Portrait of Amanda Root

Acting

Amanda Root

Titles
20movies39TV shows
Career

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

Leading roles
9
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score64/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Impressionists
The Impressionists
GoodWatch score78/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 38 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.4 versus catalog average 4.8EnergyHeart: 4.9 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.5 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.2 versus catalog average 5.7WorldCraft: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.4CraftStyle: 5.9 versus catalog average 6.0Style
Amanda Root Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Adrenaline
    3.2, average 5.1
  • Violence
    2.8, average 4.3
  • Scare
    1.5, average 2.6
  • Uncanny
    1.5, average 2.5

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Psychological Drama 2
  • Biographical Drama 2
  • Social Commentary 2
  • Strong Female Lead 2
  • Period Romance 2
  • Charming Characters 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

39
TypeAllTV shows39Movies20
RoleAnyActing39
ScoreAny60+70+80+
DecadeAny1980s41990s92000s132010s72020s6
GenreAnyDrama29Crime16Mystery12Comedy9Documentary4War & Politics1Soap1Animation1Talk1
Group by
DecadesScores
Newest firstOldest first

2020s

6 titles · average score 70
GoodWatch85
Poster for Baby Reindeer

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

GoodWatch65
Poster for You & Me

TV show · as Richards

Poster for The Sixth Commandment

TV show · as Sue Farquhar

GoodWatch70
Poster for Dalgliesh

TV show · as Sister Brumfett

GoodWatch60
Poster for The Sister

TV show · as June Fox

2010s

7 titles · average score 78
GoodWatch77
Poster for Patrick Melrose

TV show · as Virginia Watson-Scott

GoodWatch84
Poster for Wolf Hall

TV show · as Abbess Zouche

GoodWatch80
Poster for Call the Midwife

TV show · as Florrie Watkins

GoodWatch76
Poster for Death in Paradise

TV show · as Teresa Gower

GoodWatch78
Poster for Vera

TV show · as Deena Corbridge

GoodWatch83
Poster for Sherlock

TV show · as Emma Welsborough

GoodWatch65
Poster for Thorne

TV show · as Teresa Maxwell

2000s

13 titles · average score 74
GoodWatch78
Poster for The Impressionists

TV show · as Alice Hoschede

Poster for All About Me

TV show · as Miranda

GoodWatch82
Poster for Foyle's War

TV show · as Elizabeth Lewes

GoodWatch79
Poster for The Forsyte Saga

TV show · as Winifred Dartie

Poster for Daniel Deronda

TV show · as Mrs Davilow

GoodWatch75
Poster for Waking the Dead

TV show · as Lorna Gyles

GoodWatch71
Poster for Anna Karenina

TV show · as Dolly

All 13 titles from the 2000s

1990s

9 titles · average score 71
GoodWatch77
Poster for Midsomer Murders

TV show · as Ruth Scholey

GoodWatch71
Poster for Original Sin

TV show · as Frances Peverell

Poster for Turning World

TV show · as Evelyn Sharples

GoodWatch64
Poster for Love on a Branch Line

TV show · as Miss Mounsey

GoodWatch73
Poster for Harry Enfield and Chums

TV show · as Miss Hetherington

GoodWatch67
Poster for The Buddha of Suburbia

TV show · as 1st TV Producer

GoodWatch77
Poster for A Touch of Frost

TV show · as Dolores Delmonte

1980s

4 titles · average score 81
GoodWatch83
Poster for Agatha Christie's Poirot

TV show · as Mrs Rendell

Poster for Casualty

TV show · as Joyce Paice

Poster for Time for Murder

TV show · as Sarah Penwarden

GoodWatch78
Poster for Natural World

TV show · as Narrator

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