Amanda Root

Amanda Root

Actor Jan 1 (age 63) Chelmsford, Essex, England 1983–2026 (43 year career)

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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. Description above from th…

Known For

The Iron Lady

The Iron Lady

Amanda

Summerland

Summerland

Mrs. Lawrence

Their Finest

Their Finest

Cecy/Mrs Brown (Careless Talk Film)

Jane Eyre

Jane Eyre

Miss Temple

Persuasion

Persuasion

Anne Elliott

The BFG

The BFG

Sophie (voice)

The Forsyte Saga

The Forsyte Saga

Winifred Dartie

Daniel Deronda

Daniel Deronda

Mrs. Davilow

Filmography

Acting (63)

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Movies (22)

Life Goes On

Life Goes On

as Judith

Apr 24

Allelujah

Allelujah

as Cynthia

Summerland

Summerland

as Mrs. Lawrence

Their Finest

Their Finest

as Cecy/Mrs Brown (Careless Talk Film)

The Black Prince

The Black Prince

as Queen Victoria

The Iron Lady

The Iron Lady

as Amanda

Fiona's Story

Fiona's Story

as Julie

Mrs. McGinty's Dead

Mrs. McGinty's Dead

as Shelagh Rendell

The Robber Bride

The Robber Bride

as Tony Fremont

Miss Marie Lloyd: Queen of the Music Hall

Miss Marie Lloyd: Queen of the Music Hall

as Mrs. Chart

Love Again

Love Again

as Maeve Brennan

Marion and Geoff: A Small Summer Party

Marion and Geoff: A Small Summer Party

as Karen

Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?

Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?

as Margaret Robinson

Big Cat

as Alice

Jane Eyre

Jane Eyre

as Miss Temple

Deep in the Heart

Deep in the Heart

as Kate Markham

Breaking the Code

Breaking the Code

as Patricia 'Pat' Green

Persuasion

Persuasion

as Anne Elliott

Hildegard

Hildegard

as Ricardis

The Man Who Cried

The Man Who Cried

as Hilda Maxwell

The BFG

The BFG

as Sophie (voice)

Mary Rose

Mary Rose

as Mary Rose

Television (41)

Baby Reindeer

Baby Reindeer

as Elle Dunn (voice)

The Sixth Commandment

The Sixth Commandment

as Sue Farquhar

You & Me

You & Me

as Richards

Remembers…

Remembers…

Dalgliesh

Dalgliesh

as Sister Brumfett

The Sister

The Sister

as June Fox

Patrick Melrose

Patrick Melrose

as Virginia Watson-Scott

Wolf Hall

Wolf Hall

as Abbess Zouche

Call the Midwife

Call the Midwife

as Florrie Watkins

Death in Paradise

Death in Paradise

as Teresa Gower

Vera

Vera

as Deena Corbridge

Sherlock

Sherlock

as Emma Welsborough

Thorne

Thorne

as Teresa Maxwell

Law & Order: UK

Law & Order: UK

The Impressionists

The Impressionists

as Alice Hoschede

The Robinsons

The Robinsons

Julian Fellowes Investigates: A Most Mysterious Murder

Julian Fellowes Investigates: A Most Mysterious Murder

as Vera Sidney

London

as Charlotte Bronte

Little Britain

Little Britain

The Afternoon Play

The Afternoon Play

as Andrea

Foyle's War

Foyle's War

as Elizabeth Lewes

The Forsyte Saga

The Forsyte Saga

as Winifred Dartie

Rose and Maloney

Rose and Maloney

Daniel Deronda

Daniel Deronda

as Mrs. Davilow

All About Me

as Miranda

Waking the Dead

Waking the Dead

as Lorna Gyles

Anna Karenina

Anna Karenina

as Dolly

Midsomer Murders

Midsomer Murders

as Ruth Scholey

Original Sin

Original Sin

as Frances Peverell

Sunnyside Farm

Harry Enfield and Chums

Harry Enfield and Chums

as Miss Hetherington

Love on a Branch Line

Love on a Branch Line

as Miss Mounsey

The Buddha of Suburbia

The Buddha of Suburbia

as 1st TV Producer

A Touch of Frost

A Touch of Frost

as Dolores Delmonte

Shakespeare: The Animated Tales

Shakespeare: The Animated Tales

as Kate (voice)

Agatha Christie's Poirot

Agatha Christie's Poirot

as Mrs Rendell

Casualty

Casualty

as Joyce Paice

Ladies in Charge

Ladies in Charge

as Polly Swift

Worlds Beyond

Worlds Beyond

as Julia

Time for Murder

Time for Murder

as Sarah Penwarden

Natural World

Natural World

as Narrator