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Amanda Root

ACTOR · FROM CHELMSFORD, ENGLAND

Amanda Root

Born 1963 · 63 years old65 credits since 1983

BittersweetPeriod pieceLoveMelancholicTense

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In the pictureWolf Hall

ABOUT AMANDA

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.

Biography from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA. Credits and photos from TMDB.

Born1 January 1963

BirthplaceChelmsford, England

Known forActing

On Cineora39 of 65 titles

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Known for

The titles people know Amanda from.

Wolf Hall poster

Series

2015–2024IMDb8.2

Persuasion poster

Movie

1995IMDb7.6

The Sixth Commandment poster

Series

The Sixth Commandment

2023IMDb7.7

The BFG poster

Movie

1990IMDb6.7

The Forsyte Saga poster

Series

The Forsyte Saga

2002–2003IMDb8.1

Daniel Deronda poster

Series

2002IMDb7.2

The Sister poster

Series

2020IMDb5.9

Whatever Happened to Harold Smith? poster

Movie

Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?

2000IMDb6.4

The Black Prince poster

Movie

The Black Prince

2017IMDb5.8

Anna Karenina poster

Series

2000IMDb7.2

The Buddha of Suburbia poster

Series

The Buddha of Suburbia

1993IMDb7.3

Career

IMDb rating of each title on Cineora, by year.

Titles on Cineora: 39
Average IMDb: 7.4
Highest rated: SherlockIMDb 9.0
Working since: 1983

Size: how widely seen

Filmography

65 credits

The 2020s

10 titles · IMDb 7.0 on average

Love of Your Life poster

Movie

Love of Your Life

2026IMDb6.5

as Grief Therapist

Not on Cineora

Life Goes On

2026

as Judith

Baby Reindeer poster

Series

2024IMDb7.7

as Elle Dunn · 2 episodes

The Sixth Commandment poster

Series

The Sixth Commandment

2023IMDb7.7

as Sue Farquhar · 4 episodes

Allelujah poster

Movie

2023IMDb6.0

as Cynthia

You & Me poster

Series

2023IMDb6.8

as Richards · 2 episodes

Dalgliesh poster

Series

2021–IMDb7.6

as Sister Brumfett · 2 episodes

Professor T poster

Series

2021–IMDb7.5

as Emily Maclean · 1 episode

The 2010s

10 titles · IMDb 7.5 on average

Patrick Melrose poster

Series

Patrick Melrose

2018IMDb8.0

as Virginia Watson-Scott · 1 episode

The Black Prince poster

Movie

The Black Prince

2017IMDb5.8

as Queen Victoria

Their Finest poster

Movie

2017IMDb6.8

as Cecy/Mrs Brown (Careless Talk Film)

Wolf Hall poster

Series

2015–2024IMDb8.2

as Abbess Zouche · 4 episodes

Call the Midwife poster

Series

Call the Midwife

2012–IMDb8.6

as Florrie Watkins · 1 episode

The Iron Lady poster

Movie

2011IMDb6.4

as Amanda

Death in Paradise poster

Series

Death in Paradise

2011–IMDb7.8

as Teresa Gower · 1 episode

Vera poster

Series

2011–2025IMDb8.2

as Deena Corbridge · 1 episode

The 2000s

20 titles · IMDb 7.6 on average

Law & Order: UK poster

Series

Law & Order: UK

2009–2014IMDb7.7

1 episode

Not on Cineora

Fiona's Story

2008

as Julie

Not on Cineora

Miss Marie Lloyd: Queen of the Music Hall

2007

as Mrs. Chart

Not on Cineora

The Robber Bride

2007

as Tony Fremont

Not on Cineora

The Impressionists

2006

as Alice Hoschede · 3 episodes

Not on Cineora

The Robinsons

2005

as Maggie Robinson · 6 episodes

Not on Cineora

Julian Fellowes Investigates: A Most Mysterious Murder

2004

as Vera Sidney · 1 episode

London

Not on Cineora

London

2004

as Charlotte Bronte · 3 episodes

The 1990s

19 titles · IMDb 7.4 on average

Big Cat

Not on Cineora

Big Cat

1998

as Alice

Mortimer's Law

Not on Cineora

Mortimer's Law

1998

as Rachel Mortimer · 6 episodes

Sunnyside Farm

Not on Cineora

Sunnyside Farm

1997

1 episode

Midsomer Murders poster

Series

Midsomer Murders

1997–IMDb7.9

as Ruth Scholey · 1 episode

Not on Cineora

Original Sin

1997

as Frances Peverell · 3 episodes

Turning World

Not on Cineora

Turning World

1997

as Evelyn Sharples · 3 episodes

Not on Cineora

Deep in the Heart

1996

as Kate Markham

Breaking the Code poster

Movie

Breaking the Code

1996IMDb7.1

as Patricia 'Pat' Green

The 1980s

6 titles · IMDb 7.8 on average

Agatha Christie's Poirot poster

Series

Agatha Christie's Poirot

1989–2013IMDb8.6

as Mrs Rendell · 1 episode

Not on Cineora

Mary Rose

1987

as Mary Rose

Not on Cineora

Worlds Beyond

1986

as Julia · 1 episode

Casualty poster

Series

1986–IMDb6.2

as Joyce Paice · 1 episode

Not on Cineora

Time for Murder

1985

as Sarah Penwarden · 1 episode

Natural World poster

Series

1983–2020IMDb8.6

as Narrator · 1 episode

Often works with

The people who keep turning up in Amanda’s titles.

Benedict CumberbatchSherlock and Patrick Melrose

Brenda BlethynVera and The Buddha of Suburbia

Damian LewisWolf Hall and The Forsyte Saga

Eddie MarsanTheir Finest and Thorne

Gemma ArtertonTheir Finest and Summerland

Bertie CarvelDalgliesh and The Sister

Ben MillerDeath in Paradise and Professor T

Derek JacobiAllelujah and Breaking the Code

Russell ToveyThe Sister and Allelujah

Helen McCroryTheir Finest and Anna Karenina