Amanda Root
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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
Credits
The Iron Lady (2011)
as Amanda
Their Finest (2017)
as Cecy/Mrs Brown (Careless Talk Film)
Persuasion (1995)
as Anne Elliott
Jane Eyre (1996)
as Miss Temple
Summerland (2020)
as Mrs. Lawrence
Marion & Geoff: A Small Summer Party (2001)
as Karen
Whatever Happened to Harold Smith? (2000)
as Margaret Robinson
The BFG (1990)
as Sophie (voice)
Miss Marie Lloyd: Queen of the Music Hall (2007)
as Mrs. Chart
Allelujah (2023)
as Cynthia
Deep in the Heart (1996)
as Kate Markham
Breaking the Code (1996)
as Patricia 'Pat' Green
Hildegard (1994)
as Ricardis
The Man Who Cried (1993)
as Hilda Maxwell
The Black Prince (2017)
as Queen Victoria
Life Goes On (2026)
as Judith
Big Cat (1998)
as Alice
The Robber Bride (2007)
as Tony Fremont
Fiona's Story (2008)
as Julie
The Taming of the Shrew (1994)
as Kate (voice)
Mary Rose (1987)
as Mary Rose
Love Again (2003)
as Maeve Brennan