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)2026The BlamePauline Chadwick · 1 episodeShow
2025Harlan Coben's LazarusMargot Macintyre · 6 episodesShow
2025Britain Under the Nazis: The Forgotten OccupationWinifred Harvey · 2 episodesShow
2024Baby ReindeerElle Dunn, Elle Dunn (voice) · 2 episodesShow
2023The Sixth CommandmentSue Farquhar · 4 episodesShow
2023You & MeRichards · 2 episodesShow
2021DalglieshSister Brumfett · 2 episodesShow
2021Professor TEmily Maclean · 1 episodeShow
2020The SisterJune Fox · 4 episodesShow
2019The CaptureMargaret · 1 episodeShow
2019MotherFatherSonInterviewer · 1 episodeShow
2018Patrick MelroseVirginia Watson-Scott · 1 episodeShow
2015UnforgottenCarol Finch · 6 episodesShow
2015Wolf HallAbbess Zouche · 4 episodesShow
2013The TunnelDr Cross · 1 episodeShow
2013Count Arthur StrongKaren · 1 episodeShow
2012Call the MidwifeFlorrie Watkins · 1 episodeShow
2011DCI BanksMary Rothwell · 2 episodesShow
2011VeraDeena Corbridge · 1 episodeShow
2010ThorneTeresa Maxwell · 1 episodeShow
2009Starship Farragut - The Animated EpisodesLt Allison Bell · 1 episodeShow
2009Law & Order: UKPatricia Smith · 1 episodeShow
2006Brief EncountersJune Makenzie · 1 episodeShow
2006The ImpressionistsAlice Hoschede · 3 episodesShow
2005EmpireNoella · 3 episodesShow
2005The RobinsonsMaggie Robinson · 6 episodesShow
2004Julian Fellowes Investigates: A Most Mysterious MurderVera Sidney · 1 episodeShow
2004LondonCharlotte Bronte · 3 episodesShow
2004New TricksEleanor · 1 episodeShow
2003The Adventure of EnglishAnne Elliot · 1 episodeShow
2003Little BritainBaby's Mother · 1 episodeShow
2003The Afternoon PlayAndrea · 1 episodeShow
2002Daniel DerondaMrs Davilow · 4 episodesShow
2002Foyle's WarElizabeth Lewes · 1 episodeShow
2002Rose and MaloneyMarsha Campese · 2 episodesShow
2002The Forsyte SagaWinifred Dartie · 10 episodesShow
2002All About MeMiranda · 8 episodesShow
2001Waking the DeadLorna Gyles · 2 episodesShow
2000Anna KareninaDolly · 4 episodesShow
1999Holby CityAbbie Sawyer · 1 episodeShow
1998Mortimer's LawRachel Mortimer · 6 episodesShow
1997Sunnyside FarmDawn · 1 episodeShow
1997Original SinFrances Peverell · 3 episodesShow
1997Turning WorldEvelyn Sharples · 3 episodesShow
1996Silent WitnessOlivia Walsh · 1 episodeShow
1995DangerfieldAlice Stratton · 1 episodeShow
1994Harry Enfield and ChumsMiss Hetherington · 1 episodeShow
1994Love on a Branch LineMiss Mounsey · 4 episodesShow
1993The Buddha of Suburbia1st TV Producer · 4 episodesShow
1992A Touch of FrostDolores Delmonte · 1 episodeShow
1992Shakespeare: The Animated TalesKate (voice) · 1 episodeShow
1986Worlds BeyondJulia · 1 episodeShow
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