1. Amanda Laura Bynes was born on April 3,1986 and is an American actress.
38 Facts About Amanda Bynes
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Amanda Bynes was born on April 3,1986, and raised in Thousand Oaks, California, a suburb of Los Angeles.
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Amanda Bynes is the youngest of three children born to Lynn, a dental assistant and office manager, and Rick Bynes, a dentist.
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Amanda Bynes's father is Catholic and is of Irish, Lithuanian, and Polish descent.
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Amanda Bynes's mother is Jewish, born to a Canadian couple whose families were from Poland, Russia, and Romania.
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Amanda Bynes began professionally acting at age seven, appearing in a television advertisements for Buncha Crunch candies, Cut and Style Barbie, and Taco Bell.
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Amanda Bynes was a regular member of the series Figure It Out from 1997 to 1999.
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At the age of 13, Bynes starred in the All That spin-off comedy The Amanda Show from 1999 to 2002.
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Amanda Bynes had her breakthrough on the show, earning praise and acclaim.
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Amanda Bynes won four Kids' Choice Awards and received two Young Artist Award nominations.
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In 2002, Amanda Bynes made her feature film debut in Big Fat Liar starring as Kaylee, best friend of co-star Frankie Muniz's character.
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The series garnered positive reviews and Amanda Bynes received a number of nominations from the Teen Choice Awards and the Young Artist Awards.
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In 2003, Amanda Bynes appeared on the cover of Vanity Fair July 2003 edition.
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Amanda Bynes had a voice role in the direct-to-video film Charlotte's Web 2: Wilbur's Great Adventure, which was panned by critics.
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Amanda Bynes had a voice role as Piper Pinwheeler in the 2005 animated film Robots, which was a commercial success.
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Amanda Bynes was named one of Teen Peoples "25 Hottest Stars Under 25" in 2006.
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In 2006, Amanda Bynes starred in the teen sports romantic comedy film She's the Man, based on William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.
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Amanda Bynes portrays Viola Hastings, a girl who pretends to be her twin brother to play with the boys' soccer team at an elite boarding school after the girls soccer team at her school gets cut.
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In 2007, Amanda Bynes starred as Penny Pingleton, a sheltered young girl, in the musical comedy film Hairspray, based on the musical theater adaptation of John Waters' 1988 film.
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Amanda Bynes won the Critics' Choice Award for Best Acting Ensemble and received a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination in 2008, among others.
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Amanda Bynes was featured on the Hairspray soundtrack, which received a Grammy nomination.
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The film was a critical and commercial failure, although Amanda Bynes' performance was praised.
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Also in 2008, Amanda Bynes voiced Anna in the Family Guy episode "Long John Peter".
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In 2010, Bynes co-starred alongside the then-relatively unknown Emma Stone in the comedy Easy A She starred as Marianne Bryant, the president of a high school Bible study club who becomes the personal nemesis of Stone's character.
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The film was a critical and commercial success, with Stone and Amanda Bynes receiving critical praise for their performances.
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In July 2010, Amanda Bynes announced an indefinite hiatus from acting.
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In 2018, Amanda Bynes considered returning to acting, but nothing happened at that time.
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Amanda Bynes was going to reunite with former All That cast members at '90s Con in March 2023, her first public appearance since the end of her conservatorship, but she did not attend due to illness.
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In 2008, Amanda Bynes briefly dated Seth MacFarlane after voicing a character in the episode "Long John Peter" of MacFarlane's show Family Guy.
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Since childhood, Amanda Bynes has been interested in illustration and fashion design.
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In 2012, Amanda Bynes was charged with driving under the influence in West Hollywood.
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Amanda Bynes accepted a plea bargain of three years probation in exchange for the dismissal of the DUI charge.
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In May 2013, Amanda Bynes was charged with reckless endangerment and marijuana possession after she was found smoking in the lobby of her Manhattan apartment building.
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Amanda Bynes was hospitalized under a 72-hour mental-health evaluation hold.
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Amanda Bynes's parents filed for conservatorship of their daughter shortly after her hospitalization began.
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In 2018, Amanda Bynes stated she had been sober for four years with the help of her parents.
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Amanda Bynes's attorney stated that Bynes believed her condition was improved and protection of the court was no longer necessary.
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On March 20,2023, Amanda Bynes was placed on a 72-hour psychiatric hold after she flagged a bystander for help and called 911 following a psychotic episode in Los Angeles.