Amanda Bynes Biography:

Amanda Laura Bynes was born on April 3, 1986, in Thousand Oaks, California. You may possibly attach her skill for comedy to her father, Rick, a dentist and comedy fanatic who encouraged Amanda and her brother and sisters to act, joke, sing and dance.

As a young and aspiring actress, Amanda Bynes starred in community projects and a number of plays like "To Kill a Mockingbird", "The Music Man" and "The Secret Garden", and was welcomed into the comedy world by taking classes at comedy instructional programs sponsored by famous organizations like The Comedy Store and the Laugh Factory, both in Los Angeles. At the age of ten, Amanda performed at the Laugh Factory children's comedy showcase and was instantly approached by an executive from the Nickelodeon television network. And the comedy and hi-jinks have continued ever since.

Nickelodeon hired Bynes for the  sketch television variety and  comedy series called "All That" alongside Jamie Lynn Spears and Drake Bell (3 episodes), where she regularly stole the show from her fellow cast members. She became famous for her spirited role in "Ask Ashley," a comedy routine about an advice columnist. Viewers started to notice, as they still do today, that Amanda has a talent for comic timing and humorous adlibbing, in the manner of sexy female comedian stars like Meg Ryan and Jamie Lee Curtis.

After five wonderful seasons on the comedy series, during which time Amanda garnered four Kids' Choice awards, she was given her own television show, appropriately titled "The Amanda Show" with Drake Bell, Ashley Tisdale and Nancy Sullivan. Basically, it was "All That", with all Amanda Bynes. For four television seasons it was the highest rated comedy show on the Nickelodeon network.

As with most young celebrities, Amanda Bynes' career has benefited from the inspiration of a guru. Dan Schneider was the originator of both of her smash hit Nickelodeon shows, so it makes sense that he was the driving force and producer behind "Big Fat Liar", her 2002 film introduction. Although Frankie Muniz from television cult classic "Malcolm in the Middle" was the movie's sexy male celebrity star draw, viewers believed that Amanda's character was the funny one, in part to her physical comedy and side-splitting impersonations.

Meanwhile, Bynes was standing in the limelight on her own skill and film talents. In 2002, the WB network started airing the sitcom "What I Like About You", which had been in production for some time as a comedy project developed for Amanda. She stars as a sexy teenage girl who moves in with her oldest sister in New York City and of course, turns her sister's world into a complete mess.

In 2003, Amanda Bynes could be seen in her first leading role, in "What a Girl Wants" about a sexy American teenage girl in search of her Dad in London. Two years later she appeared in the films "Robots" with Halle Berry, Robin Williams and Paula Abdul and "Lovewrecked". 

In 2006 Bynes had a small part in "She's The Man", and in 2007 Amanda appeared in "Sydney White" and the hit movie musical extravaganza "Hairspray" starring along side mega sexy celebrities John Travolta, Michelle Pfieffer and High School Musical friend and co-star Zac Efron.

Also in 2007, Amanda signed a three year contract with Steve & Barry's to create and promote her own stylish, teen clothing line called "Dear".

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