Amanda Root
Actor
- Born
- January 1, 1963 (age 63) · 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.
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She trained for the stage at Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art.
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Known for
The Iron Lady
December 26, 2011
Their Finest
February 19, 2017
Jane Eyre
January 20, 1996
Summerland
July 24, 2020
The BFG
December 25, 1990
Persuasion
May 1, 1995
Love of Your Life
October 7, 2026
Allelujah
March 17, 2023
Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?
March 10, 2000
Breaking the Code
September 17, 1996
The Black Prince
July 21, 2017
The Robber Bride
March 3, 2007
Acting23
- 2026Love of Your Life as Grief Therapist
- 2026Life Goes On as Judith
- 2023Allelujah as Cynthia
- 2020Summerland as Mrs. Lawrence
- 2017The Black Prince as Queen Victoria
- 2017Their Finest as Cecy/Mrs Brown (Careless Talk Film)
- 2011The Iron Lady as Amanda
- 2008Fiona's Story as Julie
- 2007Miss Marie Lloyd: Queen of the Music Hall as Mrs. Chart
- 2007The Robber Bride