Actor
Amanda Root
63 years · Chelmsford, Essex, England · 22 films
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.
Best known for
Filmography 22
Love of Your Life
2026 · Grief Therapist
On Amazon Prime Video
Life Goes On
2026 · Judith
Allelujah
2023 · Cynthia
Summerland
2020 · Mrs. Lawrence
On Philo
The Black Prince
2017 · Queen Victoria
On KableOne
Their Finest
2017 · Cecy/Mrs Brown (Careless Talk Film)
The Iron Lady
2011 · Amanda
On Kanopy
Fiona's Story
2008 · Julie
Miss Marie Lloyd: Queen of the Music Hall
2007 · Mrs. Chart
The Robber Bride
2007 · Tony Fremont
Love Again
2003 · Maeve Brennan
Marion & Geoff: A Small Summer Party
2001 · Karen
On Kanopy
Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?
2000 · Margaret Robinson
Deep in the Heart
1996 · Kate Markham
Breaking the Code
1996 · Patricia 'Pat' Green
Jane Eyre
1996 · Miss Temple
On fuboTV
Persuasion
1995 · Anne Elliott
On BritBox
The Taming of the Shrew
1994 · Kate (voice)
Hildegard
1994 · Ricardis
On Kanopy
The Man Who Cried
1993 · Hilda Maxwell
The BFG
1990 · Sophie (voice)
On Plex
Mary Rose
1987 · Mary Rose