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In 1985, Root made her television debut in the pilot episode of ''[[Ladies in Charge]]'', as one of a trio of women setting up an agency to help others in postwar London. She then starred as the title character in [[Mary Rose (play)|''Mary Rose'']], a television drama based on the play by [[J. M. Barrie|J.M. Barrie]]. In 1988, she featured as the Storyteller in five episodes of children’s series ''[[Jackanory]]'', and the following year voiced Sophie in animated feature [[The BFG (1989 film)|''The BFG'']]. The film was aired on [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] on [[Christmas|Christmas Day]]. In 1991, she reprised her role as Adela in a [[Channel 4]] adaptation of [[The House of Bernarda Alba (disambiguation)|''The House of Bernarda Alba'']] alongside [[Glenda Jackson]], having originally played the character in a 1986 stage production at the [[Lyric Theatre (Hammersmith)|Lyric Hammersmith]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Production of The House of Bernarda Alba {{!}} Theatricalia |url=https://theatricalia.com/play/3ta/the-house-of-bernarda-alba/production/c2n |access-date=2023-10-18 |website=theatricalia.com}}</ref> She also starred as Nina in [[Anton Chekhov|Chekhov’s]] ''[[The Seagull]]'' at the [[Barbican Centre|Barbican Theatre]]. In 1993, Root played Hilda Maxwell in ITV period drama ''The Man Who Cried'', opposite [[Ciarán Hinds]].<ref>{{Citation |last=Whyte |first=Michael |title=The Man Who Cried |date=1993-01-03 |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106060/ |type=Drama |access-date=2023-10-18 |others=Ciarán Hinds, Kate Buffery, Amanda Root |publisher=Festival Film & Television}}</ref> The series, adapted from the novel by [[Catherine Cookson]], received positive reviews and was watched by 12.7 million viewers.
In 1994, she appeared in [[BBC]] comedy drama series [[Love on a Branch Line (TV series)|''Love on a Branch Line'']] as Miss Mounsey. That same year, Root was sought by the actress [[Emma Thompson]] for the role of [[Marianne Dashwood|Marianne]] in [[Sense and Sensibility (film)|''Sense and Sensibility'']], based on [[Sense and Sensibility|the 1811 novel]] by [[Jane Austen]]. She participated in a read through in London with the cast but was unable to take on the role (it would later go to [[Kate Winslet]]) as she had already committed to star as [[Anne Elliot]] in another Austen adaptation, [[Persuasion (1995 film)|''Persuasion'']].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Emma Thompson: Write for the Part |url=https://ew.com/article/1995/12/15/emma-thompson-write-part/ |access-date=2023-10-18 |website=EW.com |language=en}}</ref> The film, made by the BBC for drama anthology series [[Screen Two]], reunited Root with [[Ciarán Hinds]], who played Captain Wentworth. It was broadcast on [[BBC Two]] in April 1995, and later gained a limited cinematic release in the [[United States]], grossing over five million dollars.<ref>https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0114117/?ref_=bo_se_r_2</ref> Well received by critics, it went on to win five [[British Academy Television Awards|TV BAFTAs]], including for [[British Academy Television Award for Best Single Drama|Best Single Drama]].<ref>http://awards.bafta.org/award/1996/television/single-drama</ref> In 1996, she played Patricia “Pat” Green in [[Breaking the Code (film)|''Breaking the Code'']]. Root’s character was inspired by [[Bletchley Park|Bletchley]] code-breaker [[Joan Clarke]], and starred [[Derek Jacobi]] as [[Alan Turing]].
In 1998, Root starred in BBC crime drama [[Mortimer's Law|''Mortimer’s Law'']], as Rachel Mortimer, a barrister who relocates to rural Wales to take up a vacant coroner’s post. The series ran for six episodes but was not recommissioned. In 2000, she played Dolly in [[Anna Karenina (2000 TV series)|''Anna Karenina'']], and later appeared as Mrs. Davilow in [[Daniel Deronda (TV series)|''Daniel Deronda'']]. That same year, Root returned to the stage in [[Yasmina Reza|Yasmina Reza’s]] ''Conversations After a Burial'' at the [[Almeida Theatre]]. She also made guest appearances in various crime dramas, including ''[[A Touch of Frost]]'', [[Foyle's War|''Foyle’s War'']], [[Waking the Dead (TV series)|''Waking the Dead'']], ''Poirot'' and ''[[Midsomer Murders]]''. In 2004, she appeared in ten episodes of period drama [[The Forsyte Saga (2002 TV series)|''The Forsyte Saga'']] as Winifred Dartie. The following year, she featured in the docudrama [[Julian Fellowes Investigates: A Most Mysterious Murder|''Julian Fellowes Investigates'']], playing murder victim Vera Sidney.<ref>https://www.truecrimelibrary.com/crimearticle/vera-sidney/</ref> In 2006, she portrayed [[Alice Hoschedé|Alice Hoschede]], wife of [[Impressionism|Impressionist]] painter [[Claude Monet]], in the BBC miniseries [[The Impressionists (TV series)|''The Impressionists'']]. She also made her third appearance at the [[Almeida Theatre]] as Polina Bardin in [[Enemies (play)|''Enemies'']] by [[Maxim Gorky]], in a new interpretation by [[David Hare (playwright)|David Hare]].<ref>https://variety.com/2006/legit/reviews/enemies-1200515872/</ref>
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