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Amanda Root

Acting · 1.3 popularity

Age

63

Movies

21

TV

42

Born: January 1, 1963
From: Chelmsford, Essex, England

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.

Works

21 films

Jane Eyre

Jane Eyre

19966.9

The Iron Lady

The Iron Lady

20116.4

Their Finest

Their Finest

20176.6

Persuasion

Persuasion

19957.2

Summerland

Summerland

20207.5

The BFG

The BFG

19906.4

Life Goes On

Life Goes On

2026

Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?

Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?

20006.2

Allelujah

Allelujah

20235.2

Marion and Geoff: A Small Summer Party

Marion and Geoff: A Small Summer Party

20018.0

The Robber Bride

The Robber Bride

20074.8

Hildegard

Hildegard

19946.5

Miss Marie Lloyd: Queen of the Music Hall

Miss Marie Lloyd: Queen of the Music Hall

20075.8

The Black Prince

The Black Prince

20175.0

Big Cat

Big Cat

19987.0

The Man Who Cried

The Man Who Cried

19936.3

Breaking the Code

Breaking the Code

19965.6

Fiona's Story

Fiona's Story

2008

Mary Rose

Mary Rose

1987

Love Again

Love Again

200310.0

Deep in the Heart

Deep in the Heart

19968.0