Amanda Root
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Series
Midsomer Murders
Ruth Scholey
1997
Series
Death in Paradise
Teresa Gower
2011
Series
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Mrs Rendell
1989
Series
Call the Midwife
Florrie Watkins
2012
Series
Casualty
Joyce Paice
1986
Series
Vera
Deena Corbridge
2011
Series
Sherlock
Emma Welsborough
2010
Series
Waking the Dead
Lorna Gyles
2001
Series
Natural World
Narrator
1983
Series
A Touch of Frost
Dolores Delmonte
1992
Series
Foyle's War
Elizabeth Lewes
2002
Series
Law & Order: UK
2009
Series
Little Britain
2003
Series
Wolf Hall
Abbess Zouche
2015
Series
Dalgliesh
Sister Brumfett
2021
Series
Patrick Melrose
Virginia Watson-Scott
2018
Series
Baby Reindeer
Elle Dunn
2024
Series
Baby Reindeer
Elle Dunn (voice)
2024
Series
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
Kate (voice)
1992
Series
The Forsyte Saga
Winifred Dartie
2002
Series
The Afternoon Play
Andrea
2003
Series
Remembers…
2022
Series
Rose and Maloney
Marsha Campese
2002
Series
Harry Enfield and Chums
Miss Hetherington
1994
Film
The Iron Lady
Amanda
2011
Series
Thorne
Teresa Maxwell
2010
Film
Their Finest
Cecy/Mrs Brown (Careless Talk Film)
2017
Series
Worlds Beyond
Julia
1986
Series
The Buddha of Suburbia
1st TV Producer
1993
Series
Daniel Deronda
Mrs Davilow
2002
Series
The Sister
June Fox
2020
Series
Julian Fellowes Investigates: A Most Mysterious Murder
Vera Sidney
2004
Series
The Robinsons
Maggie Robinson
2005
Series
Time for Murder
Sarah Penwarden
1985
Film
Persuasion
Anne Elliott
1995
Film
Jane Eyre
Miss Temple
1996
Series
Anna Karenina
Dolly
2000
Series
You & Me
Richards
2023
Series
The Sixth Commandment
Sue Farquhar
2023
Film
Summerland
Mrs. Lawrence
2020
Series
Love on a Branch Line
Miss Mounsey
1994
London
Charlotte Bronte
2004
Series
Original Sin
Frances Peverell
1997
Turning World
Evelyn Sharples
1997
Sunnyside Farm
1997
Series
All About Me
Miranda
2002
Film
Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?
Margaret Robinson
2000
Film
The BFG
Sophie (voice)
1990
Series
The Impressionists
Alice Hoschede
2006
Film
Allelujah
Cynthia
2023
Film
Miss Marie Lloyd: Queen of the Music Hall
Mrs. Chart
2007
Film
The Man Who Cried
Hilda Maxwell
1993
Film
Life Goes On
Judith
2026
Film
Marion and Geoff: A Small Summer Party
Karen
2001
Film
Hildegard
Ricardis
1994
Film
Deep in the Heart
Kate Markham
1996
Film
The Black Prince
Queen Victoria
2017
Film
Breaking the Code
Patricia 'Pat' Green
1996
Mortimer's Law
Rachel Mortimer
1998
Film
Fiona's Story
Julie
2008
Film
The Robber Bride
Tony Fremont
2007
Film
Love Again
Maeve Brennan
2003
Big Cat
Alice
1998
Film
Mary Rose
Mary Rose
1987
Film
The Taming of the Shrew
Kate (voice)
1994