Amanda Root

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Amanda Root, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Mrs. Chart

Miss Marie Lloyd: Queen of the Music Hall

Julie

Fiona's Story

Cynthia

Allelujah

Tony Fremont

The Robber Bride

Sophie (voice)

The BFG

Anne Elliott

Persuasion

Miss Temple

Jane Eyre

Margaret Robinson

Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?

Karen

Marion and Geoff: A Small Summer Party

Mary Rose

Mary Rose

Ricardis

Hildegard

Cecy/Mrs Brown (Careless Talk Film)

Their Finest

Hilda Maxwell

The Man Who Cried

Patricia 'Pat' Green

Breaking the Code

Kate Markham

Deep in the Heart

Queen Victoria

The Black Prince

Maeve Brennan

Love Again

Mrs. Lawrence

Summerland

Alice

Big Cat