Amanda Root
Acting
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
2026Life Goes On
Judith
2023Allelujah
Cynthia
2020Summerland
Mrs. Lawrence
2017Their Finest
Cecy/Mrs Brown (Careless Talk Film)
2017The Black Prince
Queen Victoria
2011The Iron Lady
Amanda
2008Fiona's Story
Julie
2007Miss Marie Lloyd: Queen of the Music Hall
Mrs. Chart
2007The Robber Bride
Tony Fremont
2003Love Again
Maeve Brennan
2001Marion and Geoff: A Small Summer Party
Karen
2000Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?
Margaret Robinson
1996Jane Eyre
Miss Temple
1996Breaking the Code
Patricia 'Pat' Green
1996Deep in the Heart
Kate Markham
1995Persuasion
Anne Elliott
1994Hildegard
Ricardis
1993The Man Who Cried
Hilda Maxwell
1990The BFG
Sophie (voice)
1987Mary Rose
Mary Rose