Amanda Ryan

Amanda Ryan 10th October, 1972 is a British actress who trained at RADA.

She has appeared in productions such as the BBC2 series Attachments, the film Britannic and the Television adaptations of The Forsyte Saga and David Copperfield, and more recently as Verity Wright in EastEnders. She also appears in Shameless as Sgt. Carrie Rogers.

She played Lettice Howard, the fictional lover of The Duke of Norfolk in the 1998 film Elizabeth starring Cate Blanchett. The year prior, she played Joanna in the 1997 film Metroland, based on the 1980 novel of the same name by Julian Barnes. Ryan's stage career includes credits in British productions of Patrick Marber's Closer, Simon Gray's Otherwise Engaged, Chevok's The Wood Demon and in 2008 the part of Cathy in an adaptation of Wuthering Heights by April De Angelis . She appears in the music video for "Walk Away" by Funeral for a Friend.