Amanda Root

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

59

Gender

Female

Birthday

1963-01-01 (62 years old)

Place of Birth

Chelmsford, Essex, England

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 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

    Midsomer Murders

  • Death in Paradise

    Death in Paradise

  • Agatha Christie's Poirot

    Agatha Christie's Poirot

  • Vera

    Vera

  • Sherlock

    Sherlock

  • Foyle's War

    Foyle's War

  • Call the Midwife

    Call the Midwife

  • Casualty

    Casualty

  • Waking the Dead

    Waking the Dead

  • A Touch of Frost

    A Touch of Frost

  • Natural World

    Natural World

  • Baby Reindeer

    Baby Reindeer

  • Baby Reindeer

    Baby Reindeer

  • Little Britain

    Little Britain

  • Wolf Hall

    Wolf Hall

  • Law & Order: UK

    Law & Order: UK

  • Breaking the Code

    Breaking the Code

  • Persuasion

    Persuasion

  • Love Again

    Love Again

  • Patrick Melrose

    Patrick Melrose

  • Dalgliesh

    Dalgliesh

  • The Forsyte Saga

    The Forsyte Saga

  • Miss Marie Lloyd: Queen of the Music Hall

    Miss Marie Lloyd: Queen of the Music Hall

  • Jane Eyre

    Jane Eyre

  • The BFG

    The BFG

  • Shakespeare: The Animated Tales

    Shakespeare: The Animated Tales

  • Hildegard

    Hildegard

  • Mary Rose

    Mary Rose

  • Allelujah

    Allelujah

  • Rose and Maloney

    Rose and Maloney

  • The Iron Lady

    The Iron Lady

  • Thorne

    Thorne

  • Big Cat

    Big Cat

  • Daniel Deronda

    Daniel Deronda

  • The Afternoon Play

    The Afternoon Play

  • You & Me

    You & Me

  • Harry Enfield and Chums

    Harry Enfield and Chums

  • The Sixth Commandment

    The Sixth Commandment

  • Summerland

    Summerland

  • The Black Prince

    The Black Prince

  • The Sister

    The Sister

  • The Buddha of Suburbia

    The Buddha of Suburbia

  • The Man Who Cried

    The Man Who Cried

  • Anna Karenina

    Anna Karenina

  • The Robinsons

    The Robinsons

  • The Robber Bride

    The Robber Bride

  • Original Sin

    Original Sin

  • Marion and Geoff: A Small Summer Party

    Marion and Geoff: A Small Summer Party

  • Julian Fellowes Investigates: A Most Mysterious Murder

    Julian Fellowes Investigates: A Most Mysterious Murder

  • Deep in the Heart

    Deep in the Heart

  • London

    London

  • The Impressionists

    The Impressionists

  • Time for Murder

    Time for Murder

  • Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?

    Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?

  • Their Finest

    Their Finest

  • Love on a Branch Line

    Love on a Branch Line

  • All About Me

    All About Me

  • Sunnyside Farm

    Sunnyside Farm

  • Fiona's Story

    Fiona's Story