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Amanda Root
Actor
Born January 1, 1963 (61 years)
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.
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Known For
Filmography
| 2024 | Baby Reindeer (TV Series) · as Elle Dunn |
| 2023 | The Sixth Commandment (TV Series) · as Sue Farquhar |
| 2023 | You & Me (2023) (TV Series) · as Richards |
| 2022 | Allelujah · as Cynthia |
| 2021 | Dalgliesh (2021) (TV Series) · as Sister Brumfett |
| 2020 | The Sister (TV Series) · as June Fox |
| 2020 | Summerland · as Mrs. Lawrence |
| 2019 | MotherFatherSon (TV Series) · as Interviewer |
| 2019 | The Capture (TV Series) · as Margaret |
| 2018 | Patrick Melrose (TV Series) · as Virginia Watson-Scott |
| 2017 | The Black Prince · as Queen Victoria |
| 2016 | Their Finest · as Cecy/mrs Brown (careless Talk Film) |
| 2015 | Unforgotten (TV Series) · as Carol Finch |
| 2013 | The Tunnel (TV Series) · as Doctor Cross |
| 2013 | Count Arthur Strong (TV Series) · as Karen |
| 2012 | Zou (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 2012 | Call the Midwife (TV Series) · as Florrie Watkins |
| 2011 | The Iron Lady · as Amanda |
| 2011 | Death in Paradise (TV Series) · as Teresa Gower |
| 2010 | Thorne (TV Series) |
| 2010 | DCI Banks (TV Series) · as Mary Rothwell |
| 2010 | Sherlock (TV Series) · as Emma Welsborough |
| 2009 | Law & Order: UK (TV Series) |
| 2008 | Fiona's Story · as Julie |
| 2007 | Miss Marie Lloyd · as Mrs. Chart |
| 2007 | Starship Farragut (TV Series) · as Lt. Allison Bell |
| 2007 | The Robber Bride · as Tony Fremont |
| 2006 | The Impressionists (TV Series) · as Alice Hoschede |
| 2005 | Empire (2005) (TV Series) · as Noella |
| 2005 | The Robinsons (TV Series) |
| 2004 | A Most Mysterious Murder (TV Series) · as Vera Sidney |
| 2004 | Peter Ackroyd's London (TV Series) · as Charlotte Bronte |
| 2004 | Star Trek New Voyages: Phase II (TV Series) · as Extra |
| 2003 | Love Again · as Maeve Brennan |
| 2003 | Little Britain (TV Series) |
| 2003 | The Afternoon Play (TV Series) · as Andrea |
| 2003 | New Tricks (TV Series) · as Eleanor |
| 2002 | The Adventure of English (TV Series) · as Anne Elliott |
| 2002 | Daniel Deronda (TV Series) · as Mrs. Davilow |
| 2002 | Foyle's War (TV Series) |
| 2002 | Rose and Maloney (TV Series) |
| 2002 | The Forsyte Saga (2002) (TV Series) |
| 2002 | All About Me (TV Series) · as Miranda |
| 2001 | A Small Summer Party · as Karen |
| 2000 | Waking the Dead (TV Series) · as Lorna Gyles |
| 2000 | Anna Karenina (2000) (TV Series) · as Dolly |
| 1999 | Whatever Happened to Harold Smith? · as Margaret Robinson |
| 1999 | Holby City (TV Series) · as Abbie Sawyer |
| 1998 | Mortimer's Law (TV Series) · as Rachel Mortimer |
| 1997 | Sunnyside Farm (TV Series) |
| 1997 | Midsomer Murders (TV Series) · as Ruth Scholey |
| 1997 | Original Sin (TV Series) · as Frances Peverell |
| 1996 | Breaking the Code · as Patricia 'pat' Green |
| 1996 | Silent Witness (TV Series) · as Olivia Walsh |
| 1996 | Jane Eyre · as Miss Temple |
| 1995 | Persuasion · as Anne Elliott |
| 1995 | Dangerfield (TV Series) · as Alice Stratton |
| 1994 | Harry Enfield and Chums (TV Series) · as Miss Hetherington |
| 1994 | Love on a Branch Line (TV Series) · as Miss Mounsey |
| 1994 | Hildegard of Bingen · as Ricardis |
| 1993 | The Buddha of Suburbia (TV Series) · as 1st Tv Producer |
| 1993 | The Man Who Cried · as Hilda Maxwell |
| 1992 | A Touch of Frost (TV Series) · as Dolores Delmonte |
| 1992 | Shakespeare: The Animated Tales (TV Series) · as Kate (voice) |
| 1991 | The House of Bernarda Alba · as Adela |
| 1989 | |
| 1989 | Agatha Christie's Poirot (TV Series) · as Mrs Rendell |
| 1986 | Worlds Beyond (TV Series) · as Julia |
| 1986 | Casualty (TV Series) · as Joyce Paice |
| 1983 | Natural World (TV Series) · as Narrator |
| 1978 | The South Bank Show (TV Series) · as Claire Clairmont |
| 1965 | Jackanory (TV Series) · as Storyteller |