About
Amanda Root
Overview
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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Known for
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| 2023 | The Sixth Commandment | Actor | Sue Farquhar | 68 Fair |
| 2023 | Allelujah | Actor | Cynthia | 58 Average |
| 2020 | The Sister | Actor | June Fox | 67 Fair |
| 2020 | Summerland | Actor | Mrs. Lawrence | 63 Fair |
| 2017 | The Black Prince | Actor | Queen Victoria | 58 Average |
| 2017 | Their Finest | Actor | Cecy/Mrs Brown (Careless Talk Film) | 62 Fair |
| 2008 | Fiona's Story | Actor | Julie | N/A N/A |
| 2007 | Miss Marie Lloyd: Queen of the Music Hall | Actor | Mrs. Chart | 59 Average |
| 2007 | The Robber Bride | Actor | Tony Fremont | 58 Average |
| 2006 | The Impressionists | Actor | Alice Hoschede | 70 Good |
| 2005 | The Robinsons | Actor | 68 Fair |
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| 2004 | London | Actor | Charlotte Bronte | N/A N/A |
| 2003 | Love Again | Actor | Maeve Brennan | N/A N/A |
| 2002 | Daniel Deronda | Actor | Mrs. Davilow | 72 Good |
| 2002 | The Forsyte Saga | Actor | 72 Good |
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| 2002 | All About Me | Actor | Miranda | N/A N/A |
| 2001 | Marion and Geoff: A Small Summer Party | Actor | Karen | 59 Average |
| 2000 | Anna Karenina | Actor | Dolly | 69 Fair |
| 2000 | Whatever Happened to Harold Smith? | Actor | Margaret Robinson | 59 Average |
| 1997 | Original Sin | Actor | Frances Peverell | 69 Fair |
| 1996 | Deep in the Heart | Actor | Kate Markham | N/A N/A |
| 1996 | Breaking the Code | Actor | Patricia 'Pat' Green | 58 Average |
| 1996 | Jane Eyre | Actor | Miss Temple | 61 Fair |
| 1995 | Persuasion | Actor | Anne Elliott | 61 Fair |
| 1994 | Love on a Branch Line | Actor | Miss Mounsey | 69 Fair |
| 1994 | Hildegard | Actor | Ricardis | N/A N/A |
| 1993 | The Buddha of Suburbia | Actor | 1st TV Producer | 68 Fair |
| 1993 | The Man Who Cried | Actor | Hilda Maxwell | 58 Average |
| 1989 | The BFG | Actor | Sophie (voice) | 60 Fair |
| 1987 | Mary Rose | Actor | Mary Rose | N/A N/A |