Amanda Redman: TV forgets women in their 50s.

Amanda Redman has said there are plenty of roles around for older women – but only if they’re old enough.

The 58-year-old actress stars opposite Ray Winstone in new ITV drama The Trials Of Jimmy Rose, but has noticed that roles have dried up since she turned 50.

Amanda said: “If it was the same for male actors then you’d have to go, ‘Well that’s life’, but it isn’t, and therefore it’s insidious sexism and it makes my blood boil. It’s labelled as whinging, but why is it whinging when all you are doing is defending your right to work? Why is it wrong to say that needs to be addressed?


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