Personal Info
- Known ForActing
- GenderFemale
- Birthday1963-01-01 (62 years)
- Place of BirthChelmsford, Essex, England
- Also Known As아만다 루트
Amanda Root
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...Read More
Acting Career
- 2024
Baby Reindeer
As: Elle Dunn
- 2024
Baby Reindeer
As: Elle Dunn (voice)
- 2023
The Sixth Commandment
As: Sue Farquhar
- 2023
Allelujah
As: Cynthia
- 2023
You & Me
As: Richards
- 2021
Dalgliesh
As: Sister Brumfett
- 2020
The Sister
As: June Fox
- 2020
Summerland
As: Mrs. Lawrence
2018Patrick Melrose
As: Virginia Watson-Scott
2017The Black Prince
As: Queen Victoria
- 2017
Their Finest
As: Cecy/Mrs Brown (Careless Talk Film)
2015Wolf Hall
As: Abbess Zouche
2012Call the Midwife
As: Florrie Watkins
2011Death in Paradise
As: Teresa Gower
2011Vera
As: Deena Corbridge
2010Sherlock
As: Emma Welsborough
2008Fiona's Story
As: Julie
2007The Robber Bride
As: Tony Fremont
2006The Impressionists
As: Alice Hoschede
2004Julian Fellowes Investigates: A Most Mysterious Murder
As: Vera Sidney
2003Love Again
As: Maeve Brennan
2002Daniel Deronda
As: Mrs. Davilow
2001Marion and Geoff: A Small Summer Party
As: Karen
2001Waking the Dead
As: Lorna Gyles
2000Anna Karenina
As: Dolly
2000Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?
As: Margaret Robinson
1998Big Cat
As: Alice
1997Midsomer Murders
As: Ruth Scholey
1997Original Sin
As: Frances Peverell
1996Deep in the Heart
As: Kate Markham
1996Breaking the Code
As: Patricia 'Pat' Green
- 1996
Jane Eyre
As: Miss Temple
- 1995
Persuasion
As: Anne Elliott
1994Harry Enfield and Chums
As: Miss Hetherington
1994Love on a Branch Line
As: Miss Mounsey
1994Hildegard
As: Ricardis
1993The Buddha of Suburbia
As: 1st TV Producer
1993The Man Who Cried
As: Hilda Maxwell
1992A Touch of Frost
As: Dolores Delmonte
1992Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
As: Kate (voice)
- 1989
The BFG
As: Sophie (voice)
1989Agatha Christie's Poirot
As: Mrs Rendell
1987Mary Rose
As: Mary Rose
1986Casualty
As: Joyce Paice
1985Time for Murder
As: Sarah Penwarden
1983Natural World
As: Narrator