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Amanda Root

Acting

Born January 1, 1963 · Chelmsford, Essex, England

Also known as 아만다 루트

Biography

Amanda Root is an English actress. She is perhaps best known for her starring role as Anne Elliot in the 1995 BBC adaptation of Persuasion. A familiar face on both stage and screen, she worked regularly with the Royal Shakespeare Company during her early career, performing as Juliet in Romeo and Juliet, and Lady Macbeth in Macbeth, among other roles. In 2009, she was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for her performance as Sarah in Alan Ayckbourn's The Norman Conquests.

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Awards & recognition

  • Theatre World Special Award · 2009
  • Tony AwardBest Featured Actress in a Play · 2009 · nominated

Filmography31 titles

Sherlock

2010as Emma Welsborough

Agatha Christie's Poirot

1989as Mrs Rendell

Foyle's War

2002as Elizabeth Lewes

The Forsyte Saga

2002as Winifred Dartie

Daniel Deronda

2002as Mrs Davilow

Baby Reindeer

2024as Elle Dunn

Summerland

2020as Mrs. Lawrence

Patrick Melrose

2018as Virginia Watson-Scott

Call the Midwife

2012as Florrie Watkins

Midsomer Murders

1997as Ruth Scholey

A Touch of Frost

1992as Dolores Delmonte

Wolf Hall

2015as Abbess Zouche

Death in Paradise

2011as Teresa Gower

Vera

2011as Deena Corbridge

Natural World

1983as Narrator

Waking the Dead

2001as Lorna Gyles

Persuasion

1995as Anne Elliott

Law & Order: UK

2009

Jane Eyre

1996as Miss Temple

The Sixth Commandment

2023as Sue Farquhar

Anna Karenina

2000as Dolly

Dalgliesh

2021as Sister Brumfett

Their Finest

2016as Cecy/Mrs Brown (Careless Talk Film)

Thorne: Sleepyhead

2010as Teresa Maxwell

The Iron Lady

2011as Amanda

Rose and Maloney

2002as Marsha Campese

The BFG

1989as Sophie (voice)

The Man Who Cried

1993as Hilda Maxwell

Casualty

1986as Joyce Paice

The Sister

2020as June Fox

The Black Prince

2017as Queen Victoria