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Amanda Peterson
Amanda Peterson (1971-2015), American actress known as Cindy Mancini in Can't Buy Me Love (1987), also in Explorers and A Year in the Life; retired at 23; died 2015 in Greeley, Colorado.
Amanda Plummer
Amanda Plummer (Amanda Michael Plummer, born 1957) is an American actress, daughter of Christopher Plummer and Tammy Grimes; Tony winner for Agnes of God, three-time Emmy winner, and Honey Bunny in Pulp Fiction (1994).
Amanda Polk
Amanda Polk (born 1986, Pittsburgh) is an American rower, 2016 Olympic gold medalist in the women's eight, five-time world champion in the W8+, 2012 Olympic alternate, and former Notre Dame and Clemson rowing figure.
Amanda Pusczek
Amanda Pusczek (born 1990) is an American politician and registered nurse who won the Democratic nomination for Alabama's 4th Congressional District in May 2026, campaigning on rural healthcare.
Amanda Raines
Amanda Medley Raines is an American clinical psychologist and VA clinician-investigator in New Orleans known for anxiety and PTSD treatment research and the 2025 PECASE award.
Amanda Reason
Amanda Reason, Canadian swimmer born 1993, set a 50m breaststroke world record of 30.23 in 2009 and swam 4x200m freestyle relay, 4th, at London 2012; later an Etobicoke coach.
Amanda Redman
Amanda Redman (born 1957, Brighton) is an English actress known for Sandra Pullman in New Tricks (2003–2013), Alison Braithwaite in At Home with the Braithwaites, Dr Lydia Fonseca in The Good Karma Hospital, and Deedee in Sexy Beast; MBE 2012.
Amanda Ribas
Amanda Ribas (born 1993, Varginha, Brazil) is a Brazilian UFC women's strawweight fighter, 2014 IMMAF amateur world champion, former judoka, UFC record 7-6, ranked top 10, known for wins over Mackenzie Dern and Paige VanZant.
Amanda Righetti
Amanda Righetti (Amanda Elizabeth Righetti, born 1983, St. George, Utah) is an American actress and producer known for Grace Van Pelt on The Mentalist, Friday the 13th (2009), Reagan, and Prime Video's Scarpetta (2026).
Amanda Rishworth
Amanda Rishworth is an Australian Labor politician who has represented Kingston since 2007 and serves as Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, after leading Social Services and the NDIS.
Amanda Rollins
Amanda Rollins is a fictional NYPD detective on Law & Order: SVU, played by Kelli Giddish from season 13 (2011), written out in season 24 (2022), and restored as a season 27 series regular in 2025.
Amanda Root
Amanda Root (born 1963, Essex) is an English actress, former RSC member and Webber Douglas graduate, best known as Anne Elliot in Persuasion (1995), and for The BFG, The Forsyte Saga and Daniel Deronda.
Amanda S. Barnard
Amanda S. Barnard is an Australian computational nanoscientist who models the structure and stability of nanoparticles, and is Senior Professor at the Australian National University's School of Computing.
Amanda Salzgeber
Amanda Salzgeber (born 2002, Hohenems, Austria), Austrian alpine skier, daughter of Anita Wachter and Rainer Salzgeber; 2020 Youth Olympic combined gold, European Cup racer; retired July 2025.
Amanda Schull
Amanda Schull (born 1978, Honolulu) is an American actress and former San Francisco Ballet corps dancer, known for Center Stage (2000), 12 Monkeys, and Suits.
Amanda Seales
Amanda Seales (born 1981), also known as Amanda Diva, is an American comedian and actress who played Tiffany DuBois on HBO's Insecure, had the 2019 HBO special I Be Knowin', hosts Smart Funny & Black, and holds a Columbia master's in African American studies.
Amanda Septimo
Amanda Septimo is an American politician, a Democrat in the New York State Assembly representing the 84th district, which includes Hunts Point and Mott Haven in the Bronx.
Amanda Serrano
Amanda Serrano, "The Real Deal", is a Puerto Rican southpaw boxer born in 1988 and raised in Brooklyn. Only fighter to win world titles in seven weight classes; undisputed featherweight champion and 12x3-rounds advocate; lost a trilogy to Katie Taylor.
Amanda Setton
Amanda Setton (born 1985) is an American actress from Great Neck, New York, known as Brook Lynn Quartermaine on General Hospital since 2019, Penelope Shafai on Gossip Girl, and Kimberly Andrews on One Life to Live.
Amanda Seyfried
Amanda Seyfried (born 1985) is an American actress from Allentown, Pennsylvania, known for Mean Girls, Mamma Mia!, Mank, and her Emmy-winning Elizabeth Holmes in The Dropout, with 2026 Golden Globe nominations for The Testament of Ann Lee and Long Bright River.
Amanda Shires
Amanda Shires (born 1982, Lubbock, Texas) is an American singer-songwriter and fiddle player, a member of the 400 Unit and co-founder of the Highwomen, winner of the 2017 Americana Emerging Artist award and a 2018 Grammy for The Nashville Sound, with solo albums from Being Brave (2005) to Nobody's Girl (2025).
Amanda Staveley
Amanda Staveley is a British financier and dealmaker who brokered Sheikh Mansour's £3.5bn investment in Barclays in 2008 and the 2021 Saudi Public Investment Fund takeover of Newcastle United.
Amanda Sudano
Amanda Sudano (Amanda Sudano Ramirez), born 1982, is an American singer-songwriter, daughter of Donna Summer and Bruce Sudano, and half of the folk-soul duo Johnnyswim with husband Abner Ramirez.
Amanda Tapping
Amanda Tapping (born 1965, Rochford, Essex, England) is an English-born Canadian actress, producer, and director known for Samantha Carter in Stargate SG-1 (all ten seasons, 228 franchise appearances), Dr. Helen Magnus in Sanctuary, and a career directing TV series.
Amanda the Adventurer
Amanda the Adventurer is a 2023 analog horror puzzle game by MANGLEDmaw Games and DreadXP, where Riley Park solves attic puzzles around sinister VHS tapes of Amanda and Wooly; five endings, two sequels (2024, 2025).
Amanda Thirsk
Amanda Thirsk is a British former banker and business executive who served 16 years as Prince Andrew's private secretary, negotiated his 2019 Newsnight interview, and later joined JD.com.
Amanda Tori Meating
Amanda Tori Meating, also known as Amanda Philipps, is an American drag performer and wig stylist from Ohio based in New York City, placed 12th on RuPaul's Drag Race season 16 and came out as trans in 2024.
Amanda Ungaro
Amanda Ungaro, born 1984 in Londrina, Brazil, is a former fashion model, onetime UN diplomat for Grenada, and ex-partner of Paolo Zampolli; deported from the US in 2025, she drew 2026 attention for claims about the Epstein and Trump circles.
Amanda Waller
Amanda Waller, "The Wall," is a DC Comics government official created by John Ostrander, Len Wein, and John Byrne in Legends #1 (1986). She runs Task Force X, the Suicide Squad of expendable super-villains, and is played by Viola Davis on screen.
Amanda Walsh
Amanda Walsh, born 1981 in Rigaud, Quebec, is a Canadian actress, writer, and former MuchMusic VJ known for Disturbia, Lost Girl, Dirk Gently, Schitt's Creek writing, and playing the original female lead Katie in The Big Bang Theory's unaired pilot.