Amanda Root
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- January 1, 1963
- Birthplace
- Chelmsford, Essex, England
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.
Filmography
Love of Your Life 2026
as Grief Therapist
Life Goes On 2026
as Judith
Allelujah 2023
as Cynthia
Summerland 2020
as Mrs. Lawrence
The Black Prince 2017
as Queen Victoria
Their Finest 2017
as Cecy/Mrs Brown (Careless Talk Film)
The Iron Lady 2011
as Amanda
Fiona's Story 2008
as Julie
Miss Marie Lloyd: Queen of the Music Hall 2007
as Mrs. Chart
The Robber Bride 2007
as Tony Fremont
Love Again 2003
as Maeve Brennan
Marion & Geoff: A Small Summer Party 2001
as Karen
Whatever Happened to Harold Smith? 2000
as Margaret Robinson
- Big Cat
Big Cat 1998
as Alice
Deep in the Heart 1996
as Kate Markham
Breaking the Code 1996
as Patricia 'Pat' Green
Jane Eyre 1996
as Miss Temple
Persuasion 1995
as Anne Elliott
The Taming of the Shrew 1994
as Kate (voice)
Hildegard 1994
as Ricardis
The Man Who Cried 1993
as Hilda Maxwell
The House of Bernarda Alba 1991
as Adela
The BFG 1990
as Sophie (voice)
Mary Rose 1987
as Mary Rose
Credits from TMDB.