Amanda Root

Born: 1963-01-01

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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Summerland

as Mrs. Lawrence
Released: 2020-07-24

A woman during the Second World War opens her heart to an evacuee after initially resolving to...

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Persuasion

as Anne Elliott
Released: 1995-05-01

Anne Elliot, the daughter of a financially troubled aristocratic family, is persuaded to break...

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Jane Eyre

as Miss Temple
Released: 1996-01-20

Jane Eyre is an orphan cast out as a young girl by her aunt, Mrs. Reed, and sent to be raised in...

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Their Finest

as Cecy/Mrs Brown (Careless Talk Film)
Released: 2017-02-19

During the Blitz of World War II, a female screenwriter works on a film celebrating England's...

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The BFG

as Sophie (voice)
Released: 1989-12-25

Sophie is snatched from her orphanage early one morning by the BFG (Big Friendly Giant), whom...

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Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?

as Margaret Robinson
Released: 2000-03-10

It's 1976, and Vinny is a confused teenager who can't decide whether he is a disco king or a...

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Allelujah

as Cynthia
Released: 2023-03-17

When news of the closure of a small hospital's geriatric ward begins to reach the community, the...

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Breaking the Code

as Patricia 'Pat' Green
Released: 1996-09-17

A biography of the English mathematician Alan Turing, who was one of the inventors of the...

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The Robber Bride

as Tony Fremont
Released: 2007-03-03

Journalist Zenia Arden has disappeared. When her finger turns up on the shores of Lake Ontario...

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The Black Prince

as Queen Victoria
Released: 2017-07-21

The Black Prince follows the story of the last Sikh Maharaja — the son of the powerful ruler...

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Fiona's Story

as Julie
Released: 2008-08-31

Fiona fights to hold her family together after husband is accused of owning child pornography.

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The Man Who Cried

as Hilda Maxwell
Released: 1993-05-25

Abel Mason is a man caught in a loveless marriage with a harridan wife who constantly berates...

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Marion and Geoff: A Small Summer Party

as Karen
Released: 2001-09-03

A prequel to Marion and Geoff, which captures on camcorder the fateful events at a garden party...

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Mary Rose

as Mary Rose
Released: 1987-01-01

A young woman vanishes on a visit to an island with her husband and child, only to turn up...

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Deep in the Heart

as Kate Markham
Released: 1996-10-10

Two British filmmakers attempt to make a documentary about Austin, Texas, and encounter strange...

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Hildegard

as Ricardis
Released: 1994-01-03

An abbess, visionary, naturalist, playwright and composer, Hildegard of Bingen (played by...

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Love Again

as Maeve Brennan
Released: 2003-07-26

Dramatisation of the romantic life and various relationships of poet Philip Larkin, from his...

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Midsomer Murders

as Ruth Scholey
First aired: 1997-03-23

The peacefulness of the Midsomer community is shattered by violent crimes, suspects are placed...

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Casualty

as Joyce Paice
First aired: 1986-09-06

Drama series about the staff and patients at Holby City Hospital's emergency department,...

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Agatha Christie's Poirot

as Mrs Rendell
First aired: 1989-01-08

From England to Egypt, accompanied by his elegant and trustworthy sidekicks, the intelligent yet...

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Death in Paradise

as Teresa Gower
First aired: 2011-10-25

A brilliant but idiosyncratic British detective and his resourceful local team solve baffling...

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Sherlock

as Emma Welsborough
First aired: 2010-07-25

A modern update finds the famous sleuth and his doctor partner solving crime in 21st century London.

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Call the Midwife

as Florrie Watkins
First aired: 2012-01-15

Drama following the lives of a group of midwives working in the poverty-stricken East End of...

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Natural World

as Narrator
First aired: 1983-10-30

Natural World is a nature documentary television series broadcast annually on BBC Two and...

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Baby Reindeer

as Elle Dunn
First aired: 2024-04-11

When a struggling comedian shows one act of kindness to a vulnerable woman, it sparks a...

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Baby Reindeer

as Elle Dunn (voice)
First aired: 2024-04-11

When a struggling comedian shows one act of kindness to a vulnerable woman, it sparks a...

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Waking the Dead

as Lorna Gyles
First aired: 2001-06-18

A detective team apply new techniques to old crimes as they solve cold cases.

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Foyle's War

as uncredited
First aired: 2002-10-27

As WW2 rages around the world, DCS Foyle fights his own war on the home-front as he investigates...

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A Touch of Frost

as Dolores Delmonte
First aired: 1992-12-06

Jack Frost is a gritty, dogged and unconventional detective with sympathy for the underdog and...

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Little Britain

as uncredited
First aired: 2003-09-16

A zany comedy show with Matt Lucas and David Walliams, featuring characters from all over Little...

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Law & Order: UK

as uncredited
First aired: 2009-02-23

Adapted from the hit US series, Law & Order: UK follows a team of police detectives and...

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Dalgliesh

as Sister Brumfett
First aired: 2021-11-04

A recent widower and acclaimed poet, enigmatic Inspector Adam Dalgliesh employs his exceptional...

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The Forsyte Saga

as uncredited
First aired: 2002-04-07

Epic series spanning three generations of the upwardly mobile Forsyte family at the turn of the...

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Patrick Melrose

as Virginia Watson-Scott
First aired: 2018-05-12

A critical and often humorous look at the upper class, tracking the protagonist's harrowing...

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Shakespeare: The Animated Tales

as Kate (voice)
First aired: 1992-11-09

An animated adaptation of twelve of Shakespeare's best-known plays. The series was produced by...

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Rose and Maloney

as uncredited
First aired: 2002-09-29

Rose and Maloney investigate old criminal cases, seeking to rectify miscarriages of justice.

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The Sister

as June Fox
First aired: 2020-10-26

Almost a decade into his new devoted married life Nathan is rocked to the core when Bob, an...

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Julian Fellowes Investigates: A Most Mysterious Murder

as Vera Sidney
First aired: 2004-10-16

Julian Fellowes Investigates: A Most Mysterious Murder is a British five-part docudrama series...

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Anna Karenina

as Dolly
First aired: 2000-05-09

In 19th century Russia, aristocrat Anna Karenina has a passionate extramarital affair with the...

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The Sixth Commandment

as Sue Farquhar
First aired: 2023-07-17

A series that dramatises the shocking story of the true-life murder of former Stowe schoolmaster...

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Time for Murder

as Sarah Penwarden
First aired: 1985-11-09

Written by six of Britain's finest writers (including Fay Weldon, Antonia Fraser, and Michael...

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Daniel Deronda

as Mrs. Davilow
First aired: 2002-11-23

Daniel Deronda is a British television serial drama adapted by Andrew Davies from the George...

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You & Me

as Richards
First aired: 2023-02-23

Three people experience tragedies they feel they will never overcome. They attempt to find hope...

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The Buddha of Suburbia

as 1st TV Producer
First aired: 1993-11-03

Karim is 17 years old and lives in a South London suburb with his English mother and Pakistani...

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Thorne

as uncredited
First aired: 2010-10-10

Thorne is a television drama series which debuted on Sky1 in the UK on 10 October 2010. It stars...

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The Impressionists

as Alice Hoschede
First aired: 2006-04-30

The Impressionists is a three-part factual docudrama from the BBC, which reconstructs the...

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The Robinsons

as uncredited
First aired: 2005-05-05

The show's central character is a divorced reinsurance actuary, Ed Robinson, who realises that...

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Original Sin

as Frances Peverell
First aired: 1997-03-20

Commander Adam Dalgliesh is consulted by one of his literary heroes when Peverell Press staff...

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Love on a Branch Line

as Miss Mounsey
First aired: 1994-06-12

Love on a Branch Line is a British television adaptation of the 1959 novel Love on a Branch Line...

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