
Amanda Root
Acting
Born 1963-01-01 · Chelmsford, Essex, England
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

The Iron Lady
2011 · Movie

Persuasion
1995 · Movie

Their Finest
2017 · Movie

Summerland
2020 · Movie

Jane Eyre
1996 · Movie

Love Again
2003 · Movie

Deep in the Heart
1996 · Movie

Marion and Geoff: A Small Summer Party
2001 · Movie

The BFG
1990 · Movie

Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?
2000 · Movie

The Man Who Cried
1993 · Movie

Allelujah
2023 · Movie

Hildegard
1994 · Movie

Breaking the Code
1996 · Movie

The Robber Bride
2007 · Movie

Miss Marie Lloyd: Queen of the Music Hall
2007 · Movie

The Black Prince
2017 · Movie

Fiona's Story
2008 · Movie

Life Goes On
2026 · Movie

Mary Rose
1987 · Movie