Amanda Root
ActingAmanda 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.
Movies
Judith
Life Goes On
2026
Cynthia
Allelujah
2023
Mrs. Lawrence
Summerland
2020
Queen Victoria
The Black Prince
2017
Cecy/Mrs Brown (Careless Talk Film)
Their Finest
2017
Amanda
The Iron Lady
2011
Julie
Fiona's Story
2008
Mrs. Chart
Miss Marie Lloyd: Queen of the Music Hall
2007
Tony Fremont
The Robber Bride
2007
Maeve Brennan
Love Again
2003
Karen
Marion and Geoff: A Small Summer Party
2001
Margaret Robinson
Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?
2000
Kate Markham
Deep in the Heart
1996
Patricia 'Pat' Green
Breaking the Code
1996
Miss Temple
Jane Eyre
1996
Anne Elliott
Persuasion
1995
Ricardis
Hildegard
1994
Hilda Maxwell
The Man Who Cried
1993
Sophie (voice)
The BFG
1990
Mary Rose
Mary Rose
1987
TV Shows
Elle Dunn
Baby Reindeer
2024
Elle Dunn (voice)
Baby Reindeer
2024
Sue Farquhar
The Sixth Commandment
2023
Richards
You & Me
2023
Remembers…
2022
Sister Brumfett
Dalgliesh
2021
June Fox
The Sister
2020
Virginia Watson-Scott
Patrick Melrose
2018
Abbess Zouche
Wolf Hall
2015
Florrie Watkins
Call the Midwife
2012
Teresa Gower
Death in Paradise
2011
Deena Corbridge
Vera
2011
Teresa Maxwell
Thorne
2010
Emma Welsborough
Sherlock
2010
Law & Order: UK
2009
Alice Hoschede
The Impressionists
2006
Maggie Robinson
The Robinsons
2005
Vera Sidney
Julian Fellowes Investigates: A Most Mysterious Murder
2004
Little Britain
2003
Andrea
The Afternoon Play
2003