Amanda Root
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.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
Miss Marie Lloyd: Queen of the Music Hall
as Mrs. Chart
2007
Fiona's Story
as Julie
2008
Allelujah
as Cynthia
2023
The Robber Bride
as Tony Fremont
2007
The BFG
as Sophie (voice)
1990
Persuasion
as Anne Elliott
1995
Jane Eyre
as Miss Temple
1996
Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?
as Margaret Robinson
2000
Marion and Geoff: A Small Summer Party
as Karen
2001
Mary Rose
as Mary Rose
1987
Hildegard
as Ricardis
1994
Their Finest
as Cecy/Mrs Brown (Careless Talk Film)
2017
The Man Who Cried
as Hilda Maxwell
1993
Breaking the Code
as Patricia 'Pat' Green
1996
Deep in the Heart
as Kate Markham
1996
The Black Prince
as Queen Victoria
2017
Love Again
as Maeve Brennan
2003
Summerland
as Mrs. Lawrence
2020
Big Cat
as Alice
1998
The Iron Lady
as Amanda
2011
TV Appearances
Midsomer Murders
as Ruth Scholey
1997
All About Me
as Miranda
2002
A Touch of Frost
as Dolores Delmonte
1992
Foyle's War
as Elizabeth Lewes
2002
Waking the Dead
as Lorna Gyles
2001
Law & Order: UK
2009
The Forsyte Saga
as Winifred Dartie
2002
The Robinsons
2005
Anna Karenina
as Dolly
2000
Patrick Melrose
as Virginia Watson-Scott
2018
Love on a Branch Line
as Miss Mounsey
1994
Daniel Deronda
as Mrs Davilow
2002