Biography
Amanda Root (born 1963) is an English stage and screen actress and a former voice actress for children's programmes.Root is known for her starring role in the 1995 BBC film adaptation of Jane Austen's Persuasion, her role in the British TV comedy All About Me, as Miranda, alongside Richard Lumsden in 2004, and for voicing Sophie in The BFG.She trained for the stage at Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art.
Filmography
All 44
TV shows 29
Movies 15
Producer 1
Narrator 1
Sister Brumfett
Dalgliesh (2021)
TV show
June Fox
The Sister (2020)
TV show
Mrs. Lawrence
Summerland (2020)
Movie
Virginia Watson-Scott
Patrick Melrose (2018)
TV show
6.5
Queen Victoria
The Black Prince (2017)
Movie
Cecy/Mrs Brown (Careless Talk Film)
Their Finest (2017)
Movie
6
Actress
Zou (2012)
TV show
Teresa Maxwell
Thorne: Sleepyhead (2010)
Movie
Teresa Maxwell
Thorne (2010)
TV show
Emma Welsborough
Sherlock (2010)
TV show
6.98
Law & Order UK (2009)
TV show
8
Julie
Fiona's Story (2008)
Movie
Mrs. Chart
Miss Marie Lloyd: Queen of the Music Hall (2007)
Movie
Tony Fremont
The Robber Bride (2007)
Movie
Alice Hoschede
The Impressionists (2006)
TV show
Noella
Empire (2005)
TV show
8
Maggie Robinson
The Robinsons (2005)
TV show
Vera Sidney
Julian Fellowes Investigates: A Most Mysterious Murder (2004)
TV show
Charlotte Bronte
London (2004)
TV show
Little Britain (2003)
TV show
6.46
Maeve Brennan
Love Again (2003)
Movie
Mrs. Davilow
Daniel Deronda (2002)
TV show
5.28
Foyle's War (2002)
TV show
6
Rose and Maloney (2002)
TV show
The Forsyte Saga (2002)
TV show
5.17
Miranda
All About Me (2002)
TV show
Lorna Gyles
Waking the Dead (2000)
TV show
4.67
Dolly
Anna Karenina (2000)
TV show
Margaret Robinson
Whatever Happened to Harold Smith? (2000)
Movie
Sunnyside Farm (1997)
TV show
Midsomer Murders (1997)
TV show
6
Frances Peverell
Original Sin (1997)
TV show
Kate Markham
Deep in the Heart (1996)
Movie
Patricia 'Pat' Green
Breaking the Code (1996)
Movie
Miss Temple
Jane Eyre (1996)
Movie
Anne Elliot
Persuasion (1995)
Movie
6
Miss Mounsey
Love on a Branch Line (1994)
TV show
1st TV Producer
The Buddha of Suburbia (1993)
TV show
Hilda Maxwell
The Man Who Cried (1993)
Movie
A Touch of Frost (1992)
TV show
6.67
Kate
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales (1992)
TV show
Sophie
The BFG (1989)
Movie
10
Joyce Paice
Casualty (1986)
TV show
Narrator
Natural World (1983)
TV show
6
Information
Known for Acting
Gender Female
Birthday 1963-01-01 (59 years old)
Place of birth Chelmsford, United Kingdom
Citizenships United Kingdom
Also known as 아만다 루트
Awards Theatre World Special Award
Amanda Root
Filmography
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