Amanda Root
Known for Acting · 62 credits
- Born
- 1963-01-01 (age 63)
- Place of birth
- Chelmsford, Essex, England
- Also known as
- 아만다 루트
Biography
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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Known For
TV Shows (41)
Midsomer Murders
1997
as Ruth Scholey
Death in Paradise
2011
as Teresa Gower
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989
as Mrs Rendell
Casualty
1986
as Joyce Paice
Vera
2011
as Deena Corbridge
Call the Midwife
2012
as Florrie Watkins
Natural World
1983
as Narrator
Sherlock
2010
as Emma Welsborough
Foyle's War
2002
as Elizabeth Lewes
A Touch of Frost
1992
as Dolores Delmonte
Waking the Dead
2001
as Lorna Gyles
Law & Order: UK
2009
Dalgliesh
2021
as Sister Brumfett
Wolf Hall
2015
as Abbess Zouche
Little Britain
2003
Baby Reindeer
2024
as Elle Dunn / Elle Dunn (voice)
Remembers…
2022
The Forsyte Saga
2002
as Winifred Dartie
The Afternoon Play
2003
as Andrea
Patrick Melrose
2018
as Virginia Watson-Scott
Worlds Beyond
1986
as Julia
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
1992
as Kate (voice)
Rose and Maloney
2002
as Marsha Campese
Thorne
2010
as Teresa Maxwell
Harry Enfield and Chums
1994
as Miss Hetherington
The Sister
2020
as June Fox
The Sixth Commandment
2023
as Sue Farquhar
Daniel Deronda
2002
as Mrs Davilow
Time for Murder
1985
as Sarah Penwarden
The Buddha of Suburbia
1993
as 1st TV Producer
You & Me
2023
as Richards
The Robinsons
2005
Anna Karenina
2000
as Dolly
Julian Fellowes Investigates: A Most Mysterious Murder
2004
as Vera Sidney
London
2004
as Charlotte Bronte
The Impressionists
2006
as Alice Hoschede
Original Sin
1997
as Frances Peverell
All About Me
2002
as Miranda
Love on a Branch Line
1994
as Miss Mounsey
Sunnyside Farm
1997
Mortimer's Law
1998
as Rachel Mortimer
Movies (21)
The Iron Lady
2011
as Amanda
Jane Eyre
1996
as Miss Temple
Persuasion
1995
as Anne Elliott
Their Finest
2017
as Cecy/Mrs Brown (Careless Talk Film)
Summerland
2020
as Mrs. Lawrence
Life Goes On
2026
as Judith
The BFG
1990
as Sophie (voice)
Allelujah
2023
as Cynthia
Marion and Geoff: A Small Summer Party
2001
as Karen
The Robber Bride
2007
as Tony Fremont
Hildegard
1994
as Ricardis
Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?
2000
as Margaret Robinson
Big Cat
1998
as Alice
The Black Prince
2017
as Queen Victoria
The Man Who Cried
1993
as Hilda Maxwell
Breaking the Code
1996
as Patricia 'Pat' Green
Fiona's Story
2008
as Julie
Deep in the Heart
1996
as Kate Markham
Love Again
2003
as Maeve Brennan
Miss Marie Lloyd: Queen of the Music Hall
2007
as Mrs. Chart
Mary Rose
1987
as Mary Rose
About Amanda Root
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-B… With 62 credits spanning from 1983 to 2026, Amanda Root has appeared in 21 films and 41 TV shows.
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Most Popular Amanda Root Movies
- The Iron Lady (2011) — as Amanda
- Jane Eyre (1996) — as Miss Temple
- Persuasion (1995) — as Anne Elliott
- Their Finest (2017) — as Cecy/Mrs Brown (Careless Talk Film)
- Summerland (2020) — as Mrs. Lawrence
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