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  • BIRTH 01/01/1963
  • Country United Kingdom
  • SHOWS 17
  • MOVIES 11

Amanda Root

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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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Amanda Root

Shows (17)

Baby Reindeer
Baby Reindeer
Elle Dunn / Elle Dunn (voice)
Sherlock
Sherlock
Emma Welsborough
Call the Midwife
Call the Midwife
Florrie Watkins
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Mrs Rendell
Death in Paradise
Death in Paradise
Teresa Gower
Wolf Hall
Wolf Hall
Abbess Zouche
Midsomer Murders
Midsomer Murders
Ruth Scholey
Dalgliesh (2021)
Dalgliesh (2021)
Sister Brumfett
Patrick Melrose
Patrick Melrose
Virginia Watson-Scott
You & Me (2023)
You & Me (2023)
Richards
Casualty
Casualty
Joyce Paice
The Sixth Commandment
The Sixth Commandment
Sue Farquhar
Waking the Dead
Waking the Dead
Lorna Gyles
Daniel Deronda
Daniel Deronda
Mrs. Davilow
The Buddha of Suburbia
The Buddha of Suburbia
1st TV Producer
The Impressionists
The Impressionists
Alice Hoschede
Natural World
Natural World
Narrator

Movies (11)

Summerland
Summerland
Mrs. Lawrence
Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre
Miss Temple
Their Finest
Their Finest
Cecy/Mrs Brown (Careless Talk Film)
Persuasion
Persuasion
Anne Elliott
Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?
Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?
Margaret Robinson
Allelujah
Allelujah
Cynthia
The BFG
The BFG
Sophie (voice)
Breaking the Code
Breaking the Code
Patricia 'Pat' Green
Allelujah
Allelujah
Cynthia
The Black Prince
The Black Prince
Queen Victoria
Miss Marie Lloyd: Queen of the Music Hall
Miss Marie Lloyd: Queen of the Music Hall
Mrs. Chart