Amanda Root
Acting
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Amanda Root, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
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movieLife Goes On
2026
Judith
tvBaby Reindeer
2024
Elle Dunn / Elle Dunn (voice)
tvThe Sixth Commandment
2023
Sue Farquhar
movieAllelujah
2023
Cynthia
tvYou & Me
2023
Richards
tvDalgliesh
2021
Sister Brumfett
tvThe Sister
2020
June Fox
movieSummerland
2020
Mrs. Lawrence
tvPatrick Melrose
2018
Virginia Watson-Scott
movieThe Black Prince
2017
Queen Victoria
movieTheir Finest
2017
Cecy/Mrs Brown (Careless Talk Film)
tvWolf Hall
2015
Abbess Zouche
tvCall the Midwife
2012
Florrie Watkins
movieThe Iron Lady
2011
Amanda
tvDeath in Paradise
2011
Teresa Gower
tvVera
2011
Deena Corbridge
tvThorne
2010
Teresa Maxwell
tvSherlock
2010
Emma Welsborough
movieThe Robber Bride
2007
Tony Fremont
tvThe Impressionists
2006
Alice Hoschede
London
2004
Charlotte Bronte
movieLove Again
2003
Maeve Brennan
tvThe Afternoon Play
2003
Andrea
tvDaniel Deronda
2002
Mrs Davilow
tvFoyle's War
2002
Elizabeth Lewes
tvRose and Maloney
2002
Marsha Campese
tvThe Forsyte Saga
2002
Winifred Dartie
tvAll About Me
2002
Miranda
tvWaking the Dead
2001
Lorna Gyles
tvAnna Karenina
2000
Dolly
movieWhatever Happened to Harold Smith?
2000
Margaret Robinson
Mortimer's Law
1998
Rachel Mortimer
tvMidsomer Murders
1997
Ruth Scholey
tvOriginal Sin
1997
Frances Peverell
movieDeep in the Heart
1996
Kate Markham
movieBreaking the Code
1996
Patricia 'Pat' Green
movieJane Eyre
1996
Miss Temple
moviePersuasion
1995
Anne Elliott
tvHarry Enfield and Chums
1994
Miss Hetherington
tvLove on a Branch Line
1994
Miss Mounsey
movieHildegard
1994
Ricardis
tvThe Buddha of Suburbia
1993
1st TV Producer
movieThe Man Who Cried
1993
Hilda Maxwell
tvA Touch of Frost
1992
Dolores Delmonte
tvShakespeare: The Animated Tales
1992
Kate (voice)
movieThe BFG
1990
Sophie (voice)
tvAgatha Christie's Poirot
1989
Mrs Rendell
movieMary Rose
1987
Mary Rose
tvWorlds Beyond
1986
Julia
tvCasualty
1986
Joyce Paice
tvTime for Murder
1985
Sarah Penwarden
tvNatural World
1983
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