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Amanda Root

Amanda Root

Born: 1963-01-01 • Chelmsford, Essex, England

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.

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Filmography
Allelujah poster
Allelujah
2023 • Cynthia
Summerland poster
Summerland
2020 • Mrs. Lawrence
The Black Prince poster
The Black Prince
2017 • Queen Victoria
Their Finest poster
Their Finest
2017 • Cecy/Mrs Brown (Careless Talk Film)
The Iron Lady poster
The Iron Lady
2011 • Amanda
Fiona's Story poster
Fiona's Story
2008 • Julie
Miss Marie Lloyd: Queen of the Music Hall poster
Miss Marie Lloyd: Queen of the Music Hall
2007 • Mrs. Chart
The Robber Bride poster
The Robber Bride
2007 • Tony Fremont
Love Again poster
Love Again
2003 • Maeve Brennan
Marion and Geoff: A Small Summer Party poster
Marion and Geoff: A Small Summer Party
2001 • Karen
Whatever Happened to Harold Smith? poster
Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?
2000 • Margaret Robinson
No Image
Big Cat
1998 • Alice
Deep in the Heart poster
Deep in the Heart
1996 • Kate Markham
Breaking the Code poster
Breaking the Code
1996 • Patricia 'Pat' Green
Jane Eyre poster
Jane Eyre
1996 • Miss Temple
Persuasion poster
Persuasion
1995 • Anne Elliott
Hildegard poster
Hildegard
1994 • Ricardis
The Man Who Cried poster
The Man Who Cried
1993 • Hilda Maxwell
The BFG poster
The BFG
1990 • Sophie (voice)
Mary Rose poster
Mary Rose
1987 • Mary Rose