Acting · Chelmsford, Essex, England · Born January 1, 1963
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.
MovieLife Goes On
2026
as Judith
TVBaby Reindeer
2024
as Elle Dunn
TVThe Sixth Commandment
2023
as Sue Farquhar
MovieAllelujah
2023
as Cynthia
TVYou & Me
2023
as Richards
TVRemembers…
2022
TVDalgliesh
2021
as Sister Brumfett
TVThe Sister
2020
as June Fox
MovieSummerland
2020
as Mrs. Lawrence
TVPatrick Melrose
2018
as Virginia Watson-Scott
MovieThe Black Prince
2017
as Queen Victoria
MovieTheir Finest
2017
as Cecy/Mrs Brown (Careless Talk Film)
TVWolf Hall
2015
as Abbess Zouche
TVCall the Midwife
2012
as Florrie Watkins
MovieThe Iron Lady
2011
as Amanda
TVDeath in Paradise
2011
as Teresa Gower
TVVera
2011
as Deena Corbridge
TVThorne
2010
as Teresa Maxwell
TVSherlock
2010
as Emma Welsborough
TVLaw & Order: UK
2009
MovieFiona's Story
2008
as Julie
MovieMiss Marie Lloyd: Queen of the Music Hall
2007
as Mrs. Chart
MovieThe Robber Bride
2007
as Tony Fremont
TVThe Impressionists
2006
as Alice Hoschede
TVThe Robinsons
2005
TVJulian Fellowes Investigates: A Most Mysterious Murder
2004
as Vera Sidney
London
2004
as Charlotte Bronte
TVLittle Britain
2003
MovieLove Again
2003
as Maeve Brennan
TVThe Afternoon Play
2003
as Andrea
TVDaniel Deronda
2002
as Mrs Davilow
TVFoyle's War
2002
as Elizabeth Lewes
TVRose and Maloney
2002
as Marsha Campese
TVThe Forsyte Saga
2002
as Winifred Dartie
TVAll About Me
2002
as Miranda
MovieMarion and Geoff: A Small Summer Party
2001
as Karen
TVWaking the Dead
2001
as Lorna Gyles
TVAnna Karenina
2000
as Dolly
MovieWhatever Happened to Harold Smith?
2000
as Margaret Robinson
Big Cat
1998
as Alice
Mortimer's Law
1998
as Rachel Mortimer
Sunnyside Farm
1997
TVMidsomer Murders
1997
as Ruth Scholey
TVOriginal Sin
1997
as Frances Peverell
MovieDeep in the Heart
1996
as Kate Markham
MovieBreaking the Code
1996
as Patricia 'Pat' Green
MovieJane Eyre
1996
as Miss Temple
MoviePersuasion
1995
as Anne Elliott
TVHarry Enfield and Chums
1994
as Miss Hetherington
TVLove on a Branch Line
1994
as Miss Mounsey
MovieHildegard
1994
as Ricardis
TVThe Buddha of Suburbia
1993
as 1st TV Producer
MovieThe Man Who Cried
1993
as Hilda Maxwell
TVA Touch of Frost
1992
as Dolores Delmonte
TVShakespeare: The Animated Tales
1992
as Kate (voice)
MovieThe BFG
1990
as Sophie (voice)
TVAgatha Christie's Poirot
1989
as Mrs Rendell
MovieMary Rose
1987
as Mary Rose
TVWorlds Beyond
1986
as Julia
TVCasualty
1986
as Joyce Paice
TVTime for Murder
1985
as Sarah Penwarden
TVNatural World
1983
as Narrator
