Rebecca Root

Boy Meets Girl up for British LGBT Awards

The BBC Two series is up for Media Moment of the Year at the British LGBT Awards with leading lady Rebecca Root nominated for Rising Star.

Rebecca Root on the success of Boy Meets Girl

Transgender men and women are more visible on screen and in Western media than ever before - and Boy Meets Girl actor Rebecca Root says that Britain was definitely ready for a series about a trans character.

When we first heard that BBC Two were producing TV's first transgender sitcom we felt it would attempt to be some sort of trailblazer. We were then shocked when Elliot Kerrigan's Newcastle-based comedy turned out to be an old fashioned romantic piece that was full of heart. Boy Meets Girl's biggest success was the chemistry between leads Harry Hemple and transgender actress Rebecca Root as central couple Leo and Judy. Although the supporting cast may not have been as well-rounded as we would've liked, we enjoyed seeing Leo and Judy's love story unravel over six episodes and we're just hoping that a second series will be announced in the near future.

Attitude breakthrough performance award: Rebecca Root

Stand-up comedian and actress Rebecca Root has become one of the few leading trans women on mainstream television with Boy Meets Girl, and we're thrilled to give her the Breakthrough Performance Award at the Attitude Awards in association with Virgin Holidays.

Rebecca Root interview

Boy Meets Girl, Britain's first transgender sitcom, recently concluded its first season on BBC Two and arrives on DVD this week. CultBox caught up with Rebecca Root for a chat about the show...

Although it's not hilarious, Boy Meets Girl has that Gavin & Stacey-style knack of swinging from gentle comedy to bawdy and sweary fun in a heartbeat. This week, Leo goes for a job at Geoff's car showroom, but can he survive a day with the awful, high-fiving colleagues? Jimmy is nursing Tony through a bout of man flu and jumps to entirely the wrong conclusion when he finds out what Tony's been researching on the internet. And in the middle of it all, central character Judy (Rebecca Root) remains understated and great.

The best thing I watched last week: Boy Meets Girl

It is Harry Hepple and Rebecca Root's great chemistry that give it such heart.

Boy Meets Girl: a transgender comedy full of warmth

BBC Two's new sitcom starring Rebecca Root and Harry Hepple doesn't shy away from issue-based jokes, but it also charms with old-fashioned sentimentality.

Perhaps the most striking thing about the BBC's groundbreaking transgender sitcom is just how utterly mainstream it feels. That's not meant as a criticism; it's a shrewd and sensible move to build an accessible family comedy around such radical subject matter, and Boy Meets Girl is "mainstream" in the best sense of the word: warm, witty and likable, with a star-in-the-making in trans actor Rebecca Root.

Second episode of a cute, convention-squashing sitcom, following transgender woman Judy (Rebecca Root) and new boy Leo (Harry Hepple) as they embark on romance. This week, the pair's Sunday lunch is gatecrashed by Judy's loquacious mum and sister, an old friend who hasn't seen Judy since before she transitioned and Leo's family, who are unaware of her past. "It could go seriously Jeremy Kyle!" predicts Judy's sister, Jackie, perhaps underestimating the potential for a foot-in-mouth outbreak.