 |  | | Full Name: | Amanda Laura Bynes | | | Birthday: | 4/3/1986 | | | Sign: | Aries | | | Eye Color: | Green Height: 5' 7" | | | Hometown: | Thousand Oaks, CA | | | | | Relationship Status: | Model/actor Channing Tatum is rumored to be her current boyfriend. Boyfriend from Spring 2000 - 2003: Taran Killam.
Boyfriend, Autumn 2003 - Spring 2004: Nick Zano. | | | Big Break: | On November 18, 1996, ten-year-old Amanda Bynes joined the cast of the Nickelodeon show “All That.” The flair she showed for comedy led Nickelodeon to offer her own live comedy/variety show three years later. | | | Best Known For: | Amanda is best known for her sense of humor, which she has displayed in a long series of television programs and films. | | | Cool Facts: | Amanda Bynes won the Kids’ Choice Award for Favorite TV actress every year that The Amanda Show was on the air.
Amanda’s favorite music groups include No Doubt, Coldplay and Incubus. She also likes singer Kelly Clarkson.
Bynes is interested in fashion design and drawing.
Bynes once said that her biggest nightmare would be “to lose her makeup bag while traveling.”
In 2006, Teen People magazine named Amanda one of the “25 Hottest Stars Under 25.” | | | Quick Bio: | Amanda is the daughter of Rick Bynes, a California dentist who moonlighted as a stand-up comedian, and Lynn Organ, a dental assistant. She has an older brother, Tommy, now a chiropractor, and an older sister Jillian, who studied psychology at UCLA. Bynes learned the comedy trade from Arsenio Hall and Richard Pryor at a comedy camp. Her first acting job (she was only seven years old at the time) was an appearance in a television commercial for Buncha Crunch candies. During her childhood, Amanda appeared in several musical theater productions, including “Annie,” The Secret Garden, “The Music Man,” and “The Sound of Music.” In 1996, Amanda joined the cast of “Figure It Out” and “All That.” Her success in these shows led to the extraordinary chance for her to star in her own show. From 1999 to 2002, Amanda hosted “The Amanda Show” on Nickelodeon. She left the show in 2002 in order to pursue a career in films. Her first film was “Big Fat Liar,” about a high school boy whose idea is stolen by a big time film producer, and who then goes to Hollywood with his best friend Kaylee (Amanda) to reclaim the credit that rightfully belongs to him. The film grossed $48 million in the United States. Her next film, “What a Girl Wants” (2003) received mixed reviews, but was highly popular about its target audience of teenage girls. Amanda subsequently starred in the WB sitcom “What I Like About You.” She has also done voice-overs for “Charlotte’s Web II” (2003) and for the animated comedy “Robots” (2005). Her latest movie, “She’s the Man” (2006), is based on Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night.” She is now working on two film projects: “Lovewrecked,” a romantic comedy, and an adaptation of the Broadway musical “Hairspray.” Amanda says that she would like to take on more mature roles as her career progresses. She has taken a big step toward that goal by choosing to study at New York University. | | | Other Notes: | Want to have some fun with Amanda? Check out her word search puzzle! | | | |
