Amanda Root

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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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The BFG Trailer (1990)

25 December 1990

Sophie is snatched from her orphanage early one morning by the BFG (Big Friendly Giant), whom she witnesses engaged in mysterious activities.

Love Again Trailer (2003)

26 July 2003

Dramatisation of the romantic life and various relationships of poet Philip Larkin, from his arrival as librarian at Hull University in 1955 to his death in 1985.

Mary Rose Trailer (1987)

01 January 1987

A young woman vanishes on a visit to an island with her husband and child, only to turn up decades l�

The Iron Lady Trailer (2011)

26 December 2011

A look at the life of Margaret Thatcher, the former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, with a focus on the price she paid for power.

Persuasion Trailer (1995)

01 May 1995

In early 19th-century England, dire financial straits reacquaint the aristocratic Anne Elliot with her wealthy ex-fiance Frederick Wentworth.

Summerland Trailer (2020)

24 July 2020

A woman during the Second World War opens her heart to an evacuee after initially resolving to be rid of him.

Their Finest Trailer (2017)

19 February 2017

During the Blitz of World War II, a female screenwriter works on a film celebrating England's resilience as a way to buoy a weary populace's spirits.

Miss Marie Lloyd: Queen of the Music Hall Trailer (2007)

09 May 2007

Witness the life and loves of Marie Lloyd, the music hall legend known for her bawdy songs and outrageous lifestyle, which included three marriages and an illegitimate child.

Jane Eyre Trailer (1996)

20 January 1996

After a bleak childhood, Jane Eyre goes out into the world to become a governess. As she lives happily in her new position at Thornfield Hall, she meets the dark, cold, and abrupt master of the house, Edward Rochester.

Hildegard Trailer (1994)

03 January 1994

An abbess, visionary, naturalist, playwright and composer, Hildegard of Bingen (played by Patricia Routledge) was a remarkable woman of the Middle Ages, her legacy comprising some of the most radiant accounts of religious experience ever.

Allelujah Trailer (2023)

17 March 2023

When news of the closure of a small hospital's geriatric ward begins to reach the community, the hospital invites a local news crew to document their planning of a concert in honor of the hospital's most celebrated nurse.

Deep in the Heart Trailer (1996)

10 October 1996

Two British filmmakers attempt to make a documentary about Austin, Texas, and encounter strange and eccentric characters along the way.

Breaking the Code Trailer (1996)

17 September 1996

A biography of the English mathematician Alan Turing, who was one of the inventors of the digital computer and one of the key figures in the breaking of the Enigma code, used by the Germans to send secret orders to their U-boats in World War II.

The Man Who Cried Trailer (1993)

25 May 1993

Abel Mason is a man caught in a loveless marriage with a harridan wife who constantly berates him and beats their son Dick.

The Robber Bride Trailer (2007)

03 March 2007

Journalist Zenia Arden has disappeared. When her finger turns up on the shores of Lake Ontario next to her blood-soaked car, the police believe they've uncovered a homicide.

Marion and Geoff: A Small Summer Party Trailer (2001)

03 September 2001

A prequel to Marion and Geoff, which captures on camcorder the fateful events at a garden party when mini-cab driver Keith's life fell apart.

Whatever Happened to Harold Smith? Trailer (2000)

10 March 2000

It's 1976, and Vinny is a confused teenager who can't decide whether he is a disco king or a proto punk rocker.

The Black Prince Trailer (2017)

21 July 2017

The Black Prince follows the story of the last Sikh Maharaja — the son of the powerful ruler Ranjit Singh — who was placed on the throne at the age of five, after the death of his father.

Life Goes On Trailer (2026)

24 April 2026

BILL is in end of life care waiting for the sweet release of death - but unfortunately for him he is stuck in an infinite time loop, causing the day to restart the second his heart stops.

Big Cat Trailer (1998)

06 September 1998

Alice no longer expects a knight on a white charger to enter her life. Then she meets Leo. For the first time Alice begins to understand love and, for a while, it seems that she is going to live happily ever after.

Fiona's Story Trailer (2008)

31 August 2008

Fiona fights to hold her family together after husband is accused of owning child pornography.