Amanda
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Amanda Root in Racing Demon, Theatre Royal Bath

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Amanda Root in feature film Summerland

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Amanda Root stars in The Black Prince

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Amanda Root in The Chalk Garden at Chichester Festival Theatre

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Amanda Root in Racing Demon, Theatre Royal Bath

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CV

Television

Safe Space (pilot)
Jill 
Director Richard Laxton
Avalon for Sky One
The Sister
June Fox 
Director Niall MacCormick
Euston Film Productions for ITV
Call the Midwife
Florrie 
Director Kate Cheeseman
BBC
Silent Witness
Olivia Walsh 
Director Mary Nighy
BBC
MotherFatherSon
Interviewer 
Director Charles Sturridge
BBC
Patrick Melrose
Virginia Watson Scott 
Director Berger Edward
Sky Atlantic
Unforgotten
Carol Finch 
Director Andy Wilson
ITV
Casualty
Barbara Edmonds 
Director Tracey Larcombe
BBC
Sherlock
Emma Welsborough 
Director Rachel Talalay
BBC
New Tricks
Eleanor 
Director Sarah O'Gorman
BBC
Death in Paradise
Teresa Gower 
Director David O'Neill
BBC
Count Arthur Strong
Karen 
Director Graham Lineham
BBC
The Tunnel
Dr Cross 
Director Thomas Vincent
Sky Atlantic
Casualty
Evelyn Winnell 
Director Joss Agnew
BBC
DCI Banks
Mary Rothwell 
Director Jim Loach
ITV
Thorne: Sleepyhead
Teresa 
Director Stephen Hopkins
Sky One
Law & Order: UK
Patricia Smith 
Director Mark Everest
Kudos for ITV for ITV
Poirot - Mrs McGinty's Dead
Mrs Rendell 
Director Ashley Pearce
LWT
Fiona's Story
Julie 
Director Adrian Shergold
BBC
Miss Marie Lloyd
Mrs Chant 
Director James Hawes
BBC
The Robber Bride
Tony Fremont 
Director David Evans
NBC
Brief Encounters: Lost & Found
June Makenzie 
Director Andrea Capos
BBC
The Impressionists
Alice Hoeschede 
Director Tim Dunn
BBC
Billy Two Sheds
Andrea 
Director Pip Broughton
BBC
A Most Mysterious Murderer
Vera Sidney 
Director Delyth Thomas
BBC
Empire
Noella 
Director Various
ABC
The Robinsons
Maggie Robinson 
Director Justin Sbresni
BBC
All About Me
Miranda 
Director Richard Boden
Celador
Rose and Maloney
Marsha Campese 
Director Andrew Grieve
ITV
Foyle's War
Elizabeth Lewes 
Director Giles Foster
ITV
Little Britain
Helen 
Director Steve Bendelack
BBC
A Touch of Frost
Delores Delamonte 
Director Roger Bamford
Granada
Love Again
Maeve Brennan 
Director Susannah White
BBC
Forstye Saga (two series)
Winifred Forstye 
Director David Moore
Granada
Midsomer Murders
Ruth Scholey 
Director Sarah Hellings
Carlton
Daniel Deronda
Mrs Davilow 
Director Tom Hooper
BBC
Waking the Dead
Lorna Gyles 
Director David Thacker
BBC
Anna Karenina
Dolly 
Director David Blair
Channel 4
Big Cat
Alice 
Director Richard Spence
BBC
Mortimer's Law
Rachel Mortimer 
Director Moira Armstrong
BBC
Original Sin
Frances Peverell 
Director Andrew Grieve
ITV
Turning World
Evelyn Sharples 
Director David Blair
Channel 4
Harry Enfield and Chums
Miss Hetherington 
Director Dominic Brigstocke
BBC
Breaking the Code
Patricia Green 
Director Jack Emery
BBC
Love on a Branch Line
Miss Mounsey 
Director Martyn Friend
BBC
Hildegard of Bingen
Ricardis 
Director James Runcie
BBC
Buddha of Suburbia
TV Producer 
Director Roger Michell
BBC
The Man Who Cried
Hilda Maxwell 
Director Michael Whyte
Tyne Tees
The House of Bernarda Alba
Adela 
Director Nuria Espert
Channel 4
Mary Rose
Mary Rose 
Director Jane Howell
BBC
Safe Space

Film

Summerland
Mrs Lawrence 
Director Jessica Swale
Shoebox Films
The Black Prince
Queen Victoria 
Director Kavi Raz
MDS Films
Their Finest
Cecy 
Director Lone Scherfig
BBC Films
The Iron Lady
Amanda 
Director Phyllida Lloyd
Pathe
Whatever Happened to Harold Smith
Margaret Robinson 
Director Peter Hewitt
October Films
Persuasion
Anne Elliot 
Director Roger Michell
BBC Films
In the West
Kate 
Director Stephen Purvis
Brazos Productions
Jane Eyre
Miss Temple 
Director Franco Zefferelli
Miramax

Theatre

The Chalk Garden
Madrigal 
Director Alan Strachan
Chichester Festival Theatre
Racing Demon
Heather 
Director Jonathan Church
Theatre Royal Bath
The Herd
Carol 
Director Howard Davies
Bush Theatre
Jumpy
Bea 
Director Nina Raine
Royal Court & West End
Donkey Heart
Zhenya 
Director Nina Raine
Trafalgar Studios
The Country
Corinne 
Director Amelia Nicholson
Arcola
Norman Conquests
Sarah 
Director Matthew Warchus
Old Vic & Broadway
Enemies
Polina 
Director Michael Attenborough
Almeida
Conversations After A Burial
Edith 
Director Howard Davies
Almeida
The Plough and the Stars
Nora 
Director Matthew Warchus
West Yorkshire Playhouse
Caesar and Cleopatra
Cleopatra 
Director Matthew Francis
Greenwich Theatre
Troilus and Cressida
Cressida 
Director Sam Mendes
RSC
Loves Labours Lost
Rosalind 
Director Terry Hands
RSC
The Seagull
Nina 
Director Terry Hands
RSC
Some America Abroad
Betty McNeil 
Director Roger Michell
RSC
King Lear
Cordelia 
Director Cis Berry
Almeida
The Man of Mode
Harriet 
Director Garry Hynes
RSC
Macbeth
Lady Macbeth 
Director Adrian Noble
RSC
The Dragon's Tale
Apricot 
Director Michael Rudman
Apollo Theatre
The Constant Couple
Angelica 
Director Roger Michell
RSC
The House of Bernarda Alba
Adela 
Director Nuria Espert
Lyric Hammersmith
Today
Lucy 
Director Bill Alexander
RSC
Loves Labours Lost
Moth 
Director Barry Kyle
RSC
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Hermia 
Director Sheila Hancock
RSC
Romeo & Juliet
Juliet 
Director John Caird
RSC
The Merchant of Venice
Jessica 
Director John Caird
RSC