Amanda Root (born 1963 in Chelmsford, Essex) is an English stage and screen actor and a former voice actor for children's programmes.
Amanda Root (born 1963 in Chelmsford, Essex) is an English stage and screen actor and a former voice actor for children's programmes.
Ms Root is possibly best known for her starring role in the 1995 BBC film adaptation of Jane Austen's Persuasion and the British TV comedy All About Me, as Miranda, alongside Richard Lumsden in 2004 and when she was a voice actor, best known for voicing Sophie in BFG.
She trained for the stage at Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art.
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Filmography (Movies)
Allelujah
Character:Cynthia
Release Date:17/03/2023
Summerland
Character:Mrs. Lawrence
Release Date:24/07/2020
The Black Prince
Character:Queen Victoria
Release Date:21/07/2017
Their Finest
Character:Cecy/Mrs Brown (Careless Talk Film)
Release Date:19/02/2017
The Iron Lady
Character:Amanda
Release Date:26/12/2011
Fiona's Story
Character:Julie
Release Date:31/08/2008
Miss Marie Lloyd: Queen of the Music Hall
Character:Mrs. Chart
Release Date:09/05/2007
The Robber Bride
Character:Tony Fremont
Release Date:03/03/2007
Love Again
Character:Maeve Brennan
Release Date:26/07/2003
Marion and Geoff: A Small Summer Party
Character:Karen
Release Date:03/09/2001
Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?
Character:Margaret Robinson
Release Date:10/03/2000
Big Cat
Character:Alice
Release Date:06/09/1998
Deep in the Heart
Character:Kate Markham
Release Date:10/10/1996
Breaking the Code
Character:Patricia 'Pat' Green
Release Date:17/09/1996
Jane Eyre
Character:Miss Temple
Release Date:20/01/1996
Persuasion
Character:Anne Elliott
Release Date:01/05/1995
Hildegard
Character:Ricardis
Release Date:03/01/1994
The Man Who Cried
Character:Hilda Maxwell
Release Date:25/05/1993
The BFG
Character:Sophie (voice)
Release Date:25/12/1990
Mary Rose
Character:Mary Rose
Release Date:01/01/1987
Television Appearances
Baby Reindeer
Character:Elle Dunn
Baby Reindeer
Character:Elle Dunn (voice)
The Sixth Commandment
Character:Sue Farquhar
You & Me
Character:Richards
Dalgliesh
Character:Sister Brumfett
The Sister
Character:June Fox
Patrick Melrose
Character:Virginia Watson-Scott
Wolf Hall
Character:Abbess Zouche
Call the Midwife
Character:Florrie Watkins
Death in Paradise
Character:Teresa Gower
Vera
Character:Deena Corbridge
Thorne
Character:
Sherlock
Character:Emma Welsborough
Law & Order: UK
Character:
The Impressionists
Character:Alice Hoschede
The Robinsons
Character:
Julian Fellowes Investigates: A Most Mysterious Murder
Character:Vera Sidney
London
Character:Charlotte Bronte
Little Britain
Character:
The Afternoon Play
Character:Andrea
Daniel Deronda
Character:Mrs. Davilow
Foyle's War
Character:Elizabeth Lewes
Rose and Maloney
Character:
The Forsyte Saga
Character:Winifred Dartie
All About Me
Character:Miranda
Waking the Dead
Character:Lorna Gyles
Anna Karenina
Character:Dolly
Sunnyside Farm
Character:
Midsomer Murders
Character:Ruth Scholey
Original Sin
Character:Frances Peverell
Harry Enfield and Chums
Character:Miss Hetherington
Love on a Branch Line
Character:Miss Mounsey
The Buddha of Suburbia
Character:1st TV Producer
A Touch of Frost
Character:Dolores Delmonte
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
Character:Kate (voice)
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Character:Mrs Rendell
Casualty
Character:Joyce Paice
Time for Murder
Character:Sarah Penwarden
Natural World
Character:Narrator
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