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Amanda Root
Born 1963-01-01Chelmsford, 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.
Screen work
Movies & roles
Life Goes OnJudithAllelujahCynthiaSummerlandMrs. LawrenceThe Black PrinceQueen VictoriaTheir FinestCecy/Mrs Brown (Careless Talk Film)The Iron LadyAmandaFiona's StoryJulieMiss Marie Lloyd: Queen of the Music HallMrs. ChartThe Robber BrideTony FremontLove AgainMaeve BrennanMarion and Geoff: A Small Summer PartyKarenWhatever Happened to Harold Smith?Margaret RobinsonBig CatAliceDeep in the HeartKate MarkhamBreaking the CodePatricia 'Pat' GreenJane EyreMiss TemplePersuasionAnne ElliottHildegardRicardisThe Man Who CriedHilda MaxwellThe BFGSophie (voice)Mary RoseMary Rose