Acting credits
56
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Amanda Root
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
2.3
Moderate attention
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Movies: 19Series: 37
TMDB ID: 30318
IMDb ID: nm0740500
Known for: Acting
Born: January 1, 1963
Age: 63
Place of birth: Chelmsford, Essex, England
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1983 - 2024
Years active: 42
Average TMDB rating: 7.1
Wikidata: Q454111
Also known as
아만다 루트
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.
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Amanda Root.
5.2
Allelujah
as Cynthia
2023 Movie
7.5
Summerland
as Mrs. Lawrence
2020 Movie
4.9
The Black Prince
as Queen Victoria
2017 Movie
6.6
Their Finest
as Cecy/Mrs Brown (Careless Talk Film)
2017 Movie
6.4
The Iron Lady
as Amanda
2011 Movie
Fiona's Story
as Julie
2008 Movie
5.1
Miss Marie Lloyd: Queen of the Music Hall
as Mrs. Chart
2007 Movie
4.8
The Robber Bride
as Tony Fremont
2007 Movie
Love Again
as Maeve Brennan
2003 Movie
7.5
Marion and Geoff: A Small Summer Party
as Karen
2001 Movie
6.1
Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?
as Margaret Robinson
2000 Movie
Deep in the Heart
as Kate Markham
1996 Movie
5.1
Breaking the Code
as Patricia 'Pat' Green
1996 Movie
6.9
Jane Eyre
as Miss Temple
1996 Movie
7.1
Persuasion
as Anne Elliott
1995 Movie
6.0
Hildegard
as Ricardis
1994 Movie
5.5
The Man Who Cried
as Hilda Maxwell
1993 Movie
6.4
The BFG
as Sophie (voice)
1990 Movie
Mary Rose
as Mary Rose
1987 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Amanda Root.
7.6
Baby Reindeer
as Elle Dunn • 2 eps
2024 Series
6.6
The Sixth Commandment
as Sue Farquhar • 4 eps
2023 Series
5.4
You & Me
as Richards • 2 eps
2023 Series
Remembers…
1 eps
2022 Series
6.7
Dalgliesh
as Sister Brumfett • 2 eps
2021 Series
6.1
The Sister
as June Fox • 4 eps
2020 Series
7.6
Patrick Melrose
as Virginia Watson-Scott • 1 eps
2018 Series
7.5
Wolf Hall
as Abbess Zouche • 4 eps
2015 Series
7.5
Call the Midwife
as Florrie Watkins • 1 eps
2012 Series
7.5
Death in Paradise
as Teresa Gower • 1 eps
2011 Series
7.4
Vera
as Deena Corbridge • 1 eps
2011 Series
6.5
Thorne
as Teresa Maxwell • 1 eps
2010 Series
8.5
Sherlock
as Emma Welsborough • 1 eps
2010 Series
7.0
Law & Order: UK
1 eps
2009 Series
7.5
The Impressionists
as Alice Hoschede • 3 eps
2006 Series
6.0
The Robinsons
6 eps
2005 Series
Julian Fellowes Investigates: A Most Mysterious Murder
as Vera Sidney • 1 eps
2004 Series
7.1
Little Britain
1 eps
2003 Series
The Afternoon Play
as Andrea • 1 eps
2003 Series
7.6
Daniel Deronda
as Mrs. Davilow • 4 eps
2002 Series
7.9
Foyle's War
as Elizabeth Lewes • 1 eps
2002 Series
6.2
Rose and Maloney
2 eps
2002 Series
7.9
The Forsyte Saga
as Winifred Dartie • 10 eps
2002 Series
7.2
Waking the Dead
as Lorna Gyles • 2 eps
2001 Series