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
Sherlock
Emma Welsborough
2010
Series
Midsomer Murders
Ruth Scholey
1997
Series
Holby City
Abbie Sawyer
1999
Series
Death in Paradise
Teresa Gower
2011
Series
Casualty
Joyce Paice
1986
Series
Casualty
Evelyn Winnell
1986
Series
Casualty
Barb Edmonds
1986
Series
Casualty
Heather Cross
1986
Series
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Mrs Rendell
1989
Series
The South Bank Show
Claire Clairmont
1978
Series
Silent Witness
Olivia Walsh
1996
Series
Vera
Deena Corbridge
2011
Series
Call the Midwife
Florrie Watkins
2012
Series
Natural World
Narrator
1983
Film
Love of Your Life
Grief Therapist
2026
Series
A Touch of Frost
Dolores Delmonte
1992
Series
New Tricks
Eleanor
2004
Series
Waking the Dead
Lorna Gyles
2001
Series
Foyle's War
Elizabeth Lewes
2002
Series
Unforgotten
Carol Finch
2015
Series
The Capture
Margaret
2019
Series
Professor T
Emily Maclean
2021
Series
Little Britain
Baby's Mother
2003
Series
Law & Order: UK
Patricia Smith
2009
Series
Remembers…
2022
Series
DCI Banks
Mary Rothwell
2011
Series
Patrick Melrose
Virginia Watson-Scott
2018
Series
Wolf Hall
Abbess Zouche
2015
Series
Dalgliesh
Sister Brumfett
2021
Series
The Forsyte Saga
Winifred Dartie
2002
Series
The Blame
Pauline Chadwick
2026
Series
Baby Reindeer
Elle Dunn
2024
Series
Baby Reindeer
Elle Dunn (voice)
2024
Series
Dangerfield
Alice Stratton
1995
Series
The Tunnel
Dr Cross
2013
Series
Harlan Coben's Lazarus
Margot Macintyre
2025
Series
Rose and Maloney
Marsha Campese
2002
Series
The Afternoon Play
Andrea
2003
Series
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
Kate (voice)
1992
Series
Harry Enfield and Chums
Miss Hetherington
1994
Series
MotherFatherSon
Interviewer
2019
Series
Thorne
Teresa Maxwell
2010
Series
Empire
Noella
2005
Series
The Buddha of Suburbia
1st TV Producer
1993
Series
Count Arthur Strong
Karen
2013
Series
The Sister
June Fox
2020
Series
The Sixth Commandment
Sue Farquhar
2023
Film
The Iron Lady
Amanda
2011
Series
The Robinsons
Maggie Robinson
2005
Series
Daniel Deronda
Mrs Davilow
2002
Film
Persuasion
Anne Elliott
1995
Series
All About Me
Miranda
2002
Series
Time for Murder
Sarah Penwarden
1985
Series
Storyboard
Polly Swift
1983
Series
You & Me
Richards
2023
Series
Worlds Beyond
Julia
1986
Film
Jane Eyre
Miss Temple
1996
Series
Julian Fellowes Investigates: A Most Mysterious Murder
Vera Sidney
2004
Film
Summerland
Mrs. Lawrence
2020
Film
Their Finest
Cecy/Mrs Brown (Careless Talk Film)
2017
Series
Original Sin
Frances Peverell
1997
London
Charlotte Bronte
2004
Series
Anna Karenina
Dolly
2000
Series
The Impressionists
Alice Hoschede
2006
Series
Love on a Branch Line
Miss Mounsey
1994
Brief Encounters
June Makenzie
2006
Turning World
Evelyn Sharples
1997
Series
The Adventure of English
Anne Elliot
2003
Sunnyside Farm
Dawn
1997
Film
Allelujah
Cynthia
2023
Film
The BFG
Sophie (voice)
1990
Film
Breaking the Code
Patricia 'Pat' Green
1996
Film
Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?
Margaret Robinson
2000
Film
Miss Marie Lloyd: Queen of the Music Hall
Mrs. Chart
2007
Mortimer's Law
Rachel Mortimer
1998
Film
Marion & Geoff: A Small Summer Party
Karen
2001
Film
The Man Who Cried
Hilda Maxwell
1993
Film
The Black Prince
Queen Victoria
2017
Film
The House of Bernarda Alba
Adela
1991
Series
Starship Farragut - The Animated Episodes
Lt Allison Bell
2009
Film
Life Goes On
Judith
2026
Film
The Taming of the Shrew
Kate (voice)
1994
Film
Deep in the Heart
Kate Markham
1996
Film
The Robber Bride
Tony Fremont
2007
Film
Hildegard
Ricardis
1994
Film
Fiona's Story
Julie
2008
Series
Britain Under the Nazis: The Forgotten Occupation
Winifred Harvey
2025
Big Cat
Alice
1998
Film
Love Again
Maeve Brennan
2003
Film
Mary Rose
Mary Rose
1987