Amanda Bynes
Biography
Amanda Bynes is an American retired actress who began as a child performer and became known for Nickelodeon sketch comedy. Born in Thousand Oaks, California, she started professional acting at age seven and gained recognition on All That and The Amanda Show, winning several Kids' Choice Awards. In her teens she starred in the WB sitcom What I Like About You and in the teen films Big Fat Liar (2002) and What a Girl Wants (2003). She later appeared in She's the Man (2006), Hairspray (2007), Living Proof (2008), and Easy A (2010). She also voiced Charlotte's Web 2: Wilbur's Great Adventure and Robots and starred in Love Wrecked. For Hairspray she won a Critics' Choice Award and received a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination, and the soundtrack earned a Grammy nomination. Bynes announced her retirement from acting in 2010.
40years old
Turns 41 on April 3in 173 days
- Born Thousand Oaks
- Star sign: AriesThe sign runs March 21 to April 19
- Amanda Laura Bynes (birth name)
Movie Career
- Films
- 11
- Career span
- 8 years2002 to 2010
Genres
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First role
At seven years old, Bynes started working as a professional actor, showing up in TV ads for Taco Bell, Cut and Style Barbie, and Buncha Crunch candies.
A role that slipped away
Bynes began filming the Farrelly brothers comedy Hall Pass, but she left the production and Alexandra Daddario took her place.
Behind the award
Bynes won Favorite Movie Actress at the Kids' Choice Awards more than once, making her one of nine actors to do so.
A change of course
Bynes started co-hosting an interview podcast, Amanda Bynes & Paul Sieminski: The Podcast, in December 2023. She quit after a single episode to get her manicurist license and a steady job.
Amanda Bynes movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Four actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Paul Giamatti's page
Jennifer Coolidge's page
Alexandra Breckenridge's page
Box office
What Amanda Bynes's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$606 million
8 of the 11 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 11 films: 8 worldwide figure; 2 never in cinemas; 1 figure not found.
- 8Worldwide figure
- 2Never in cinemas
- 1Figure not found
Top grosser
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$263M43.3% of the total
- 2$90M14.9% of the total
- 3$75M12.4% of the total
- 4$57M9.4% of the total
- 5$53M8.7% of the total
- 6$51M8.4% of the total
- 7$14M2.2% of the total
- 8$3.5M0.6% of the total
