Amanda Bynes

Amanda Bynes
Birth name	Amanda Laura Bynes
Born	April 3, 1986 in Thousand Oaks, California, USA
Notable Roles	[[What I Like About You/Holly Tyler/{{{1}}}|{{{1}}}]] in What I Like About You
Notable Episodes
Awards

Roles

Starring Roles

Series	Role	Year(s)	Season(s)
All That	Regular Performer	1996–2000			3	4	5	6
The Amanda Show	Regular Performer	1999–2002	1	2	3
What I Like About You	Holly Tyler	2002–2006	1	2	3	4

Guest Starring Roles

Series	Role	Episode	Airdate
Arli$$	Crystal Dupree	4x02 - Our Past, Our Present, Our Future	June 13, 1999
The Drew Carey Show	Sketch Player	7x01/02 - Drew Carey's Back-to-School Rock 'n' Roll Comedy Hour	September 26, 2001
The Nightmare Room	Danielle Warner	1x01 - Don't Forget Me	October 31, 2001
MADtv	Herself	7x16 - Episode 713	February 2, 2002
Family Guy	Anna	6x13 - Long John Peter	May 4, 2008

Made-for-TV Movies

Title	Role	Airdate	Series/Banner
Love Wrecked	Jenny Taylor	January 21, 2007	ABC Family Original Movie
Living Proof	Jamie	October 18, 2008	Lifetime Original Movie

Awards and Accolades

Young Artist Awards

(4 Nominations)

Trivia

• Is of Irish, Lithuanian and Polish descent; her mother's family is Jewish
• Her father, Rick is a retired dentist and her mother, Lynn worked at her father's dental office and as an office manager
• Has an older brother, Thomas and an older sister, Jillian
• Began acting professionally when she was 7 years old
• Graduated from Thousand Oaks High School in 2004
• Attended the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising in Irvine, California
• Announced on Twitter that she was retiring from acting, but announced in an interview in 2017 that she wanted to return to acting in an uncertain future, but only in TV
• Was trained at a comedy camp by Arsenio Hall and Richard Pryor
• Had her own clothing line, called dear by Amanda Bynes