Amanda Root

Amanda Root

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...

Known For

The Iron Lady

as Amanda

Persuasion

as Anne Elliott

Their Finest

as Cecy/Mrs Brown (Careless Talk Film)

Cast Credits

Life Goes On

as Judith

Allelujah

as Cynthia

Summerland

as Mrs. Lawrence

The Black Prince

as Queen Victoria

Their Finest

as Cecy/Mrs Brown (Careless Talk Film)

The Iron Lady

as Amanda

The Robber Bride

as Tony Fremont

Love Again

as Maeve Brennan

Big Cat

as Alice

Deep in the Heart

as Kate Markham

Breaking the Code

as Patricia 'Pat' Green

Jane Eyre

as Miss Temple

Persuasion

as Anne Elliott

The Man Who Cried

as Hilda Maxwell

The BFG

as Sophie (voice)

Mary Rose

as Mary Rose