Amanda Root
Known for Acting
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.
Filmography
Persuasion
1995
as Anne Elliott
Their Finest
2017
as Cecy/Mrs Brown (Careless Talk Film)
Jane Eyre
1996
as Miss Temple
The Iron Lady
2011
as Amanda
Summerland
2020
as Mrs. Lawrence
The BFG
1990
as Sophie (voice)
Allelujah
2023
as Cynthia
Breaking the Code
1996
as Patricia 'Pat' Green
The Robber Bride
2007
as Tony Fremont
Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?
2000
as Margaret Robinson
Miss Marie Lloyd: Queen of the Music Hall
2007
as Mrs. Chart
The Black Prince
2017
as Queen Victoria
Love Again
2003
as Maeve Brennan
Mary Rose
1987
as Mary Rose
The Man Who Cried
1993
as Hilda Maxwell
Fiona's Story
2008
as Julie
Marion and Geoff: A Small Summer Party
2001
as Karen
Deep in the Heart
1996
as Kate Markham
Life Goes On
2026
as Judith
Hildegard
1994
as Ricardis