Cast & creator
Amanda Root
Best known for Midsomer Murders, Agatha Christie's Poirot, Death in Paradise
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.
Also known as: 아만다 루트
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film credits
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1983–2026 · acting roles
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Across film & television
Filmography (65)
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Midsomer Murders
Ruth Scholey
1997
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Mrs Rendell
1989
Death in Paradise
Teresa Gower
2011
Casualty
Joyce Paice
1986
Call the Midwife
Florrie Watkins
2012
Vera
Deena Corbridge
2011
Sherlock
Emma Welsborough
2010
Natural World
Narrator
1983
Waking the Dead
Lorna Gyles
2001
A Touch of Frost
Dolores Delmonte
1992
Foyle's War
Elizabeth Lewes
2002
Law & Order: UK
2009
Little Britain
2003
Wolf Hall
Abbess Zouche
2015
Dalgliesh
Sister Brumfett
2021
Remembers…
2022
Baby Reindeer
Elle Dunn
2024Baby Reindeer
Elle Dunn (voice)
2024
Patrick Melrose
Virginia Watson-Scott
2018
The Afternoon Play
Andrea
2003
The Forsyte Saga
Winifred Dartie
2002
Rose and Maloney
Marsha Campese
2002
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
Kate (voice)
1992
Harry Enfield and Chums
Miss Hetherington
1994
Daniel Deronda
Mrs Davilow
2002
Thorne
Teresa Maxwell
2010
The Iron Lady
Amanda
2011
Worlds Beyond
Julia
1986
The Robinsons
Maggie Robinson
2005
Their Finest
Cecy/Mrs Brown (Careless Talk Film)
2017
The Buddha of Suburbia
1st TV Producer
1993
The Sister
June Fox
2020
Persuasion
Anne Elliott
1995
The Sixth Commandment
Sue Farquhar
2023
Anna Karenina
Dolly
2000
You & Me
Richards
2023
Julian Fellowes Investigates: A Most Mysterious Murder
Vera Sidney
2004
Time for Murder
Sarah Penwarden
1985
Original Sin
Frances Peverell
1997
Love on a Branch Line
Miss Mounsey
1994
Jane Eyre
Miss Temple
1996Turning World
Evelyn Sharples
1997
All About Me
Miranda
2002
Summerland
Mrs. Lawrence
2020London
Charlotte Bronte
2004
Marion & Geoff: A Small Summer Party
Karen
2001
The Impressionists
Alice Hoschede
2006Sunnyside Farm
1997
Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?
Margaret Robinson
2000
Allelujah
Cynthia
2023
Deep in the Heart
Kate Markham
1996
Hildegard
Ricardis
1994
The BFG
Sophie (voice)
1990
The Man Who Cried
Hilda Maxwell
1993
Breaking the Code
Patricia 'Pat' Green
1996Mortimer's Law
Rachel Mortimer
1998
Miss Marie Lloyd: Queen of the Music Hall
Mrs. Chart
2007Big Cat
Alice
1998
Life Goes On
Judith
2026
The Robber Bride
Tony Fremont
2007
The Taming of the Shrew
Kate (voice)
1994
The Black Prince
Queen Victoria
2017
Fiona's Story
Julie
2008
Mary Rose
Mary Rose
1987
Love Again
Maeve Brennan
2003