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