Amanda Clayton

Amanda Clayton is an American actress born in Johnston, Rhode Island. She attended the University of Rhode Island and, in 2005, began studying at the New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts after moving to New York City. Her first screen part came in 2006, a supporting turn in the independent movie December Ends. She later played Sarah Carter in the 2012 Disney adventure John Carter and took guest spots on The Mentalist and Rizzoli & Isles. She was cast as Alex Montgomery, a lead in the Oprah Winfrey Network soap If Loving You Is Wrong, which lasted five seasons and finished in 2020. She appeared with Miles Teller and Katey Sagal in the boxing biopic Bleed for This (2016), was the female lead in the Lifetime film Cradle Swapping (2017), and played Cathy Ryan in the Showtime drama City on a Hill until she departed after season two. In 2026 she directed her first film, the true-crime biopic Lupo.