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Amanda Wyss

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Amanda Wyss

Known For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

Nov 24, 1960 (65 years old)

Place of Birth

Manhattan Beach, California, USA

Biography

Amanda Wyss (born November 24, 1960) is an American film and television actress. She began her career in the early 1980s in teen roles including Lisa in the coming-of-age comedy film Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982), Tina Gray in the slasher film A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984), and Beth in the film Better Off Dead (1985). She had a supporting role as investigative reporter Randi McFarland in the television series Highlander: The Series (1992–1993). She played Woody's ex-girlfriend, Beth, in two episodes of Cheers in the mid-1980s.

Known For

Acting
2022Beyond the ResonatorProfessor McMichaels
2022Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund StorySelf
2021The Resonator: Miskatonic UProfessor McMichaels
2020Hunter's MoonBernice Delaney
2019Triggered
2019Rest StopHarmony
2019BadlandAlice Hollenbeck
2019The Movies That Made UsSelf
2019All RiseCaroline Halliwell
2018Big LegendDr. Wheeler
2018The RookieMeredith Russell
2018Station 19Laura
2017It Happened Again Last NightEileen
2017The Watcher of Park AveLt. Samantha Warren
2017The HatredBeth Crossan
2017The SandmanDr. Amanda Elliott
2017The CaptureTerry
2016The IdMeredith Lane
2016Thing in the DarkJC
2013FantasmSelf
2010The GravesDarlene
2010Deadly ImpactJulie Mulligan
2010Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street LegacySelf
2006Never Sleep Again: The Making of ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’Self
2006Night Terrors: The Origins of Wes Craven's NightmaresNarrator
2006DexterSocial Worker
2005Monster-in-LawTina Gray (archive footage) (uncredited)
2004Fallacy
2003Cold CaseSonya Witkowski (2004)
2001The AgencyJennifer Steward
2001The DivisionSharon
2000CSI: Crime Scene InvestigationDonna Marks
2000CSI: Crime Scene InvestigationTina Vincent
2000CSI: Crime Scene InvestigationTina
1999Judging AmyDenise Wharton
1998Marry Me or DieNora Dawkins
1997Strategic CommandMichelle Harding
1996ProfilerLee Armstrong
1995JAGHelene Dugan
1995University Hospital
1995JAGDiane Akers
1995The Drew Carey ShowTina
1994Desert SteelJerri
1994ERMrs. Adams
1993Walker, Texas RangerAlicia
1993Diagnosis: MurderMaureen
1992Gunsmoke: To the Last ManLizzie Tewksbury
1992Bloodfist IV: Die TryingShannon
1992Highlander: The SeriesRandi McFarland
1992Highlander: The SeriesRandi MacFarland
1991Black Magic WomanDiane Abbott
1991Son of Darkness: To Die For IICelia
1991Silk Stalkings
1990ShakmaTracy
1990Checkered FlagChris Baird Trehearn
1989Powwow HighwayRabbit Layton
1989Deadly InnocentsAngela/Andy
1989The Final DaysTricia Nixon Cox
1989Quantum LeapSuzanne Elsinger
1988To Die ForCelia Kett
1987IndependenceChastity
1987My Two DadsDana
1987The New Adventures of Beans BaxterMary Ellen
1986FirefighterMarilyn
1986Something in CommonLaura Grant
1985SilveradoPhoebe
1985Better Off Dead...Beth Truss
1985OtherworldNova
1984A Nightmare on Elm StreetTina Gray
1984My Mother's Secret LifeTobi Jensen
1984No Earthly Reason
1984Murder, She WroteLaura Maples
1983A Killer in the FamilyDannelda Lyons
1982Fast Times at Ridgemont HighLisa
1982St. ElsewherePru Dowler
1982CheersBeth Curtis
1982The Powers of Matthew Star
1982Cagney & LaceyBridgit Cagney
1982Teachers Only
1981She Drinks a LittleCindy Scott
1981The Other VictimKimi Langford
1981This House PossessedHolly
1981Force: FiveCindy Lester
1981Jessica Novak
1979Buck Rogers in the 25th CenturyLaura