What is Amanda Burton?
{{Infobox person | name = Amanda Burton | image = Amanda Burton 2014.png | image_size = | caption = Burton in 2014 | birth_name = Irene Amanda Burton<ref>{{cite web |url=https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?dbid=8753&h=1547657&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord&rhSource=61579 |title=Irene A Burton in the England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1916-2005 |website=[[Ancestry.com]] |publisher=Ancestry UK |access-date=24 February 2019 }}</ref> | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1956|10|10|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Derry]], [[Northern Ireland]] | nationality = [[Irish people|Northern Irish]] | occupation = Actress | years_active = 1981–present | spouse = {{ubl|{{marriage|Jonathan Hartley|1976|1982|end=div}}|{{marriage|Sven Arnstein|1989|2004|end=div}}}} | children = 2 | awards = National Television Award <br /> ''TV Quick Award'' }} '''Irene Amanda Burton''' (born 10 October 1956) is a Northern Irish actress. She is best known for portraying the roles of Heather Black in the [[Channel 4]] [[soap opera]] ''[[Brookside]]'' (1982–1986), Beth Glover in the [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] drama series ''Peak Practice'' (1993–1995), Sam Ryan in the [[BBC One|BBC]] crime drama series ''Silent Witness'' (1996–2004, 2021–2022), Clare Blake in the ITV crime drama series ''The Commander'' (2003–2008), and [[List of Waterloo Road characters#Karen Fisher|Karen Fisher]] in the BBC school-based drama series ''[[Waterloo Road (TV series)|Waterloo Road]]'' (2010–2011). ==Early life and education== Burton was born in [[Derry]], [[Northern Ireland]], the youngest of four sisters. Her father was a [[primary school]] [[headmaster]] at Ballougry Primary School, which she attended as a child. After later attending Londonderry High School she moved to England at the age of 18, where she spent three years studying drama at the Manchester Metropolitan School of Theatre. ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * {{IMDb name|nm0123511}} {{actor-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Burton,