Amanda Burton
Amanda Burton
Amanda Burtonis a Northern Irish actress, active from 1981. During her career, Burton was best known for her television roles as Heather Black in the Channel 4 soap opera Brookside, Beth Glover in Peak Practice, Sam Ryan in the BBC crime drama series Silent Witness, Clare Blake in The Commander and Karen Fisher in Waterloo Road...
NationalityIrish
ProfessionTV Actress
Date of Birth10 October 1956
CountryIreland
drama school cutting
I'd been gearing up to working in theatre since coming out of drama school, but it was an exciting time for TV drama - it was the birth of Channel 4, and Brookside was very cutting-edge at the time.
running fields want
If I want to run around a field when I'm 70, I would like to have that option.
thinking people locks
I like to think I'm a listener, and I'm fascinated by observing people - I suppose you just lock that in.
actresses wanted
No, I always wanted to be an actress.
people age obsessed
It always interests me how obsessed people are about age.
running building-up focus
Running gave me a focus to start looking after myself, to eat properly, and focus on building up my strength.
years looks use
I'm becoming more squeamish. I didn't use to be - nine years of 'Silent Witness' prepared me for most things one will have the misfortune to see in life. Before, I'd be wading up to my neck in gore, but now I tend to look away.
giving trying
Whatever I'm doing, I try to give it everything.
beach grateful dark
I was a complete tomboy. I loved wandering out in storms or walking on the beaches in the dark. It was a very free upbringing, and I'm grateful to my parents for that.
thinking pieces emotion
I think you know what you're up against when you take on a piece that you know is going to involve dragging up a lot emotions - you can end up being deeply immersed in gloom.
years effort everyday
I still love coming into work everyday after so many years working as an actress. I've been working more or less continuously and I find I have to really want to do the project to make it work because you have to put such an enormous amount of effort into it.
drama school goes-on
But I didn't really enjoy my secondary education that much, probably because I am a very physical person and don't enjoy sitting at a desk all day. I just dragged myself through GCSE and A Levels, so it suited me very much to go on to drama school, which was very active.
home animal imagine
I couldn't imagine a home without animals.
reality thinking magazines
I could suddenly see the pressures all around; these endless magazines and cheap reality TV programmes poking at women, humiliating us for every flaw. It makes me so angry. I really wonder what it is we are doing to ourselves, because I do think women can be the worst ones for picking each other apart.