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Amanda Root

Amanda Root

Acting January 1, 1963 (63 years old) Chelmsford, Essex, England

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.

Movies 24

TV Shows 66

Sherlock 8.5

Sherlock

as Emma Welsborough

2010
Midsomer Murders 7.5

Midsomer Murders

as Ruth Scholey

1997
Holby City 5.8

Holby City

as Abbie Sawyer

1999
Death in Paradise 7.4

Death in Paradise

as Teresa Gower

2011
Casualty 6.2

Casualty

as Joyce Paice

1986
Casualty 6.2

Casualty

as Evelyn Winnell

1986
Casualty 6.2

Casualty

as Barb Edmonds

1986
Casualty 6.2

Casualty

as Heather Cross

1986
Agatha Christie's Poirot 8.2

Agatha Christie's Poirot

as Mrs Rendell

1989
The South Bank Show 5.6

The South Bank Show

as Claire Clairmont

1978
Silent Witness 7.6

Silent Witness

as Olivia Walsh

1996
Vera 7.4

Vera

as Deena Corbridge

2011
Call the Midwife 7.6

Call the Midwife

as Florrie Watkins

2012
Natural World 7.4

Natural World

as Narrator

1983
A Touch of Frost 7.6

A Touch of Frost

as Dolores Delmonte

1992
New Tricks 7.3

New Tricks

as Eleanor

2004
Waking the Dead 7.2

Waking the Dead

as Lorna Gyles

2001
Foyle's War 7.9

Foyle's War

as Elizabeth Lewes

2002
Unforgotten 7.5

Unforgotten

as Carol Finch

2015
The Capture 7.6

The Capture

as Margaret

2019
Professor T 7.3

Professor T

as Emily Maclean

2021
Little Britain 7.1

Little Britain

as Baby's Mother

2003
Law & Order: UK 7.0

Law & Order: UK

as Patricia Smith

2009
Remembers… 7.5

Remembers…

2022
DCI Banks 7.1

DCI Banks

as Mary Rothwell

2011
Patrick Melrose 7.5

Patrick Melrose

as Virginia Watson-Scott

2018
Wolf Hall 7.5

Wolf Hall

as Abbess Zouche

2015
Dalgliesh 6.7

Dalgliesh

as Sister Brumfett

2021
The Forsyte Saga 7.9

The Forsyte Saga

as Winifred Dartie

2002
The Blame 7.6

The Blame

as Pauline Chadwick

2026
Baby Reindeer 7.5

Baby Reindeer

as Elle Dunn

2024
Baby Reindeer 7.5

Baby Reindeer

as Elle Dunn (voice)

2024
Dangerfield 7.0

Dangerfield

as Alice Stratton

1995
The Tunnel 7.5

The Tunnel

as Dr Cross

2013
Harlan Coben's Lazarus 6.3

Harlan Coben's Lazarus

as Margot Macintyre

2025
Rose and Maloney 6.8

Rose and Maloney

as Marsha Campese

2002
The Afternoon Play 6.5

The Afternoon Play

as Andrea

2003
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales 6.5

Shakespeare: The Animated Tales

as Kate (voice)

1992
Harry Enfield and Chums 7.2

Harry Enfield and Chums

as Miss Hetherington

1994
MotherFatherSon 6.8

MotherFatherSon

as Interviewer

2019
Thorne 6.2

Thorne

as Teresa Maxwell

2010
Empire 6.5

Empire

as Noella

2005
The Buddha of Suburbia 5.9

The Buddha of Suburbia

as 1st TV Producer

1993
Count Arthur Strong 6.9

Count Arthur Strong

as Karen

2013
The Sister 6.1

The Sister

as June Fox

2020
The Sixth Commandment 6.8

The Sixth Commandment

as Sue Farquhar

2023
The Robinsons 6.4

The Robinsons

as Maggie Robinson

2005
Daniel Deronda 7.7

Daniel Deronda

as Mrs Davilow

2002
All About Me 7.0

All About Me

as Miranda

2002
Time for Murder 4.0

Time for Murder

as Sarah Penwarden

1985
Storyboard 8.0

Storyboard

as Polly Swift

1983
You & Me 5.4

You & Me

as Richards

2023
Worlds Beyond 5.8

Worlds Beyond

as Julia

1986
Julian Fellowes Investigates: A Most Mysterious Murder

Julian Fellowes Investigates: A Most Mysterious Murder

as Vera Sidney

2004
Original Sin 7.0

Original Sin

as Frances Peverell

1997
London 10.0

London

as Charlotte Bronte

2004
Anna Karenina 6.8

Anna Karenina

as Dolly

2000
The Impressionists 7.9

The Impressionists

as Alice Hoschede

2006
Love on a Branch Line 5.2

Love on a Branch Line

as Miss Mounsey

1994
Brief Encounters 7.0

Brief Encounters

as June Makenzie

2006
Turning World

Turning World

as Evelyn Sharples

1997
The Adventure of English 8.6

The Adventure of English

as Anne Elliot

2003
Sunnyside Farm 7.0

Sunnyside Farm

as Dawn

1997
Mortimer's Law 10.0

Mortimer's Law

as Rachel Mortimer

1998
Starship Farragut - The Animated Episodes

Starship Farragut - The Animated Episodes

as Lt Allison Bell

2009
Britain Under the Nazis: The Forgotten Occupation

Britain Under the Nazis: The Forgotten Occupation

as Winifred Harvey

2025

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