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Amanda Root
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.
Known For
Persuasion
as Anne Elliott
Summerland
as Mrs. Lawrence
Their Finest
as Cecy/Mrs Brown (Careless Talk Film)
Jane Eyre
as Miss Temple
The BFG
as Sophie (voice)
Allelujah
as Cynthia
The Black Prince
as Queen Victoria
Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?
as Margaret Robinson
The Robber Bride
as Tony Fremont
Breaking the Code
as Patricia 'Pat' Green
