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

Death in Paradise

Agatha Christie's Poirot

Vera

Casualty

Call the Midwife

Sherlock

A Touch of Frost

All Movies (21)

• Life Goes On2026 · as Judith
• Allelujah2023 · as Cynthia
• Summerland2020 · as Mrs. Lawrence
• The Black Prince2017 · as Queen Victoria
• Their Finest2017 · as Cecy/Mrs Brown (Careless Talk Film)
• The Iron Lady2011 · as Amanda
• Fiona's Story2008 · as Julie
• Miss Marie Lloyd: Queen of the Music Hall2007 · as Mrs. Chart
• The Robber Bride2007 · as Tony Fremont
• Love Again2003 · as Maeve Brennan
• Marion and Geoff: A Small Summer Party2001 · as Karen
• Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?2000 · as Margaret Robinson
• Big Cat1998 · as Alice
• Deep in the Heart1996 · as Kate Markham
• Breaking the Code1996 · as Patricia 'Pat' Green
• Jane Eyre1996 · as Miss Temple
• Persuasion1995 · as Anne Elliott
• Hildegard1994 · as Ricardis
• The Man Who Cried1993 · as Hilda Maxwell
• The BFG1990 · as Sophie (voice)
• Mary Rose1987 · as Mary Rose

All TV Shows (42)

• Baby Reindeer2024 · as Elle Dunn
• Baby Reindeer2024 · as Elle Dunn (voice)
• The Sixth Commandment2023 · as Sue Farquhar
• You & Me2023 · as Richards
• Remembers…2022
• Dalgliesh2021 · as Sister Brumfett
• The Sister2020 · as June Fox
• Patrick Melrose2018 · as Virginia Watson-Scott
• Wolf Hall2015 · as Abbess Zouche
• Call the Midwife2012 · as Florrie Watkins
• Death in Paradise2011 · as Teresa Gower
• Vera2011 · as Deena Corbridge
• Thorne2010 · as Teresa Maxwell
• Sherlock2010 · as Emma Welsborough
• Law & Order: UK2009
• The Impressionists2006 · as Alice Hoschede
• The Robinsons2005
• Julian Fellowes Investigates: A Most Mysterious Murder2004 · as Vera Sidney
• London2004 · as Charlotte Bronte
• Little Britain2003
• The Afternoon Play2003 · as Andrea
• Daniel Deronda2002 · as Mrs Davilow
• Foyle's War2002 · as Elizabeth Lewes
• Rose and Maloney2002 · as Marsha Campese
• The Forsyte Saga2002 · as Winifred Dartie
• All About Me2002 · as Miranda
• Waking the Dead2001 · as Lorna Gyles
• Anna Karenina2000 · as Dolly
• Mortimer's Law1998 · as Rachel Mortimer
• Sunnyside Farm1997
• Midsomer Murders1997 · as Ruth Scholey
• Original Sin1997 · as Frances Peverell
• Harry Enfield and Chums1994 · as Miss Hetherington
• Love on a Branch Line1994 · as Miss Mounsey
• The Buddha of Suburbia1993 · as 1st TV Producer
• A Touch of Frost1992 · as Dolores Delmonte
• Shakespeare: The Animated Tales1992 · as Kate (voice)
• Agatha Christie's Poirot1989 · as Mrs Rendell
• Worlds Beyond1986 · as Julia
• Casualty1986 · as Joyce Paice
• Time for Murder1985 · as Sarah Penwarden
• Natural World1983 · as Narrator