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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

57

Gender

Female

Birthday

1963-01-01 (62 years old)

Place of Birth

Chelmsford, Essex, England

Also Known As

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Amanda Root

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

Acting

Fiona's Story

2008

Fiona's Story

as

Julie

Allelujah

2023

Allelujah

as

Cynthia

The Robber Bride

2007

The Robber Bride

as

Tony Fremont

The BFG

1989

The BFG

as

Sophie (voice)

Persuasion

1995

Persuasion

as

Anne Elliott

Jane Eyre

1996

Jane Eyre

as

Miss Temple

Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?

2000

Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?

as

Margaret Robinson

Mary Rose

1987

Mary Rose

as

Mary Rose

Hildegard

1994

Hildegard

as

Ricardis

Their Finest

2017

Their Finest

as

Cecy/Mrs Brown (Careless Talk Film)

The Man Who Cried

1993

The Man Who Cried

as

Hilda Maxwell

Breaking the Code

1996

Breaking the Code

as

Patricia 'Pat' Green

Deep in the Heart

1996

Deep in the Heart

as

Kate Markham

The Black Prince

2017

The Black Prince

as

Queen Victoria

Love Again

2003

Love Again

as

Maeve Brennan

Summerland

2020

Summerland

as

Mrs. Lawrence

Big Cat

1998

Big Cat

as

Alice

Midsomer Murders

Midsomer Murders

as

Ruth Scholey

All About Me

All About Me

as

Miranda

A Touch of Frost

A Touch of Frost

as

Dolores Delmonte

Waking the Dead

Waking the Dead

as

Lorna Gyles

Patrick Melrose

Patrick Melrose

as

Virginia Watson-Scott

Love on a Branch Line

Love on a Branch Line

as

Miss Mounsey

Daniel Deronda

Daniel Deronda

as

Mrs. Davilow

Natural World

Natural World

as

Narrator

Dalgliesh

Dalgliesh

as

Sister Brumfett

The Sixth Commandment

The Sixth Commandment

as

Sue Farquhar

London

London

as

Charlotte Bronte

Original Sin

Original Sin

as

Frances Peverell

Sherlock

Sherlock

as

Emma Welsborough

Casualty

Casualty

as

Joyce Paice

You & Me

You & Me

as

Richards

The Buddha of Suburbia

The Buddha of Suburbia

as

1st TV Producer

The Impressionists

The Impressionists

as

Alice Hoschede

Call the Midwife

Call the Midwife

as

Florrie Watkins

The Sister

The Sister

as

June Fox

Time for Murder

Time for Murder

as

Sarah Penwarden

Baby Reindeer

Baby Reindeer

as

Elle Dunn

Baby Reindeer

Baby Reindeer

as

Elle Dunn (voice)

Death in Paradise

Death in Paradise

as

Teresa Gower

Wolf Hall

Wolf Hall

as

Abbess Zouche

Vera

Vera

as

Deena Corbridge

Harry Enfield and Chums

Harry Enfield and Chums

as

Miss Hetherington

Production

Crew

Directing