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Amanda Laura Bynes
(born April 3, 1986
[2]
) is an
American
actress
,
program
host
on
Nickelodeon
and
fashion designer
. After being in several successful
television series
on Nickelodeon in the late
1990s
and early
2000s
, Bynes has moved into a
movie
career
. She starred in several movies aimed at
teenage
audiences
. These included
Big Fat Liar
,
She's the Man
,
Hairspray
,
and
Easy A
. She was on the 2007
Forbes
list as the 5th highest paid
celebrities
under 21 earning $2.5 million.
[3]
Bynes has been described by
The Boston Globe
as having an "everygirl"
appeal
, embodying "both everything her teen fans dream of being and everything they know they really are, and they love her for it." In 2006, she was named one of
Teen People
's
"25 Hottest Stars Under .
On June 19, 2010, Bynes said on her
Twitter
that she is
retiring
from acting saying she does not like it as much as she used to.
[4]
A month later, Bynes changed her mind and returned to acting.
[5]
Again in 2012 she said that she is retiring from acting.
[6]
In April 2012 Bynes was arrested for side-swiping a police car. In June 2012 she was charged with driving under alcohol or drugs when she was arrested in April.
In May 2013 Bynes was arrested at her house in
Manhattan
for having
marijuana
.
[7]
In July she was arrested after she set fire to a stranger's driveway. The police decided that she should be kept for psychiatric evaluation for her own safety. Since September 2013 Bynes has been in The Canyon
rehab
in
Malibu
for
schizophrenia
and
bipolar disorder
treatment.
[8]
On March 20, 2023 Bynes was found roaming the streets of
Downtown Los Angeles
unclothed. Bynes waved down a car and told them she was "coming down from a psychotic episode". After calling
911
herself, Bynes was taken to a nearby police station and after an evaluation by
mental health
officials, she was placed under a psychiatric hold.
[9]
This comes merely days away from her one-year anniversary of being released from her
conservatorship
held by her parents Rick and Lynn Bynes.
[10]
Year
|
Title
|
Role
|
Notes
|
1996?2000
|
All That
|
Various roles
|
Lead role (seasons 3?6)
|
1997?1999
|
Figure It Out
|
Panelist
|
Seasons 1?4
|
1998
|
Blue's Clues
|
Herself
|
Episode: "Blue's Birthday"
|
1999
|
Arli$$
|
Crystal Dupree
|
Episode: "Our Past, Our Present, Our Future"
|
1999?2002
|
The Amanda Show
|
Host / Various roles
|
Lead role
|
2000
|
Crashbox
|
Pink Robot
|
Episode: "Amanda Bynes"
|
2000
|
Double Dare 2000
|
Herself
|
2 episodes; contestant
|
2001
|
The Drew Carey Show
|
Sketch player
|
Episode: "Drew Carey's Back-to-School Rock 'n' Roll Comedy Hour"
|
2001
|
The Nightmare Room
|
Danielle Warner
|
Episode: "Don't Forget Me"
|
2001?2002
|
Rugrats
|
Taffy (voice)
|
Recurring role (
season 9
)
|
2002?2006
|
What I Like About You
|
Holly Tyler
|
Lead role
|
2008
|
Family Guy
|
Anna (voice)
|
Episode: "Long John Peter"
|
2008
|
Living Proof
|
Jamie
|
Television film
|
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International
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National
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Artists
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People
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