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Gender:Unspecified
Birth Date:1963-01-01 00:00:00
Birth Place:Chelmsford, Essex, England
Known For:Acting
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Amanda Root
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.
Filmography (22)
⭐ 7.2

Persuasion
Role: Anne Elliott1995

Mary Rose
Role: Mary Rose1987
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Big Cat
Role: Alice1998
⭐ 8

Deep in the Heart
Role: Kate Markham1996
⭐ 6.4

The BFG
Role: Sophie (voice)1990
⭐ 5

The Black Prince
Role: Queen Victoria2017
⭐ 10

Love Again
Role: Maeve Brennan2003
⭐ 6.3

The Man Who Cried
Role: Hilda Maxwell1993
⭐ 6

Hildegard
Role: Ricardis1994
⭐ 4.8

The Robber Bride
Role: Tony Fremont2007
⭐ 5.1

Miss Marie Lloyd: Queen of the Music Hall
Role: Mrs. Chart2007

Fiona's Story
Role: Julie2008
⭐ 6.3

Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?
Role: Margaret Robinson2000
⭐ 7.5

Summerland
Role: Mrs. Lawrence2020
⭐ 5.2

Breaking the Code
Role: Patricia 'Pat' Green1996
⭐ 7.5

Marion and Geoff: A Small Summer Party
Role: Karen2001

Mrs. McGinty's Dead
Role: Shelagh Rendell2008
⭐ 6.6

Their Finest
Role: Cecy/Mrs Brown (Careless Talk Film)2017
⭐ 6.9

Jane Eyre
Role: Miss Temple1996
⭐ 6.4

The Iron Lady
Role: Amanda2011

Life Goes On
Role: Judith2026
⭐ 5.2

Allelujah
Role: Cynthia2023