Amanda Bynes
Amanda Bynes
Amanda Bynes
Amanda Bynes
Amanda Bynes
Amanda Bynes
Amanda Bynes
Amanda Bynes
Amanda Bynes Biography
Date of Birth
3 April 1986, Thousand Oaks, California, USA
Birth Name
Amanda Laura Bynes
Nickname
Chicky
Height
5' 8" (1.73 m)
Mini Biography
Amanda Laura Bynes was born on April 3, 1986, in Thousand Oaks, California. The youngest of three children, Amanda Bynes became interested in acting and performing from the age of three, when Amanda Bynes would say her older sister Jillian's lines with her while Amanda Bynes performed in plays. It was from then on that her family and friends knew that Amanda Bynes would be a star someday.
Her acting debut was in 1996, when Amanda Bynes auditioned for and got the role as a newcomer on "All That" (1994). Right away, Amanda Bynes became very popular as people enjoyed her acting in skits, especially Ask Ashley, where Amanda Bynes played a little girl running an advice column who would get very angry every time she read a letter.
In 1999, 13-year-old Amanda was given her own variety show, "The Amanda Show" (1999), in which Amanda Bynes starred in all of the skits except Totally Kyle. In 2001, Amanda Bynes co-starred with Frankie Muniz in Big Fat Liar (2002) as Kaylee, Jason's friend who helps him prove that he really did write the essay "Big Fat Liar" and regain his father's trust. It was also in 2001 that Amanda Bynes began dating Taran Killam from "The Amanda Show" (1999) and Big Fat Liar (2002), who is four years and two days older than Amanda Bynes is. Amanda Bynes also won a Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Award and, at age 15, "The Amanda Show" (1999) ended its run.
In 2002, Amanda Bynes began co-starring with Jennie Garth in "What I Like About You" (2002) as Holly, a 16-year-old girl who moves in with her sister after their father decides to move to Japan. Amanda Bynes also celebrated her Sweet 16th birthday and got her driver's license on April 3, 2002.
In 2003, Amanda won two KCA Awards and starred as Daphne, a girl searching for her father, in What a Girl Wants (2003) with Colin Firth and Kelly Preston as her parents. Amanda Bynes continued acting in "What I Like About You" (2002) and broke up with Taran.
On April 3, 2004, Amanda celebrated her 18th birthday on the 17th Annual KCA Awards, where Amanda Bynes won an award for best actress for her role in What a Girl Wants (2003). Amanda Bynes graduated from Thousand Oaks High School's independent study program on June 10, 2004, and filmed Love Wrecked (2005) in 2004. A prodigiously talented comedienne, Amanda Bynes promises to have a lifelong career.
