8.5
TV
Acting
Amanda Root
- Born
- (age 63)
- Birthplace
- Chelmsford, Essex, England
- Credits
- 65 titles
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.
Description above from the Wikipedia article Amanda Root, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Signature work
Known For
8.5
TV
6.3
Movie
The Iron Lady
7.6
TV
Baby Reindeer
8.2
TV
Agatha Christie's Poirot
6.6
Movie
Their Finest
7.5
TV
Midsomer Murders
7.5
TV
Patrick Melrose
7.4
TV
Death in Paradise
7.6
TV
Call the Midwife
7.1
TV
Little Britain
6.9
Movie
Jane Eyre
7.5
Movie
Summerland
7.4
TV
Vera
6.4
Movie
The BFG
7.2
Movie
Persuasion
7.5
TV
Wolf Hall
7.9
TV
Foyle's War
6.2
TV
Casualty
Acting credits 65
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Life Goes On Film | Judith |
| 2024 | Baby Reindeer TV | Elle Dunn, Elle Dunn (voice) (2 ep) |
| 2023 | The Sixth Commandment TV | Sue Farquhar (4 ep) |
| 2023 | Allelujah Film | Cynthia |
| 2023 | You & Me TV | Richards (2 ep) |
| 2022 | Remembers… TV | (1 ep) |
| 2021 | Dalgliesh TV | Sister Brumfett (2 ep) |
| 2021 | Professor T TV | Emily Maclean (1 ep) |
| 2020 | The Sister TV | June Fox (4 ep) |
| 2020 | Summerland Film | Mrs. Lawrence |
| 2018 | Patrick Melrose TV | Virginia Watson-Scott (1 ep) |
| 2017 | The Black Prince Film | Queen Victoria |
| 2017 | Their Finest Film | Cecy/Mrs Brown (Careless Talk Film) |
| 2015 | Wolf Hall TV | Abbess Zouche (4 ep) |
| 2012 | Call the Midwife TV | Florrie Watkins (1 ep) |
| 2011 | The Iron Lady Film | Amanda |
| 2011 | Death in Paradise TV | Teresa Gower (1 ep) |
| 2011 | Vera TV | Deena Corbridge (1 ep) |
| 2010 | Thorne TV | Teresa Maxwell (1 ep) |
| 2010 | Sherlock TV | Emma Welsborough (1 ep) |
| 2009 | Law & Order: UK TV | (1 ep) |
| 2008 | Fiona's Story Film | Julie |
| 2007 | Miss Marie Lloyd: Queen of the Music Hall Film | Mrs. Chart |
| 2007 | The Robber Bride Film | Tony Fremont |
| 2006 | The Impressionists TV | Alice Hoschede (3 ep) |
| 2005 | The Robinsons TV | Maggie Robinson (6 ep) |
| 2004 | Julian Fellowes Investigates: A Most Mysterious Murder TV | Vera Sidney (1 ep) |
| 2004 | London TV | Charlotte Bronte (3 ep) |
| 2003 | Little Britain TV | (1 ep) |
| 2003 | Love Again Film | Maeve Brennan |
| 2003 | The Afternoon Play TV | Andrea (1 ep) |
| 2002 | Daniel Deronda TV | Mrs Davilow (4 ep) |
| 2002 | Foyle's War TV | Elizabeth Lewes (1 ep) |
| 2002 | Rose and Maloney TV | Marsha Campese (2 ep) |
| 2002 | The Forsyte Saga TV | Winifred Dartie (10 ep) |
| 2002 | All About Me TV | Miranda (8 ep) |
| 2001 | Marion & Geoff: A Small Summer Party Film | Karen |
| 2001 | Waking the Dead TV | Lorna Gyles (2 ep) |
| 2000 | Anna Karenina TV | Dolly (4 ep) |
| 2000 | Whatever Happened to Harold Smith? Film | Margaret Robinson |
| 1998 | Big Cat Film | Alice |
| 1998 | Mortimer's Law TV | Rachel Mortimer (6 ep) |
| 1997 | Sunnyside Farm TV | (1 ep) |
| 1997 | Midsomer Murders TV | Ruth Scholey (1 ep) |
| 1997 | Original Sin TV | Frances Peverell (3 ep) |
| 1997 | Turning World TV | Evelyn Sharples (3 ep) |
| 1996 | Deep in the Heart Film | Kate Markham |
| 1996 | Breaking the Code Film | Patricia 'Pat' Green |
| 1996 | Jane Eyre Film | Miss Temple |
| 1995 | Persuasion Film | Anne Elliott |
| 1994 | The Taming of the Shrew Film | Kate (voice) |
| 1994 | Harry Enfield and Chums TV | Miss Hetherington (1 ep) |
| 1994 | Love on a Branch Line TV | Miss Mounsey (4 ep) |
| 1994 | Hildegard Film | Ricardis |
| 1993 | The Buddha of Suburbia TV | 1st TV Producer (4 ep) |
| 1993 | The Man Who Cried Film | Hilda Maxwell |
| 1992 | A Touch of Frost TV | Dolores Delmonte (1 ep) |
| 1992 | Shakespeare: The Animated Tales TV | Kate (voice) (1 ep) |
| 1990 | The BFG Film | Sophie (voice) |
| 1989 | Agatha Christie's Poirot TV | Mrs Rendell (1 ep) |