Amanda Bynes
This article's lead section may not adequately summarize key points of its contents. Please consider expanding the lead to provide an accessible overview of all important aspects of the article. (December 2014) Some or all of this article's listed sources may not be reliable. Please help this article by looking for better, more reliable sources, or by checking whether the references meet the criteria for reliable sources. Unreliable citations may be challenged or deleted. (December 2014) Amanda Bynes Bynes at The Heart Truth's Red Dress Collection fashion show in 2009 Born Amanda Laura Bynes (1986-04-03) April 3, 1986 (age 28) Thousand Oaks, California, U.S. Occupation Actress, Fashion designer Years active 1993–2010 Amanda Laura Bynes (born April 3, 1986) is an American former actress and fashion designer. She rose to prominence in the late 1990s and early 2000s on the Nickelodeon series All That and The Amanda Show. From 2002 to 2006, she starred in the sitcom What I Like About You on The WB. She has also starred in several films, including What a Girl Wants (2003), She's the Man (2006), Hairspray (2007), Sydney White (2007), and Easy A (2010). Beginning in 2013, Bynes once again rose to public prominence for her legal and psychiatric troubles, which have been heavily covered by public media.