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Amanda Root

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.


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Born:
Nov 5, 1963 In Chelmsford, Essex, England
Movie/TV Credits:
22
First Appeared:
In the movie The Man Who Cried 1993-05-25
Latest Project:
Movie Allelujah 2023-03-17
Known For
Filmography
Movie Allelujah Cynthia 2023-03-17
Movie Summerland Mrs. Lawrence 2020-07-24
Movie Their Finest Cecy/Mrs Brown (Careless Talk Film) 2017-02-19
Movie The Black Prince Queen Victoria 2017-07-21
Movie The Robber Bride Tony Fremont 2007-03-03
Movie Miss Marie Lloyd: Queen of the Music Hall Mrs. Chart 2007-05-09
Series The Impressionists Alice Hoschede 2006-04-30
Series The Robinsons 2005-05-05
Series London Charlotte Bronte 2004-05-07
Series All About Me Miranda 2002-03-08
Series The Forsyte Saga 2002-04-07
Series Daniel Deronda Mrs. Davilow 2002-11-23
Movie Whatever Happened to Harold Smith? Margaret Robinson 2000-03-10
Series Anna Karenina Dolly 2000-05-09
Series Original Sin Frances Peverell 1997-03-20
Movie Jane Eyre Miss Temple 1996-01-20
Movie Breaking the Code Patricia 'Pat' Green 1996-09-17
Movie Deep in the Heart Kate Markham 1996-10-10
Movie Persuasion Anne Elliott 1995-05-01
Series Love on a Branch Line Miss Mounsey 1994-06-12
Movie The Man Who Cried Hilda Maxwell 1993-05-25
Series The Buddha of Suburbia 1st TV Producer 1993-11-03