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