
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.
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Jane Eyre
1996 · as Miss Temple

The Iron Lady
2011 · as Amanda

Persuasion
1995 · as Anne Elliott

Their Finest
2017 · as Cecy/Mrs Brown (Careless Talk Film)

Summerland
2020 · as Mrs. Lawrence

Life Goes On
2026 · as Judith

Hildegard
1994 · as Ricardis

The BFG
1990 · as Sophie (voice)

Big Cat
1998 · as Alice

The Black Prince
2017 · as Queen Victoria

The Robber Bride
2007 · as Tony Fremont

Allelujah
2023 · as Cynthia

The Man Who Cried
1993 · as Hilda Maxwell

Marion and Geoff: A Small Summer Party
2001 · as Karen

Breaking the Code
1996 · as Patricia 'Pat' Green

Deep in the Heart
1996 · as Kate Markham

Fiona's Story
2008 · as Julie

Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?
2000 · as Margaret Robinson