Line #12 Creator/AmandaBynes


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2	Amanda Laura Bynes (born April 3, 1986) is an American retired actress, singer and fashion designer born in Thousand Oaks, California. She started out as a child actress for Nickelodeon on the ''Series/AllThat'' and she was such a success she even got her own spin-off ''Series/TheAmandaShow'' and was widely seen as a comic talent. She was quite famous in [[TheNineties the late 90s]] as a child star, but became a TeenIdol in the early 2000s, starring in films like ''Film/WhatAGirlWants'', ''Film/ShesTheMan'', ''Film/{{Hairspray\|2007}}'', and ''Film/EasyA''.
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4	In 2010, following years of reported body image issues and mental health issues, Bynes announced that she would be taking an indefinite hiatus from acting. She was placed under a conservatorship from 2013 to 2022, and has expressed interest in returning to acting and studying design.
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6	!!Filmography:
7	* ''Series/AllThat'' (1996-2000): Various roles
8	* ''Series/FigureItOut'' (1997-1999): Panelist
9	* ''WesternAnimation/BluesClues'' (1998): Herself
10	* ''Series/TheAmandaShow'' (1999-2002): Host/various roles
11	* ''Series/TheDrewCareyShow'' (2001): Sketch Player
12	* ''Series/TheNightmareRoom'' (2001): Danielle Warner, Episode "Don't Forget Me"
13	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'' (2001-2002): Taffy (voice role)
14	* ''Film/BigFatLiar'' (2002): Kaylee
15	* ''Series/WhatILikeAboutYou'' (2002-2006): Holly Tyler
16	* ''Film/WhatAGirlWants'' (2003): Daphne Reynolds
17	* ''Charlotte's Web 2: Wilbur's Great Adventure'' (2003): Nellie (voice role)
18	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Robots}}'' (2005): Piper Pinwheeler (voice role)
19	* ''Love Wrecked'' (2005): Jenny Taylor
20	* ''Film/ShesTheMan'' (2006): Viola Hastings
21	* ''Film/{{Hairspray\|2007}}'' (2007): Penny Pingleton
22	* ''Film/SydneyWhite'' (2007): Sydney White
23	* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' (2008): Anna (voice role)
24	* ''Film/LivingProof'' (2008): Jamie
25	* ''Film/EasyA'' (2010): Marianne Bryant
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27	!!Tropes from her career:
28	* ActorInspiredElement: She personally fought for Creator/ChanningTatum to be cast alongside her in ''Film/ShesTheMan''. He was then an unknown, only recognisable for a supporting role in ''Film/CoachCarter''.
29	* ActingForTwo: On ''Series/TheAmandaShow'', where she played the in-universe version of herself and her "number one fan please" Penelope Taynt.
30	* CelebrityVoiceActor: She was already big by the time she voiced the babysitter Taffy in ''{{WesternAnimation/Rugrats}}''.
31	* CreatorBacklash: She hated her performance in ''Film/EasyA'' so much, it made her want to quit acting.
32	* CreatorBreakdown: As she was dealing with body image issues while filming ''Film/ShesTheMan'', the prosthetics required for her SweetPollyOliver were quite distressing for her.
33	--> "When the movie came out and I saw it, I went into a deep depression for four to six months because I didn't like how I looked when I was a boy."
34	* DyeHard: Naturally Brunette, she dyed her hair Blonde in the late 2000s. Then, after her retirement from acting, she began dyeing her hair loads of different colours, such as: Red, Pink, bright Yellow, Green and Purple. Her hair colour for the last few years was Black. However, recently she went Platinum Blonde. She also wore strange waist-length blonde and blue wigs at one point.
35	* DyeingForYourArt: As her character in ''{{Film/Hairspray\|2007}}'' repeatedly sucks on lollipops, Amanda was eating about forty a day. Naturally her dentist father was not pleased.
36	* StarMakingRole: While she became a darkhorse on ''Series/AllThat'', ''Series/TheAmandaShow'' helped make her one of the biggest teen stars of the 2000s.
37	* StatuesqueStunner: She’s 5 ft 7 tall and was named one of the "25 Hottest Stars Under 25" in 2006.
38	* ThrowItIn: When "Can't Stop the Beat" starts in ''{{Film/Hairspray\|2007}}'', Penny can be seen tripping over her heels as she starts to dance. This was Amanda's genuine reaction, and they left it in.
39	* UnderageCasting: In-universe on ''Series/TheAmandaShow'', where she would sometimes play adult talk show hosts, teachers and various other characters in skits.
40	* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
41	** The role of Kaylee in ''Film/BigFatLiar'' was intended for Creator/LindsayLohan. She dropped out right before filming began, taking a year-long hiatus from acting, and Amanda replaced her.

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