Amanda Root
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
Jan 1, 1963 (63 years old)
Place of Birth
Chelmsford, Essex, England
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 the Wikipedia article Amanda Root, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
| 2026 | Life Goes OnJudith | |
| 2024 | Baby ReindeerElle Dunn | |
| 2024 | Baby ReindeerElle Dunn (voice) | |
| 2023 | AllelujahCynthia | |
| 2023 | The Sixth CommandmentSue Farquhar | |
| 2023 | You & MeRichards | |
| 2022 | Remembers… | |
| 2021 | DalglieshSister Brumfett | |
| 2020 | SummerlandMrs. Lawrence | |
| 2020 | The SisterJune Fox | |
| 2018 | Patrick MelroseVirginia Watson-Scott | |
| 2017 | Their FinestCecy/Mrs Brown (Careless Talk Film) | |
| 2017 | The Black PrinceQueen Victoria | |
| 2015 | Wolf HallAbbess Zouche | |
| 2012 | Call the MidwifeFlorrie Watkins | |
| 2011 | The Iron LadyAmanda | |
| 2011 | Death in ParadiseTeresa Gower | |
| 2011 | VeraDeena Corbridge | |
| 2010 | SherlockEmma Welsborough | |
| 2010 | ThorneTeresa Maxwell | |
| 2009 | Law & Order: UK | |
| 2008 | Fiona's StoryJulie | |
| 2008 | Mrs. McGinty's DeadShelagh Rendell | |
| 2007 | Miss Marie Lloyd: Queen of the Music HallMrs. Chart | |
| 2007 | The Robber BrideTony Fremont | |
| 2006 | The ImpressionistsAlice Hoschede | |
| 2005 | The Robinsons | |
| 2004 | LondonCharlotte Bronte | |
| 2004 | Julian Fellowes Investigates: A Most Mysterious MurderVera Sidney | |
| 2003 | Love AgainMaeve Brennan | |
| 2003 | Little Britain | |
| 2003 | The Afternoon PlayAndrea | |
| 2002 | All About MeMiranda | |
| 2002 | Foyle's WarElizabeth Lewes | |
| 2002 | The Forsyte SagaWinifred Dartie | |
| 2002 | Daniel DerondaMrs. Davilow | |
| 2002 | Rose and Maloney | |
| 2001 | Marion and Geoff: A Small Summer PartyKaren | |
| 2001 | Waking the DeadLorna Gyles | |
| 2000 | Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?Margaret Robinson | |
| 2000 | Anna KareninaDolly | |
| 1998 | Big CatAlice | |
| 1997 | Midsomer MurdersRuth Scholey | |
| 1997 | Original SinFrances Peverell | |
| 1997 | Sunnyside Farm | |
| 1996 | Jane EyreMiss Temple | |
| 1996 | Breaking the CodePatricia 'Pat' Green | |
| 1996 | Deep in the HeartKate Markham | |
| 1995 | PersuasionAnne Elliott | |
| 1994 | HildegardRicardis | |
| 1994 | Love on a Branch LineMiss Mounsey | |
| 1994 | Harry Enfield and ChumsMiss Hetherington | |
| 1993 | The Man Who CriedHilda Maxwell | |
| 1993 | The Buddha of Suburbia1st TV Producer | |
| 1992 | A Touch of FrostDolores Delmonte | |
| 1992 | Shakespeare: The Animated TalesKate (voice) | |
| 1990 | The BFGSophie (voice) | |
| 1989 | Agatha Christie's PoirotMrs Rendell | |
| 1987 | Mary RoseMary Rose | |
| 1986 | CasualtyJoyce Paice | |
| 1986 | Worlds BeyondJulia | |
| 1985 | Time for MurderSarah Penwarden | |
| 1983 | Natural WorldNarrator |