Amanda Boxer

Amanda Boxer (born 1948) is an English theatre, television, and film actress. She gained recognition for her role in the film Saving Private Ryan (1998). Boxer has appeared in notable productions such as The Last Days of Judas Iscariot at the Almeida Theatre, Cling to Me Like Ivy at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre, and The Painter at the Arcola Theatre. Her television credits include Sense and Sensibility, The Cleopatras, The Gentle Touch, Miss Marple, Between The Lines, Trial & Retribution, and Casualty. Boxer is also known for her role as Amanda Trippley in the BBC sitcom Chalk. In addition, she portrayed Mrs. Ryan in Saving Private Ryan and played the mother of Matt Smith's character in the short film Together. Boxer recently appeared on the BBC soap opera Doctors as Elizabeth Pinfield.