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

  • Casualty

    Casualty

  • Agatha Christie's Poirot

    Agatha Christie's Poirot

  • Vera

    Vera

  • Call the Midwife

    Call the Midwife

  • Sherlock

    Sherlock

  • Waking the Dead

    Waking the Dead

  • Foyle's War

    Foyle's War

  • A Touch of Frost

    A Touch of Frost

  • Natural World

    Natural World

  • Law & Order: UK

    Law & Order: UK

  • Wolf Hall

    Wolf Hall

  • Dalgliesh

    Dalgliesh

  • Little Britain

    Little Britain

  • The Forsyte Saga

    The Forsyte Saga

  • Baby Reindeer

    Baby Reindeer

  • Baby Reindeer

    Baby Reindeer

  • Patrick Melrose

    Patrick Melrose

  • Jane Eyre

    Jane Eyre

  • Thorne

    Thorne

  • Persuasion

    Persuasion

  • The Iron Lady

    The Iron Lady

  • Shakespeare: The Animated Tales

    Shakespeare: The Animated Tales

  • The Afternoon Play

    The Afternoon Play

  • Breaking the Code

    Breaking the Code

  • Summerland

    Summerland

  • The Black Prince

    The Black Prince

  • Harry Enfield and Chums

    Harry Enfield and Chums

  • Rose and Maloney

    Rose and Maloney

  • Daniel Deronda

    Daniel Deronda

  • The Buddha of Suburbia

    The Buddha of Suburbia

  • Allelujah

    Allelujah

  • The Robber Bride

    The Robber Bride

  • Deep in the Heart

    Deep in the Heart

  • The BFG

    The BFG

  • Their Finest

    Their Finest

  • The Sister

    The Sister

  • The Sixth Commandment

    The Sixth Commandment

  • 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

  • Time for Murder

    Time for Murder

  • The Impressionists

    The Impressionists

  • Hildegard

    Hildegard

  • You & Me

    You & Me

  • Love Again

    Love Again

  • Mary Rose

    Mary Rose

  • Anna Karenina

    Anna Karenina

  • The Robinsons

    The Robinsons

  • Original Sin

    Original Sin

  • All About Me

    All About Me

  • London

    London

  • Sunnyside Farm

    Sunnyside Farm

  • The Man Who Cried

    The Man Who Cried

  • Big Cat

    Big Cat

  • Love on a Branch Line

    Love on a Branch Line

  • Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?

    Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?

  • Miss Marie Lloyd: Queen of the Music Hall

    Miss Marie Lloyd: Queen of the Music Hall

  • Fiona's Story

    Fiona's Story