Amanda Bynes

Amanda Laura Bynes was born on April 3, 1986, in Thousand Oaks, California, the youngest of three children of Lynn (Organ), a dental assistant, and Richard Bynes, a dentist. Her father is of Lithuanian, Irish, and Polish descent, and her mother is from an Ashkenazi Jewish family from Toronto. Amanda became interested in acting and performing from the age of three, when she would say her older sister Jillian's lines with her while she performed in plays. It was from then on that her family and friends knew that she would be a star someday.Her acting debut was in 1996, when she auditioned for and got the role as a newcomer on _All That (1994)_ (qv). Right away, she became very popular as people enjoyed her acting in skits, especially Ask Ashley, where she played a little girl running an advice column who would get very angry every time she read a letter.In 1999, 13-year-old Amanda was given her own variety show, _The Amanda Show (1999)_ (qv), in which she starred in all of the skits except Totally Kyle. In 2001, she co-starred with 'Frankie Muniz' (qv) in _Big Fat Liar (2002)_ (qv) as Kaylee, Jason's friend who helps him prove that he really did write the essay "Big Fat Liar" and regain his father's trust. It was also in 2001 that she began dating 'Taran Killam' (qv) from _The Amanda Show (1999)_ (qv) and _Big Fat Liar (2002)_ (qv), who is four years and two days older than she is. She also won a Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Award and, at age 15, _The Amanda Show (1999)_ (qv) ended its run.In 2002, she began co-starring with 'Jennie Garth' (qv) in _What I Like About You (2002)_ (qv) as Holly, a 16-year-old girl who moves in with her sister after their father decides to move to Japan. She also celebrated her Sweet 16th birthday and got her driver's license on April 3, 2002.In 2003, Amanda won two KCA 'Awards' (qv) and starred as Daphne, a girl searching for her father, in _What a Girl Wants (2003)_ (qv) with 'Colin Firth' (qv) and 'Kelly Preston' (qv) as her parents. She continued acting in _What I Like About You (2002)_ (qv) and broke up with Taran.A prodigiously talented comedienne, on April 3, 2004, Amanda celebrated her 18th birthday on the 17th Annual KCA 'Awards' (qv), where she won an award for best actress for her role in _What a Girl Wants (2003)_ (qv). She graduated from Thousand Oaks High School's independent study program on June 10, 2004, and filmed _Lovewrecked (2005)_ (qv) in 2004.::anonymous