Amanda Root: movies and TV shows
Amanda Root has 63 credits in the archive: 21 films and 42 TV series, from 1983 to 2026. Highest rated: Sherlock (8.5/10).
Career timeline
1983 – 2026 · busiest year: 2002 (5 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Life Goes On | Judith | Film | — | 63 |
| 2024 | Baby Reindeer | Elle Dunn | TV | 7.6 | 61 |
| 2024 | Baby Reindeer | Elle Dunn (voice) | TV | 7.6 | 61 |
| 2023 | You & Me | Richards | TV | 5.4 | 60 |
| 2023 | The Sixth Commandment | Sue Farquhar | TV | 6.8 | 60 |
| 2023 | Allelujah | Cynthia | Film | 5.2 | 60 |
| 2022 | Remembers… | TV | 7.0 | 59 | |
| 2021 | Dalgliesh | Sister Brumfett | TV | 6.7 | 58 |
| 2020 | The Sister | June Fox | TV | 6.1 | 57 |
| 2020 | Summerland | Mrs. Lawrence | Film | 7.5 | 57 |
| 2018 | Patrick Melrose | Virginia Watson-Scott | TV | 7.5 | 55 |
| 2017 | Their Finest | Cecy/Mrs Brown (Careless Talk Film) | Film | 6.6 | 54 |
| 2017 | The Black Prince | Queen Victoria | Film | 5.0 | 54 |
| 2015 | Wolf Hall | Abbess Zouche | TV | 7.5 | 52 |
| 2012 | Call the Midwife | Florrie Watkins | TV | 7.5 | 49 |
| 2011 | Death in Paradise | Teresa Gower | TV | 7.5 | 48 |
| 2011 | Vera | Deena Corbridge | TV | 7.4 | 48 |
| 2011 | The Iron Lady | Amanda | Film | 6.4 | 48 |
| 2010 | Sherlock | Emma Welsborough | TV | 8.5 | 47 |
| 2010 | Thorne | Teresa Maxwell | TV | 6.5 | 47 |
| 2009 | Law & Order: UK | TV | 7.0 | 46 | |
| 2008 | Fiona's Story | Julie | Film | — | 45 |
| 2007 | The Robber Bride | Tony Fremont | Film | 4.8 | 44 |
| 2007 | Miss Marie Lloyd: Queen of the Music Hall | Mrs. Chart | Film | 5.1 | 44 |
| 2006 | The Impressionists | Alice Hoschede | TV | 7.9 | 43 |
| 2005 | The Robinsons | TV | 6.4 | 42 | |
| 2004 | London | Charlotte Bronte | TV | 10.0 | 41 |
| 2004 | Julian Fellowes Investigates: A Most Mysterious Murder | Vera Sidney | TV | — | 41 |
| 2003 | Little Britain | TV | 7.0 | 40 | |
| 2003 | The Afternoon Play | Andrea | TV | 6.5 | 40 |
| 2003 | Love Again | Maeve Brennan | Film | 10.0 | 40 |
| 2002 | Foyle's War | Elizabeth Lewes | TV | 7.9 | 39 |
| 2002 | The Forsyte Saga | Winifred Dartie | TV | 7.9 | 39 |
| 2002 | Rose and Maloney | Marsha Campese | TV | 6.4 | 39 |
| 2002 | Daniel Deronda | Mrs Davilow | TV | 7.7 | 39 |
| 2002 | All About Me | Miranda | TV | 7.0 | 39 |
| 2001 | Waking the Dead | Lorna Gyles | TV | 7.2 | 38 |
| 2001 | Marion and Geoff: A Small Summer Party | Karen | Film | 8.0 | 38 |
| 2000 | Anna Karenina | Dolly | TV | 6.8 | 37 |
| 2000 | Whatever Happened to Harold Smith? | Margaret Robinson | Film | 6.2 | 37 |
| 1998 | Big Cat | Alice | Film | 7.0 | 35 |
| 1998 | Mortimer's Law | Rachel Mortimer | TV | 10.0 | 35 |
| 1997 | Midsomer Murders | Ruth Scholey | TV | 7.5 | 34 |
| 1997 | Sunnyside Farm | TV | 7.0 | 34 | |
| 1997 | Original Sin | Frances Peverell | TV | 7.0 | 34 |
| 1996 | Jane Eyre | Miss Temple | Film | 6.9 | 33 |
| 1996 | Breaking the Code | Patricia 'Pat' Green | Film | 5.5 | 33 |
| 1996 | Deep in the Heart | Kate Markham | Film | 8.0 | 33 |
| 1995 | Persuasion | Anne Elliott | Film | 7.2 | 32 |
| 1994 | Harry Enfield and Chums | Miss Hetherington | TV | 7.2 | 31 |
| 1994 | Hildegard | Ricardis | Film | 6.5 | 31 |
| 1994 | Love on a Branch Line | Miss Mounsey | TV | 5.2 | 31 |
| 1993 | The Buddha of Suburbia | 1st TV Producer | TV | 5.9 | 30 |
| 1993 | The Man Who Cried | Hilda Maxwell | Film | 6.3 | 30 |
| 1992 | A Touch of Frost | Dolores Delmonte | TV | 7.5 | 29 |
| 1992 | Shakespeare: The Animated Tales | Kate (voice) | TV | 6.4 | 29 |
| 1990 | The BFG | Sophie (voice) | Film | 6.4 | 27 |
| 1989 | Agatha Christie's Poirot | Mrs Rendell | TV | 8.2 | 26 |
| 1987 | Mary Rose | Mary Rose | Film | — | 24 |
| 1986 | Casualty | Joyce Paice | TV | 6.2 | 23 |
| 1986 | Worlds Beyond | Julia | TV | 5.8 | 23 |
| 1985 | Time for Murder | Sarah Penwarden | TV | 4.0 | 22 |
| 1983 | Natural World | Narrator | TV | 7.4 | 20 |