Amanda Bynes Biography

Amanda Bynes is an American actress and former show host on Nickelodeon. After appearing in several successful television series on Nickelodeon in the late 1990s and early 2000s, Bynes has moved into a film career, starring in several films aimed at teenage audience. In 2006, she was named one of Teen People's "25 Hottest Stars Under 25".

Amanda Laura Bynes was born April 3, 1986 in Thousand Oaks, California to Rick Bynes, a dentist who also practiced stand-up comedy, and Lynn Organ, a dental assistant. She has two older siblings, Tommy, a chiropractor, and Jillian, who has a B.A. in psychology from UCLA. Bynes grew up "half Catholic and half Jewish".

Bynes Personal Life

Amanda Bynes has a dog named Midge and drives a white Lexus SC430, She briefly moved into an apartment in Hollywood, California, but has since returned to her family home. She also wears contact lenses. Bynes is interested in drawing (she once painted a portrait of David Letterman as a gift to him) and fashion design, having commented that she is "the girl whose biggest nightmare would be to lose my makeup bag while traveling".

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