Amanda Bynes
American actress (born 1986) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Amanda Laura Bynes (born April 3, 1986) is an American former actress. Bynes began her career as a child, appearing on the Nickelodeon sketch comedy series All That (1996–2000) and its spin-off series The Amanda Show (1999–2002). During her mid-teens, she played Holly Tyler on the WB sitcom What I Like About You (2002–2006), Kaylee in the teen comedy film Big Fat Liar (2002) and Daphne Reynolds in the comedy film What a Girl Wants (2003), and voiced Piper Pinwheeler in the animated film Robots (2005). As an adult, she starred as Viola Hastings in the romantic comedy film She's the Man (2006), Penny Lou Pingleton in the musical film Hairspray (2007), and Marianne Bryant in the comedy film Easy A (2010).
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Born | Amanda Laura Bynes (1986-04-03) April 3, 1986 (age 38) |
Alma mater | Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising |
Occupation | Actress |
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Bynes is heralded for her acting work in the 1990s and 2000s, winning a Critics' Choice Award and six Kids' Choice Awards among other accolades. In her highly publicized personal life, she has struggled with mental health and other issues, and was in a conservatorship from August 2013 to March 2022. She retired from acting in 2010, and in 2023, she announced her new career as a manicurist.