Amanda Root

Known for acting · Born 1 January 1963 · 63 · Chelmsford, Essex, England

64 credits

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

The BFG

1990

Persuasion

1995

Baby Reindeer

2024

The Forsyte Saga

2002

The Black Prince

2017

Summerland

2020

Wolf Hall

2015

Sherlock

2010

The Man Who Cried

1993

The Sixth Commandment

2023

All About Me

2002

The Robinsons

2005

Acting (64)

2026Life Goes OnJudithFilm

2024Baby ReindeerElle Dunn · 2 episodes, Elle Dunn (voice)Series

2023The Sixth CommandmentSue Farquhar · 4 episodesSeries

2023AllelujahCynthiaFilm

2023You & MeRichards · 2 episodesSeries

2022Remembers…Series

2021DalglieshSister Brumfett · 2 episodesSeries

2020SummerlandMrs. LawrenceFilm

2020The SisterJune Fox · 4 episodesSeries

2018Patrick MelroseVirginia Watson-ScottSeries

2017Their FinestCecy/Mrs Brown (Careless Talk Film)Film

2017The Black PrinceQueen VictoriaFilm

2015Wolf HallAbbess Zouche · 4 episodesSeries

2012Call the MidwifeFlorrie WatkinsSeries

2011The Iron LadyAmandaFilm

2011Death in ParadiseTeresa GowerSeries

2011VeraDeena CorbridgeSeries

2010SherlockEmma WelsboroughSeries

2010ThorneTeresa MaxwellSeries

2009Law & Order: UKSeries

2008Fiona's StoryJulieFilm

2007The Robber BrideTony FremontFilm

2007Miss Marie Lloyd: Queen of the Music HallMrs. ChartFilm

2006The ImpressionistsAlice Hoschede · 3 episodesSeries

2005The RobinsonsMaggie Robinson · 6 episodesSeries

2004LondonCharlotte Bronte · 3 episodesSeries

2004Julian Fellowes Investigates: A Most Mysterious MurderVera SidneySeries

2003Little BritainSeries

2003The Afternoon PlayAndreaSeries

2003Love AgainMaeve BrennanFilm

2002Foyle's WarElizabeth LewesSeries

2002The Forsyte SagaWinifred Dartie · 10 episodesSeries

2002Daniel DerondaMrs Davilow · 4 episodesSeries

2002Rose and MaloneyMarsha Campese · 2 episodesSeries

2002All About MeMiranda · 8 episodesSeries

2001Waking the DeadLorna Gyles · 2 episodesSeries

2001Marion & Geoff: A Small Summer PartyKarenFilm

2000Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?Margaret RobinsonFilm

2000Anna KareninaDolly · 4 episodesSeries

1998Big CatAliceFilm

1998Mortimer's LawRachel Mortimer · 6 episodesSeries

1997Midsomer MurdersRuth ScholeySeries

1997Original SinFrances Peverell · 3 episodesSeries

1997Sunnyside FarmSeries

1997Turning WorldEvelyn Sharples · 3 episodesSeries

1996Jane EyreMiss TempleFilm

1996Breaking the CodePatricia 'Pat' GreenFilm

1996Deep in the HeartKate MarkhamFilm

1995PersuasionAnne ElliottFilm

1994Harry Enfield and ChumsMiss HetheringtonSeries

1994Love on a Branch LineMiss Mounsey · 4 episodesSeries

1994HildegardRicardisFilm

1994The Taming of the ShrewKate (voice)Film

1993The Buddha of Suburbia1st TV Producer · 4 episodesSeries

1993The Man Who CriedHilda MaxwellFilm

1992A Touch of FrostDolores DelmonteSeries

1992Shakespeare: The Animated TalesKate (voice)Series

1990The BFGSophie (voice)Film

1989Agatha Christie's PoirotMrs RendellSeries

1987Mary RoseMary RoseFilm

1986CasualtyJoyce PaiceSeries

1986Worlds BeyondJuliaSeries

1985Time for MurderSarah PenwardenSeries

1983Natural WorldNarratorSeries