Amanda Root

Amanda Root

b. 1963 (age 63) Chelmsford, Essex, England
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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

Persuasion
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★ 7.6
Persuasion
1995
Jane Eyre
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★ 6.8
Jane Eyre
1996
The Forsyte Saga
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★ 8.1
The Forsyte Saga
2002
The Iron Lady
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★ 6.4
The Iron Lady
2011

Filmography

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Queen Victoria's Black Prince
2026 Actress
Britain Under the Nazis: The Forgotten Occupation
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★ 6.8
Britain Under the Nazis: The Forgotten Occupation
2025 Actress
Baby Reindeer
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★ 7.7
Baby Reindeer
2024 Actress
The Sixth Commandment
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★ 7.7
The Sixth Commandment
2023 Actress
You & Me
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★ 6.7
You & Me
2023 Actress
Summerland
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★ 7.1
Summerland
2020 Actress
The Sister
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★ 5.9
The Sister
2020 Actress
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The Other Side of The Coin
2018 Actress
The Black Prince
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★ 5.8
The Black Prince
2017 Actress
Their Finest
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★ 6.8
Their Finest
2016 Actress
Fiona's Story
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★ 7.1
Fiona's Story
2008 Actress
The Robber Bride
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★ 5.6
The Robber Bride
2007 Actress
Miss Marie Lloyd
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★ 6.5
Miss Marie Lloyd
2007 Actress
The Impressionists
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★ 8.1
The Impressionists
2006 Actress
The Robinsons
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★ 7.7
The Robinsons
2005 Actress
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★ 6.9
Bloom
2004 Actress
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Girl Afraid
2004 Actress
Love Again
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★ 8.3
Love Again
2003 Actress
The Forsyte Saga
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★ 8.1
The Forsyte Saga
2002 Actress
Daniel Deronda
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★ 7.2
Daniel Deronda
2002 Actress
The Adventure of English
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★ 8.3
The Adventure of English
2002 Actress
All About Me
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★ 4.5
All About Me
2002 Actress
Marion & Geoff
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★ 8.0
Marion & Geoff
2000 Actress
Anna Karenina
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★ 7.2
Anna Karenina
2000 Actress
Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?
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★ 6.4
Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?
1999 Actress
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★ 6.5
Big Cat
1998 Actress
Mortimer's Law
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★ 8.7
Mortimer's Law
1998 Actress
Original Sin
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★ 7.3
Original Sin
1997 Actress
Jane Eyre
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★ 6.8
Jane Eyre
1996 Actress
Breaking the Code
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★ 7.1
Breaking the Code
1996 Actress
Deep in the Heart
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★ 4.7
Deep in the Heart
1996 Actress
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Turning World
1996 Actress
Persuasion
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★ 7.6
Persuasion
1995 Actress
Love on a Branch Line
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★ 7.8
Love on a Branch Line
1994 Actress
Hildegard of Bingen
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★ 7.6
Hildegard of Bingen
1994 Actress
The Man Who Cried
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★ 6.7
The Man Who Cried
1993 Actress
The BFG
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★ 6.7
The BFG
1989 Actress
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Mary Rose
1987 Actress
Time for Murder
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★ 6.0
Time for Murder
1985 Actress
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Life Goes On
Actress
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