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.
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Amanda Root — movies and TV shows
7.5SeriesMidsomer Murders
1997
8.2SeriesAgatha Christie's Poirot
1989
7.4SeriesDeath in Paradise
2011
6.2SeriesCasualty
1986
7.6SeriesCall the Midwife
2012
7.4SeriesVera
2011
7.4SeriesNatural World
1983
8.5SeriesSherlock
2010
7.6SeriesA Touch of Frost
1992
7.2SeriesWaking the Dead
2001
7.9SeriesFoyle's War
2002
7.3SeriesProfessor T
2021
6.5SeriesShakespeare: The Animated Tales
1992
7.0SeriesLaw & Order: UK
2009
7.1SeriesLittle Britain
2003
7.5SeriesWolf Hall
2015
7.5SeriesPatrick Melrose
2018
7.6SeriesBaby Reindeer
2024
6.7SeriesDalgliesh
2021
6.4SeriesRose and Maloney
2002
7.0SeriesRemembers…
2022
7.9SeriesThe Forsyte Saga
2002
6.5SeriesThe Afternoon Play
2003
6.3FilmThe Iron Lady
2011
7.2SeriesHarry Enfield and Chums
1994
6.4SeriesThorne
2010
6.6FilmTheir Finest
2017
6.8SeriesThe Sixth Commandment
2023
5.9SeriesThe Buddha of Suburbia
1993
7.7SeriesDaniel Deronda
2002
6.4SeriesThe Robinsons
2005
5.8SeriesWorlds Beyond
1986
4.0SeriesTime for Murder
1985
6.9FilmJane Eyre
1996
5.4SeriesYou & Me
2023
7.2FilmPersuasion
1995
6.1SeriesThe Sister
2020
8.0FilmMarion & Geoff: A Small Summer Party
2001
7.0SeriesAll About Me
2002
SeriesJulian Fellowes Investigates: A Most Mysterious Murder
2004
6.8SeriesAnna Karenina
2000
7.5FilmSummerland
2020
5.2SeriesLove on a Branch Line
1994
7.0SeriesOriginal Sin
1997
7.9SeriesThe Impressionists
2006
6.4FilmThe BFG
1990
5.8FilmMiss Marie Lloyd: Queen of the Music Hall
2007
5.4FilmAllelujah
2023
FilmThe Taming of the Shrew
1994
6.3FilmThe Man Who Cried
1993
5.0FilmThe Black Prince
2017
FilmLife Goes On
2026
8.0FilmDeep in the Heart
1996
5.6FilmBreaking the Code
1996
6.2FilmWhatever Happened to Harold Smith?
2000
6.5FilmHildegard
1994
FilmFiona's Story
2008
4.8FilmThe Robber Bride
2007
10.0FilmLove Again
2003
FilmMary Rose
1987