Portrait of Amanda Root

Acting

Amanda Root

Titles
21movies41TV shows
Career

Active from 1987 to 2020, with up to 2 main titles a year.

Leading roles
8
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score58/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Forsyte Saga
The Forsyte Saga
GoodWatch score81/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 43 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.5 versus catalog average 4.8EnergyHeart: 5.0 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.4 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.2 versus catalog average 5.7WorldCraft: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.4CraftStyle: 6.0 versus catalog average 6.0Style
Amanda Root Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Adrenaline
    3.3, average 5.1
  • Violence
    3.0, average 4.3
  • Contemporary Realism
    4.1, average 5.2
  • Scare
    1.5, average 2.6

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Psychological Drama 2
  • Character-Driven Narrative 2
  • Biographical Drama 2
  • Social Commentary 2
  • Strong Female Lead 2
  • Emotional Depth 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

43
TypeAllTV shows32Movies11
RoleAnyActing43
ScoreAny60+70+80+
DecadeAny1980s41990s132000s142010s62020s6
GenreAnyDrama32Crime10Mystery8Comedy8Documentary5Romance4Animation2History2TV Movie2War1Soap1War & Politics1Talk1Family1
Group by
DecadesScores
Newest firstOldest first

2020s

6 titles · average score 74
GoodWatch85
Poster for Baby Reindeer

TV show · as Elle Dunn (voice) / Elle Dunn

GoodWatch81
Poster for The Sixth Commandment

TV show · as Sue Farquhar

GoodWatch61
Poster for You & Me

TV show · as Richards

GoodWatch75
Poster for Dalgliesh

TV show · as Sister Brumfett

GoodWatch70
Poster for Summerland

as Mrs. Lawrence

2010s

6 titles · average score 79
GoodWatch75
Poster for Patrick Melrose

TV show · as Virginia Watson-Scott

GoodWatch81
Poster for Their Finest

as Cecy/Mrs Brown (Careless Talk Film)

GoodWatch85
Poster for Wolf Hall

TV show · as Abbess Zouche

GoodWatch82
Poster for Call the Midwife

TV show · as Florrie Watkins

GoodWatch84
Poster for Sherlock

TV show · as Emma Welsborough

GoodWatch65
Poster for Thorne

TV show · as Teresa Maxwell

2000s

14 titles · average score 76
GoodWatch78
Poster for The Impressionists

TV show · as Alice Hoschede

Poster for Love Again

as Maeve Brennan

Poster for The Afternoon Play

TV show · as Andrea

GoodWatch81
Poster for The Forsyte Saga

TV show · as Winifred Dartie

GoodWatch83
Poster for Foyle's War

TV show · as Elizabeth Lewes

GoodWatch70
Poster for Rose and Maloney

TV show · as Marsha Campese

GoodWatch74
Poster for Daniel Deronda

TV show · as Mrs Davilow

GoodWatch69
Poster for Anna Karenina

TV show · as Dolly

All 14 titles from the 2000s

1990s

13 titles · average score 70
GoodWatch80
Poster for Midsomer Murders

TV show · as Ruth Scholey

GoodWatch71
Poster for Original Sin

TV show · as Frances Peverell

GoodWatch72
Poster for Jane Eyre

as Miss Temple

GoodWatch69
Poster for Breaking the Code

as Patricia 'Pat' Green

GoodWatch74
Poster for Persuasion

as Anne Elliott

Poster for Hildegard

as Ricardis

GoodWatch73
Poster for Harry Enfield and Chums

TV show · as Miss Hetherington

GoodWatch65
Poster for Love on a Branch Line

TV show · as Miss Mounsey

GoodWatch66
Poster for The Buddha of Suburbia

TV show · as 1st TV Producer

GoodWatch65
Poster for The BFG

as Sophie (voice)

All 13 titles from the 1990s

1980s

4 titles · average score 75
GoodWatch83
Poster for Agatha Christie's Poirot

TV show · as Mrs Rendell

GoodWatch62
Poster for Casualty

TV show · as Joyce Paice

Poster for Worlds Beyond

TV show · as Julia

GoodWatch80
Poster for Natural World

TV show · as Narrator

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