Amanda Root

Amanda Root

Known for
Acting
Born
January 1, 1963 (age 63)
Birthplace
Chelmsford, Essex, England

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.

Known For

Filmography

2026
Life Goes On poster

Life Goes On

Movie · as Judith

2026
Love of Your Life poster

Love of Your Life

Movie · as Grief Therapist

2026
The Blame poster

The Blame

TV · as Pauline Chadwick · 1 ep

2025
Britain Under the Nazis: The Forgotten Occupation poster

Britain Under the Nazis: The Forgotten Occupation

TV · as Winifred Harvey · 2 eps

2025
Harlan Coben's Lazarus poster

Harlan Coben's Lazarus

TV · as Margot Macintyre · 6 eps

2024
Baby Reindeer poster

Baby Reindeer

TV · as Elle Dunn, Elle Dunn (voice) · 2 eps

2023
Allelujah poster

Allelujah

Movie · as Cynthia

2023
The Sixth Commandment poster

The Sixth Commandment

TV · as Sue Farquhar · 4 eps

2023
You & Me poster

You & Me

TV · as Richards · 2 eps

2022
Remembers… poster

Remembers…

TV · 1 ep

2021
Dalgliesh poster

Dalgliesh

TV · as Sister Brumfett · 2 eps

2021
Professor T poster

Professor T

TV · as Emily Maclean · 1 ep

2020
Summerland poster

Summerland

Movie · as Mrs. Lawrence

2020
The Sister poster

The Sister

TV · as June Fox · 4 eps

2019
MotherFatherSon poster

MotherFatherSon

TV · as Interviewer · 1 ep

2019
The Capture poster

The Capture

TV · as Margaret · 1 ep

2018
Patrick Melrose poster

Patrick Melrose

TV · as Virginia Watson-Scott · 1 ep

2017
Their Finest poster

Their Finest

Movie · as Cecy/Mrs Brown (Careless Talk Film)

2017
The Black Prince poster

The Black Prince

Movie · as Queen Victoria

2015
Wolf Hall poster

Wolf Hall

TV · as Abbess Zouche · 4 eps

2015
Unforgotten poster

Unforgotten

TV · as Carol Finch · 6 eps

2013
The Tunnel poster

The Tunnel

TV · as Dr Cross · 1 ep

2013
Count Arthur Strong poster

Count Arthur Strong

TV · as Karen · 1 ep

2012
Call the Midwife poster

Call the Midwife

TV · as Florrie Watkins · 1 ep

2011
The Iron Lady poster

The Iron Lady

Movie · as Amanda

2011
Death in Paradise poster

Death in Paradise

TV · as Teresa Gower · 1 ep

2011
Vera poster

Vera

TV · as Deena Corbridge · 1 ep

2011
DCI Banks poster

DCI Banks

TV · as Mary Rothwell · 2 eps

2010
Sherlock poster

Sherlock

TV · as Emma Welsborough · 1 ep

2010
Thorne poster

Thorne

TV · as Teresa Maxwell · 1 ep

2009
Law & Order: UK poster

Law & Order: UK

TV · as Patricia Smith · 1 ep

2009
Starship Farragut - The Animated Episodes poster

Starship Farragut - The Animated Episodes

TV · as Lt Allison Bell · 1 ep

2008
Fiona's Story poster

Fiona's Story

Movie · as Julie

2007
Miss Marie Lloyd: Queen of the Music Hall poster

Miss Marie Lloyd: Queen of the Music Hall

Movie · as Mrs. Chart

2007
The Robber Bride poster

The Robber Bride

Movie · as Tony Fremont

2006
The Impressionists poster

The Impressionists

TV · as Alice Hoschede · 3 eps

2006
Brief Encounters

Brief Encounters

TV · as June Makenzie · 1 ep

2005
The Robinsons poster

The Robinsons

TV · as Maggie Robinson · 6 eps

2005
Empire poster

Empire

TV · as Noella · 3 eps

2004
London

London

TV · as Charlotte Bronte · 3 eps

2004
Julian Fellowes Investigates: A Most Mysterious Murder poster

Julian Fellowes Investigates: A Most Mysterious Murder

TV · as Vera Sidney · 1 ep

2004
New Tricks poster

New Tricks

TV · as Eleanor · 1 ep

2003
Love Again poster

Love Again

Movie · as Maeve Brennan

2003
Little Britain poster

Little Britain

TV · as Baby's Mother · 1 ep

2003
The Afternoon Play poster

The Afternoon Play

TV · as Andrea · 1 ep

2003
The Adventure of English poster

The Adventure of English

TV · as Anne Elliot · 1 ep

2002
All About Me poster

All About Me

TV · as Miranda · 8 eps

2002
Foyle's War poster

Foyle's War

TV · as Elizabeth Lewes · 1 ep

2002
The Forsyte Saga poster

The Forsyte Saga

TV · as Winifred Dartie · 10 eps

2002
Daniel Deronda poster

Daniel Deronda

TV · as Mrs Davilow · 4 eps

2002
Rose and Maloney poster

Rose and Maloney

TV · as Marsha Campese · 2 eps

2001
Marion & Geoff: A Small Summer Party poster

Marion & Geoff: A Small Summer Party

Movie · as Karen

2001
Waking the Dead poster

Waking the Dead

TV · as Lorna Gyles · 2 eps

2000
Whatever Happened to Harold Smith? poster

Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?

Movie · as Margaret Robinson

2000
Anna Karenina poster

Anna Karenina

TV · as Dolly · 4 eps

1999
Holby City poster

Holby City

TV · as Abbie Sawyer · 1 ep

1998
Big Cat

Big Cat

Movie · as Alice

1998
Mortimer's Law

Mortimer's Law

TV · as Rachel Mortimer · 6 eps

1997
Midsomer Murders poster

Midsomer Murders

TV · as Ruth Scholey · 1 ep

1997
Original Sin poster

Original Sin

TV · as Frances Peverell · 3 eps

1997
Sunnyside Farm

Sunnyside Farm

TV · as Dawn · 1 ep

1997
Turning World

Turning World

TV · as Evelyn Sharples · 3 eps

1996
Jane Eyre poster

Jane Eyre

Movie · as Miss Temple

1996
Breaking the Code poster

Breaking the Code

Movie · as Patricia 'Pat' Green

1996
Deep in the Heart poster

Deep in the Heart

Movie · as Kate Markham

1996
Silent Witness poster

Silent Witness

TV · as Olivia Walsh · 1 ep

1995
Persuasion poster

Persuasion

Movie · as Anne Elliott

1995
Dangerfield poster

Dangerfield

TV · as Alice Stratton · 1 ep

1994
Hildegard poster

Hildegard

Movie · as Ricardis

1994
The Taming of the Shrew poster

The Taming of the Shrew

Movie · as Kate (voice)

1994
Love on a Branch Line poster

Love on a Branch Line

TV · as Miss Mounsey · 4 eps

1994
Harry Enfield and Chums poster

Harry Enfield and Chums

TV · as Miss Hetherington · 1 ep

1993
The Man Who Cried poster

The Man Who Cried

Movie · as Hilda Maxwell

1993
The Buddha of Suburbia poster

The Buddha of Suburbia

TV · as 1st TV Producer · 4 eps

1992
A Touch of Frost poster

A Touch of Frost

TV · as Dolores Delmonte · 1 ep

1992
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales poster

Shakespeare: The Animated Tales

TV · as Kate (voice) · 1 ep

1991
The House of Bernarda Alba poster

The House of Bernarda Alba

Movie · as Adela

1990
The BFG poster

The BFG

Movie · as Sophie (voice)

1989
Agatha Christie's Poirot poster

Agatha Christie's Poirot

TV · as Mrs Rendell · 1 ep

1987
Mary Rose poster

Mary Rose

Movie · as Mary Rose

1986
Casualty poster

Casualty

TV · as Joyce Paice, Evelyn Winnell, Barb Edmonds, Heather Cross · 1 ep

1986
Worlds Beyond poster

Worlds Beyond

TV · as Julia · 1 ep

1985
Time for Murder poster

Time for Murder

TV · as Sarah Penwarden · 1 ep

1983
Natural World poster

Natural World

TV · as Narrator · 1 ep

1983
Storyboard poster

Storyboard

TV · as Polly Swift · 1 ep

1978
The South Bank Show poster

The South Bank Show

TV · as Claire Clairmont · 1 ep