in 2002. They have no children.
Filmography
Film
Television
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1966 births
Actors from Rochdale
Actors from Lancashire
English film actresses
English television actresses
English stage actresses
Living people
20th-century English actresses
21st-century English actresses