Amanda Root
Birthdate
January 1, 1963 (61 years old)
Place of Birth
Chelmsford, Essex, England
Known For
Acting
Details
Birthdate
January 1, 1963 (61 years old)
Place of Birth
Chelmsford, Essex, England
Known For
Acting
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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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.
Amanda Root's LGBTQ+ Titles
Summerland
Mrs. Lawrence
Acting (52)
2024
Baby Reindeer as Elle Dunn (2 episodes)
2024
Baby Reindeer as Elle Dunn (voice) (1 episode)
2023
The Sixth Commandment as Sue Farquhar (4 episodes)
2023
Allelujah as Cynthia
2023
You & Me as Richards (2 episodes)
2021
Dalgliesh as Sister Brumfett (2 episodes)
2020
The Sister as June Fox (4 episodes)
2020
Summerland as Mrs. Lawrence
2018
Patrick Melrose as Virginia Watson-Scott (1 episode)
2017
The Black Prince as Queen Victoria
2017
Their Finest as Cecy/Mrs Brown (Careless Talk Film)
2012
Call the Midwife as Florrie Watkins (1 episode)
2011
Death in Paradise as Teresa Gower (1 episode)
2010
Thorne (1 episode)
2010
Sherlock as Emma Welsborough (1 episode)
2009
Law & Order: UK (1 episode)
2008
Fiona's Story as Julie
2007
Miss Marie Lloyd: Queen of the Music Hall as Mrs. Chart
2007
The Robber Bride as Tony Fremont
2006
The Impressionists as Alice Hoschede (3 episodes)
2005
The Robinsons (6 episodes)
2004
Julian Fellowes Investigates: A Most Mysterious Murder as Vera Sidney (1 episode)
2004
London as Charlotte Bronte (3 episodes)
2003
Little Britain (1 episode)
2003
Love Again as Maeve Brennan
2002
Daniel Deronda as Mrs. Davilow (4 episodes)
2002
Foyle's War (1 episode)
2002
Rose and Maloney (2 episodes)
2002
The Forsyte Saga (10 episodes)
2002
All About Me as Miranda (8 episodes)
2001
Marion and Geoff: A Small Summer Party as Karen
2001
Waking the Dead as Lorna Gyles (2 episodes)
2000
Anna Karenina as Dolly (4 episodes)
2000
Whatever Happened to Harold Smith? as Margaret Robinson
1997
Sunnyside Farm (1 episode)
1997
Midsomer Murders as Ruth Scholey (1 episode)
1997
Original Sin as Frances Peverell (3 episodes)
1996
Deep in the Heart as Kate Markham
1996
Breaking the Code as Patricia 'Pat' Green
1996
Jane Eyre as Miss Temple
1995
Persuasion as Anne Elliott
1994
Love on a Branch Line as Miss Mounsey (4 episodes)
1993
The Buddha of Suburbia as 1st TV Producer (4 episodes)
1993
The Man Who Cried as Hilda Maxwell
1992
A Touch of Frost as Dolores Delmonte (1 episode)
1992
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales as Kate (voice) (1 episode)
1989
The BFG as Sophie (voice)
1989
Agatha Christie's Poirot as Mrs Rendell (1 episode)
1987
Mary Rose as Mary Rose
1986
Casualty as Joyce Paice (1 episode)
1985
Time for Murder as Sarah Penwarden (1 episode)
1983
Natural World as Narrator (1 episode)