Amanda Root

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Amanda Root (born 1963 in Essex , England ) is a British actress .

Life and accomplishments

Root graduated from Webber Douglas' acting school, which is considered elitist. She made her debut in the 1985 television film This Lightning Always Strikes Twice . In 1987 she became a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company , where she appeared in numerous plays over the next five years. In the later years there were further theater appearances on the stages of the London Oxford Stage Company (1999) and the Almeida Theater (2000).

In the television film A Man Comes Home (1993), Root played one of the bigger roles alongside Ciarán Hinds . In the film drama Jane Austen's Seduction (1995) she played one of the leading roles alongside Ciarán Hinds. In the film drama Jane Eyre (1996) directed by Franco Zeffirelli , she appeared on the side of Charlotte Gainsbourg . In the television drama Love Again (2003) she played one of the bigger roles alongside Tara Fitzgerald .

Filmography (selection)

  • 1985: This Lightning Always Strikes Twice
  • 1993: The Man Who Cried
  • 1993: The Buddha of Suburbia (miniseries)
  • 1995: Jane Austen's Seduction (Persuasion)
  • 1996: Jane Eyre
  • 1999: What Happened to Harold Smith? (Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?)
  • 2000: Anna Karenina (miniseries)
  • 2002: Daniel Deronda
  • 2003: Love Again
  • 2005: Empire (miniseries)
  • 2012: Inspector Banks (crime series 2010-2016, episode: The Last Bill)
  • 2015: Death in Paradise (crime series since 2011, season 04, episode 3: A bitter aftertaste)
  • 2017: Sherlock - The Six Thatchers ( The Six Thatchers , Movie made for TV)
  • 2020: Summerland

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personal data
SURNAME Root, Amanda
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British actress
DATE OF BIRTH 1963
PLACE OF BIRTH Essex , England , UK