Burton was born in Derry, Northern Ireland, Irene Amanda Burton is a Northern Irish actress. Her notable credits include Heather Haversham in the Channel 4 soap opera Brookside (1982–1986), and Beth Glover in the ITV drama series Peak Practice (1993–1995).
Who was Amanda Burton married to in Brookside?
Burton married theatre technician Jonathan Hartley, whom she met while at the Manchester School of Theatre.
They divorced in 1982. She married professional photographer Sven Arnstein in 1989, and the couple had two daughters, Phoebe Marie (born 1989) and Brid Irina (born 1991), before divorcing in 2004 while in Brookside.
In 2010, Burton appeared in the sixth series of BBC drama Waterloo Road as new headteacher Karen Fisher and departed the show in 2011. She took part in BBC1’s Celebrity Masterchef and made it through to the semi-finals.
She appeared as the gangster’s wife Cherie Le Saux in the ITV drama The Level in the Autumn of 2016. In 2020, she had a starring role as crime family matriarch Katherine Maguire in the third season of Marcella.