Choose Biography: | Amanda Bynes |

Amanda Laura Bynes was born on April 3, 1986, in Thousand Oaks, California. She is the youngest of three children. Her dad Rick is a dentist and her mom, Lynn, works in her father's dental office. She has a brother, Tommy (1974) is a chiropractor, and her sister Jillian (1983). Amanda became intrested in acting and performing at the age of three, when she would say her older sister Jillian's lines with her while she performed in plays. It was from then on that her family and friends knew that she would be a star someday. Her acting debut was in 1996, when she auditioned for and got the role as a newcomer on "All That". She became very popular as people enjoyed her acting skits, especially Ask Ashley, where she plated a little girl running an advice column who would get very angry every time she read a letter. In 1999, Amanda Bynes was 13 years old getting her own variety show, "The Amanda Show", in which she starred in all of the skits except Totally Kyle. In 2000 she won her first Award at the Kids' Choice Awards for favorite television actress (The Amanda Show) and continued playing in 'The Amanda Show'. In 2001, she co-starred with Frankie Muniz in Big Fat Liar (2002) as Kaylee, Jason's friend who helps him prove that he really did write the essay "Big Fat Liar" and regain his father's trust. It was also in 2001 that she began dating Taran Killam from "The Amanda Show" (1999) and Big Fat Liar (2002), who is four years and two days older than she is. She also won a Kids' Choice Award for favorite television actress (The Amanda Show) and it was also the year that "The Amanda Show" (1999) ended its run. In 2002, she began co-starring with Jennie Garth in "What I Like About You" (2002) as Holly, a 16-year-old girl who moves in with her sister after their father decides to move to Japan. She also celebrated her Sweet 16th birthday and got her driver's license on April 3, 2002. In 2003, Amanda won two Kids' Choice Awards for favorite television actress (The Amanda Show) and for favorite movie actress (Big Fat Liar). Starred as Daphne, a girl searching for her father, in "What a Girl Wants" (2003) with Henry (Colin Firth) and Libby (Kelly Preston) as her parents. She continued acting in "What I Like About You" (2002) and broke up with Taran. On April 3, 2004, Amanda celebrated her 18th birthday on the 17th Annual Kids' Choice Awards, where we she won an award for favorite movie actress for her role in What a Girl Wants (2003). She graduated from Thousand Oaks High School's independent study program on June 10, 2004, and filmed Lovewrecked (2005) in 2004. In 2005 she did the voice of Piper in the animation movie "Robots" (2005). On May 5 she played herself as Guest Host at "The View" and continued acting in "What I Like About You" (2002) as Holly Tyler. 2006 was the last year of "What I Like About You" (2002) on 24 March 2006 the 71th episode "Finelly". She played in the movie "She's The Man" (2006) as Viola where she had to play a guy half of the movie. In 2007 she appeared in the re-make movie "Hairspray" (2007) as Penny Pingleton which has just gone in premiere in the USA. Later this year the movie "Sydney White" (2007) will come in theatre where she playes Sydney White. A prodigiously talented comedienne, she promises to have a lifelong career.