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Amanda Blake

Amanda Blake (Beverly Louise Neill, 1929–1989), American actress, played Miss Kitty Russell, Long Branch Saloon owner on CBS's Gunsmoke from 1955 to 1974; also cheetah breeder and American Cancer Society Courage Award recipient.

Amanda Brugel

Amanda Brugel (Amanda Ellen Baker), Canadian actress born 1978 in Pointe Claire, Québec; York University scholarship graduate. Known for Rita Blue in The Handmaid's Tale (2017–2025), Kim's Convenience, Orphan Black, Dark Matter; won 2026 Canadian Screen Award Spotlight Award.

Amanda Burton

Amanda Burton (born 1956, Derry) is a Northern Irish actress known as Heather Haversham in Brookside, Beth Glover in Peak Practice, and Sam Ryan in Silent Witness (1996–2004, returning 2022), also The Commander and Waterloo Road.

Amanda Bynes

Amanda Bynes (born 1986, Thousand Oaks, California) is a retired American actress, Nickelodeon star of All That and The Amanda Show, later films What a Girl Wants, Hairspray, Easy A; conservatorship ended 2023.

Amanda Crew

Amanda Crew (born 1986, Langley, British Columbia) is a Canadian actress known as Monica Hall on HBO's Silicon Valley (2014-2019) and for films Sex Drive (2008), Charlie St. Cloud (2010), and Freaks (2018).

Amanda Donohoe

Amanda Donohoe (born 1962, London) is an English actress trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama, a Golden Globe winner as C.J. Lamb on L.A. Law, known for The Lair of the White Worm, The Madness of King George, Emmerdale, and Mrs Robinson in The Graduate.

Amanda Fix

Amanda Fix (born 2001, Vancouver) is a Canadian actress: Cea in North of Normal (2022), Jules Lee in Orphan Black: Echoes, Maya in High School, young Billy in Camp Miasma (2026), young Lorraine Warren in The Conjuring: First Communion (2027).

Amanda Fuller

Amanda Fuller (born 1984, Sacramento) is an American actress and director, known as Kristin Baxter on Last Man Standing and Badison Murphy on Orange Is the New Black, with film credits including Red White & Blue.

Amanda Hale

Amanda Hale (born 1982) is a British RADA-trained actress known for Margaret Beaufort in The White Queen, Emily Reid in Ripper Street, Laura in The Glass Menagerie, and Officer Tishra Kandia in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.

Amanda Mealing

Amanda Jane Mealing, English actress and director born 1967 in Dulwich, London; best known as Connie Beauchamp in Holby City and Casualty, also Four Weddings and a Funeral, Strike Back, and directing credits on Coronation Street and Waterloo Road.

Amanda Pays

Amanda Pays (born 1959, London) is an English actress, former model, and interior designer known for Theora Jones in Max Headroom and Tina McGee in The Flash (1990 and 2014), married to Corbin Bernsen.

Amanda Peet

Amanda Peet, American actress (born 1972, New York), known for The Whole Nine Yards, Studio 60, Togetherness, Brockmire, Dirty John, and Apple TV+'s Your Friends & Neighbors; also a playwright married to David Benioff.

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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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.

Amanda Warren

Amanda Warren (Amanda Mason Warren) is an American actress, BFA NYU and MFA Yale, known for Lucy Warburton on The Leftovers, Deputy Inspector Regina Haywood on East New York, Betty on Dickinson, and Catherine Weaver on The Night Agent.

Amanda Wyss

Amanda Wyss (born 1960) is an American actress from Manhattan Beach, California, known as Tina Gray, Freddy Krueger's first victim in A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984), and for Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Better Off Dead, Silverado, and Highlander's Randi MacFarland.

Amandla Stenberg

Amandla Stenberg (born 2000, Los Angeles) is an American actor and activist, breakout as Rue in The Hunger Games (2012), star of The Hate U Give (2018) and The Acolyte (2024), known for the viral 2015 video Don't Cash Crop My Cornrows.

Amara Karan

Amara Karan is a British actress, born in Wimbledon, London, known for The Darjeeling Limited (2007), The Night Of (Chandra Kapoor), Stan Lee's Lucky Man, Hope Street, and RSC stage roles; a former Oxford PPE graduate and investment banker.

Amaryllis August

Amaryllis August (Amaryllis April Maltha August, born 2003) is a Danish actress and former model, daughter of director Bille August and actress Sara-Marie Maltha, whose screen debut was the lead role of Laura in Thomas Vinterberg's 2024 series Families Like Ours; she also played Valentine de Villefort in The Count of Monte Cristo (2024).

Amber Anderson

Amber Anderson, British actress and pianist born 1992 in Somerset, raised in the Scottish Highlands; known for Jane Fairfax in Emma. (2020), Ciara Porter in Strike, and Lady Diana Mitford in Peaky Blinders series 6; distinct from the American actress Ambre Anderson.

Amber Benson

Amber Benson (Amber Nicole Benson, born 1977, Birmingham, Alabama) is an American actress, writer, and director, known as Tara Maclay on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and author of the Calliope Reaper-Jones and Echo Park Coven novels.

Amber Chardae Robinson

Amber Chardae Robinson (born 1989) is an American actress, Prairie View A&M and Columbia MFA graduate, known for Virginia in Apple TV+'s Palm Royale and roles in Stuber, Judas and the Black Messiah, and Moving On.

Amber Heard

Amber Heard (Amber Laura Heard, born 1986, Austin, Texas) is an American actress known as Mera in Aquaman, ex-wife of Johnny Depp in their 2022 defamation trial, now living in Madrid.