1963Born, Chelmsford
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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.
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SherlockEmma Welsborough
The Iron LadyAmanda
Baby ReindeerElle Dunn
Agatha Christie's PoirotMrs Rendell
Their FinestCecy/Mrs Brown (Careless Talk Film)2026Life Goes OnJudithMovie
2023AllelujahCynthiaMovie
2020SummerlandMrs. LawrenceMovie
2017The Black PrinceQueen VictoriaMovie
2017Their FinestCecy/Mrs Brown (Careless Talk Film)Movie
2011The Iron LadyAmandaMovie
2008Fiona's StoryJulieMovie
2007Miss Marie Lloyd: Queen of the Music HallMrs. ChartMovie
2007The Robber BrideTony FremontMovie
2003Love AgainMaeve BrennanMovie
2001Marion & Geoff: A Small Summer PartyKarenMovie
2000Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?Margaret RobinsonMovie
1998Big CatAliceMovie
1996Deep in the HeartKate MarkhamMovie
1996Breaking the CodePatricia 'Pat' GreenMovie
1996Jane EyreMiss TempleMovie
1995PersuasionAnne ElliottMovie
1994The Taming of the ShrewKate (voice)Movie
1994HildegardRicardisMovie
1993The Man Who CriedHilda MaxwellMovie
1991The House of Bernarda AlbaAdelaMovie
1990The BFGSophie (voice)Movie
1987Mary RoseMary RoseMovie
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