Amanda Root

Actor
BirthdayJan 1, 1963 (62 years old)
Place of birthChelmsford, Essex, England
GenderFemale

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

Emma Welsborough

Jul 25, 2010

Elle Dunn, Elle Dunn (voice)

Apr 11, 2024

Mrs Rendell

Jan 8, 1989

Cecy/Mrs Brown (Careless Talk Film)

Feb 19, 2017

Ruth Scholey

Mar 23, 1997

Virginia Watson-Scott

May 12, 2018

Teresa Gower

Oct 25, 2011

Miss Temple

Jan 20, 1996

Florrie Watkins

Jan 15, 2012

Mrs. Lawrence

Jul 24, 2020

Sep 16, 2003

Sophie (voice)

Dec 25, 1989

Anne Elliott

May 1, 1995

Abbess Zouche

Jan 21, 2015

Oct 27, 2002

Joyce Paice

Sep 6, 1986

Dolores Delmonte

Dec 6, 1992

Sister Brumfett

Nov 4, 2021

Lorna Gyles

Jun 18, 2001

Mrs. Davilow

Nov 23, 2002

Emma Welsborough

Jul 25, 2010

Elle Dunn, Elle Dunn (voice)

Apr 11, 2024

Mrs Rendell

Jan 8, 1989

Cecy/Mrs Brown (Careless Talk Film)

Feb 19, 2017

Ruth Scholey

Mar 23, 1997

Virginia Watson-Scott

May 12, 2018

Acting


Participated in 18 movies, 35 TV series

2024

Elle Dunn, Elle Dunn (voice)


2023

Sue Farquhar


2023

Cynthia


2023

Richards


2021

Sister Brumfett


2020

June Fox


2020

Mrs. Lawrence


2018

Virginia Watson-Scott


2017

Queen Victoria


2017

Cecy/Mrs Brown (Careless Talk Film)


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