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Amanda Bynes

Amanda Bynes
Amanda Laura Bynes (born April 3, 1986).

Known for her "Teen" roles in family friendly comedies and romance dramas. Has won numerous teen awards for television & film.

She has Irish, Polish, Russian and Romanian ancestry and describes her own faith as "Jewish".

Film roles include:

What a Girl Wants (2003), Love Wrecked (2005), She's the Man (2006), Hairspray (2007)

Her most recent role is as Marianne Bryant in Will Gluck's Easy A (2010)



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Amanda Bynes - news / articles


  • Bynes quits Hollywood - 21 June 2010
    -Amanda Bynes has retired from acting - at the age of 24.- -The former child star, who got her start on 1990s sketch show All That before landing roles in Hollywood films like Hairspray, has revealed she is quitting movies because she has lost the passion for them.- -

Amanda Bynes - what members say


  • She's The Man
  • She's The Man review by from London
    Rated - 5.0 stars GREAT FILM & LOAD OF EYE CANDY! 14 April 2006
    ...ummy hurt because I was laughing so much. I cant wait until this film is on DVD Amanda Bynes and Channing Tatum are great actors :D . I dont think i can wait im going to se...   Read customer review
  • Love Wrecked
  • Love Wrecked review by A customer from The Promised Land
    Rated - 2.0 stars No 25 July 2008
    ...Oh my god... disaster... Its a pity really, i think given the right roll Amanda Bynes could be quite good but she seems to get all these silly rolls. ...   Read customer review
  • Sydney White
  • Sydney White review by from Aylesbury/Bucks/England
    Rated - 4.0 stars A hilarious teen comedy with a message... 25 January 2008
    ...D THING. I actually laughed out loud during this movie and it's the third movie Amanda Bynes has been in that I laughed at (She's the Man, Hairspray, Sydney White). If you ...   Read customer review

Amanda Bynes - filmography


  • Easy A on DVD (2010)
    Starring: Emma Stone,  Amanda Bynes,  Cam Gigandet
    Director: Will Gluck
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    After a little white lie about losing her virginity gets out, a clean cut high school girl sees her life paralleling Hester Prynne's in "The Scarlet Letter," which she is currently studying in school - until she decides to use the rumour mill to advance her social and financial standing.
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 19,996 members
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  • Easy A - Blu-ray (2010)
    Starring: Emma Stone,  Amanda Bynes,  Cam Gigandet
    Director: Will Gluck
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    After a little white lie about losing her virginity gets out, a clean cut high school girl sees her life paralleling Hester Prynne's in "The Scarlet Letter," which she is currently studying in school - until she decides to use the rumour mill to advance her social and financial standing.
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 4,446 members
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  • Hairspray - Blu-ray (2007)
    Starring: John Travolta,  Queen Latifah,  Amanda Bynes
    Director: Adam Shankman
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    After finding success on Broadway, the hilarious John Waters 1988 classic comes to the big screen once again with this Adam Shankman remake featuring an star-studded cast led by newcomer Nicole Bronsky in the part originally played by Ricki Lake.
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 1,803 member
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  • Sydney White on DVD (2007)
    Starring: Amanda Bynes,  Sara Paxton,  Matt Long
    Director: Joe Nussbaum
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Gorgeous freshman Sydney White (Amanda Bynes) has come to Southern Atlantic University to pledge her late mom's once-dignified sorority. But while surviving the pledging process wrought by evil campus witch Rachel (Sara Paxton), Syd finds out this version of sisterhood isn't remotely what it's ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 2,448 members
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  • She's The Man (2006)
    Starring: Amanda Bynes,  Channing Tatum,  Vinnie Jones
    Director: Andy Fickman
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Amanda Bynes proves that girls can do anything guys can do in She's The Man. The laughs are non-stop when Viola, disguised as her twin brother Sebastian, joins the high school boys' soccer team and helps win the big game while unexpectedly falling for Duke, the hot star forward. Viola discovers ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 16,899 members
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  • Robots on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Ewan McGregor,  Robin Williams,  Halle Berry
    Director: Chris Wedge,  Carlos Saldanha
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Set on a world populated entirely by robots, this is the story of a young genius, Rodney (Ewan McGregor), who wants to make robots capable of making the world a better place, but he finds his dream challenged by a corporate tyrant and a master inventor, Big Weld (Mel Brooks), while also being ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 53,828 members
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  • Love Wrecked on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Amanda Bynes,  Chris Carmack,  Jonathan Bennett
    Director: Randal Kleiser
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
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    On a Caribbean cruise, Jenny (Bynes) is marooned on a beach with her rock and roll idol. Deliriously in love with the idea of time alone with him, she manages to hide the fact that they're a stones throw away from their resort.
    2.5 stars out of 5 51% from 8,556 members
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  • What a Girl Wants on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Amanda Bynes,  Colin Firth,  Kelly Preston
    Director: Dennie Gordon
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
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    A Coming-of-Age Comedy... ...Daphne a spirited young American girl, travels to London in search of her long-lost father, an influential aristocratic politician. As Daphne attempts to prove that love can conquer all, her impulsive behaviour creates an uproar in high society.
    3 stars out of 5 64% from 9,279 members
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  • Big Fat Liar on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Paul Giamatti,  Frankie Muniz,  Amanda Detmer
    Director: Shawn Levy
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    An eighth grader named Jason (Frankie Muniz from 'Malcom In The Middle') presents elaborate excuses for never completing his class assignments. Finally his teacher catches him in one of his worst lies ever, and she threatens him with summer school if he doesn't get his assignment to her by that ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 1,490 member
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Amanda Bynes facts

5 most recent films

Easy A - 3.5 stars
Easy A - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
Hairspray - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
Hairspray - 3.5 stars
Sydney White - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Easy A - 3.5 stars
Easy A - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
Sydney White - 3.5 stars
Hairspray - 3.5 stars
Hairspray - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Love Wrecked - 2.5 stars
Charlotte's Web 2 - Wilbur's Great Adventure - 3.0 stars
Big Fat Liar - 3.0 stars
She's The Man - 3.0 stars
What a Girl Wants - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Queen Latifah - 4 times - show films
Elijah Kelley - 4 times - show films
Brittany Snow - 4 times - show films
Nicole Blonsky - 4 times - show films
Michelle Pfeiffer - 4 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Adam Shankman - 4 times - show films
Dennie Gordon - 2 times - show films
Randal Kleiser - 2 times - show films
Will Gluck - 2 times - show films
Chris Wedge - 1 times - show films