Person
Amanda Root
Acting · Born 1963-01-01 · Chelmsford, Essex, England
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Amanda Root, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Midsomer Murders
Ruth Scholey
Death in Paradise
Teresa Gower
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Mrs Rendell
Vera
Deena Corbridge
Sherlock
Emma Welsborough
Call the Midwife
Florrie Watkins
Casualty
Joyce Paice
Natural World
Narrator
A Touch of Frost
Dolores Delmonte
Foyle's War
Elizabeth Lewes
Filmography
- 2026Life Goes OnJudith
- 2024Baby ReindeerElle Dunn
- 2023The Sixth CommandmentSue Farquhar
- 2023AllelujahCynthia
- 2023You & MeRichards
- 2022Remembers…
- 2021DalglieshSister Brumfett
- 2020The SisterJune Fox
- 2020SummerlandMrs. Lawrence
- 2018Patrick MelroseVirginia Watson-Scott
- 2017The Black PrinceQueen Victoria
- 2017Their FinestCecy/Mrs Brown (Careless Talk Film)
- 2015Wolf HallAbbess Zouche
- 2012Call the MidwifeFlorrie Watkins
- 2011The Iron LadyAmanda
- 2011Death in ParadiseTeresa Gower
- 2011VeraDeena Corbridge
- 2010ThorneTeresa Maxwell
- 2010SherlockEmma Welsborough
- 2009Law & Order: UK
- 2008Fiona's StoryJulie
- 2007Miss Marie Lloyd: Queen of the Music HallMrs. Chart
- 2007The Robber BrideTony Fremont
- 2006The ImpressionistsAlice Hoschede
- 2005The Robinsons
- 2004Julian Fellowes Investigates: A Most Mysterious MurderVera Sidney
- 2004LondonCharlotte Bronte
- 2003Little Britain
- 2003Love AgainMaeve Brennan
- 2003The Afternoon PlayAndrea
- 2002Daniel DerondaMrs Davilow
- 2002Foyle's WarElizabeth Lewes
- 2002Rose and MaloneyMarsha Campese
- 2002The Forsyte SagaWinifred Dartie
- 2002All About MeMiranda
- 2001Marion and Geoff: A Small Summer PartyKaren
- 2001Waking the DeadLorna Gyles
- 2000Anna KareninaDolly
- 2000Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?Margaret Robinson
- 1998Big CatAlice
- 1998Mortimer's LawRachel Mortimer
- 1997Sunnyside Farm
- 1997Midsomer MurdersRuth Scholey
- 1997Original SinFrances Peverell
- 1996Deep in the HeartKate Markham
- 1996Breaking the CodePatricia 'Pat' Green
- 1996Jane EyreMiss Temple
- 1995PersuasionAnne Elliott
- 1994Harry Enfield and ChumsMiss Hetherington
- 1994Love on a Branch LineMiss Mounsey
- 1994HildegardRicardis
- 1993The Buddha of Suburbia1st TV Producer
- 1993The Man Who CriedHilda Maxwell
- 1992A Touch of FrostDolores Delmonte
- 1992Shakespeare: The Animated TalesKate (voice)
- 1990The BFGSophie (voice)
- 1989Agatha Christie's PoirotMrs Rendell
- 1987Mary RoseMary Rose
- 1986Worlds BeyondJulia
- 1986CasualtyJoyce Paice
- 1985Time for MurderSarah Penwarden
- 1983Natural WorldNarrator
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