Amanda Root

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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

57

Gender

Female

Birthday

1963-01-01 (62 years old)

Place of Birth

Chelmsford, Essex, England

Also Known As

  • 아만다 루트

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.

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Known For

Sherlock
8.5%

Sherlock

Jul 25, 2010

Baby Reindeer
7.6%

Baby Reindeer

Apr 11, 2024

Baby Reindeer
7.6%

Baby Reindeer

Apr 11, 2024

Their Finest
6.7%

Their Finest

Feb 19, 2017

Midsomer Murders
7.5%

Midsomer Murders

Mar 23, 1997

Patrick Melrose
7.5%

Patrick Melrose

May 12, 2018

Death in Paradise
7.5%

Death in Paradise

Oct 25, 2011

Jane Eyre
6.9%

Jane Eyre

Jan 20, 1996

Call the Midwife
7.5%

Call the Midwife

Jan 15, 2012

Little Britain
7.1%

Little Britain

Sep 16, 2003

Summerland
7.5%

Summerland

Jul 24, 2020

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Acting

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