Amanda Wyss
Highest Rated: 95% A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
Lowest Rated: 50% Badland (2019)
Birthday: Nov 24, 1960
Birthplace: Manhattan Beach, California, USA
1980s icon Amanda Wyss appeared in some of the best-remembered films of the decade. In 1982, she made her big screen debut in the Sean Penn stoner comedy "Fast Times at Ridgemont High," playing sweetheart to Judge Reinhold's character. Wyss' next major role came as an ill-fated student in Wes Craven's slasher classic, "A Nightmare on Elm Street," and in 1985 she famously dumped heartthrob John Cusack in the teen comedy "Better Off Dead..." Padding her schedule with regular appearances on TV, Wyss also guest-starred on two episodes of the iconic barroom sitcom "Cheers." At the tail end of the decade, she co-starred in the acclaimed Native American road flick "Powwow Highway" before making a gradual transition to full-time TV work in the early '90s. Wyss enjoyed a seven-episode stint on "Highlander"'s first season as intrepid reporter Randi McFarland, and appeared several times on "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation." Showcasing her diverse range, Wyss has also taken on hospital procedurals like "ER," outlandish comedies like "The Drew Carey Show," and macabre dramas like "Dexter." Wyss returned to the big screen in the mid 2000s, and garnered a supporting role in the Sean Patrick Flanery-Joe Pantoliano actioner "Deadly Impact" in 2010.
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Amanda Wyss
Filmography
Movies
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88% |
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Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story | Self | - | 2022 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Resonator: Miskatonic U | Professor McMichaels (Character) | - | 2021 |
No Score Yet |
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Hunter's Moon | Bernice Delaney (Character) | - | 2020 |
50% |
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Badland | Alice Hollenbeck (Character) | - | 2019 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Triggered | Gloria Fielding (Character) | - | 2019 |
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Big Legend | Dr. Wheeler (Character) | - | 2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Capture | Terry (Character) | - | 2017 |
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The Sandman | Dr. Amanda Elliott (Character) | - | 2017 |
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The Hatred | Beth Crossan (Character) | - | 2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Id | Meridith Lane (Character) | - | 2015 |
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Deadly Impact | Julie Mulligan (Character) | - | 2010 |
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The Graves | Darlene (Character) | - | 2010 |
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Strategic Command | Michelle Harding (Character) | - | 1998 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Marry Me or Die | Nora Dawkins (Character) | - | 1998 |
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Digital Man | Lt. Fredericks (Character) | - | 1995 |
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Bloodfist IV: Die Trying | Shannon (Character) | - | 1992 |
No Score Yet |
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Son of Darkness: To Die For II | Cellia (Character) | - | 1991 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Checkered Flag | Chris Baird Trehearn (Character) | - | 1990 |
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Black Magic Woman | Diane Abbott (Character) | - | 1990 |
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Shakma | Tracy (Character) | - | 1990 |
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The Final Days | Tricia Nixon Cox (Character) | - | 1989 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Desert Steel | Jerri (Character) | - | 1989 |
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To Die For | Celia Kett (Character) | - | 1989 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Powwow Highway | Rabbit Layton (Character) | $71.2K | 1988 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Deadly Innocence |
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- | 1988 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Something in Common | Laura Grant (Character) | - | 1986 |
78% |
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Silverado | Phoebe (Character) | - | 1985 |
77% |
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Better Off Dead | Beth Truss (Character) | $10.3M | 1985 |
95% |
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A Nightmare on Elm Street | Tina Grey (Character) | $57.3M | 1984 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | My Mother's Secret Life | Tobi Jensen (Character) | - | 1984 |
78% |
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Fast Times at Ridgemont High | Lisa (Character) | - | 1982 |
No Score Yet |
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Force: Five | Cindy Lester (Character) | - | 1981 |
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This House Possessed | Holly (Character) | - | 1981 |
TV
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No Score Yet | 52% | All Rise | Caroline Halliwell (Guest Star) | 2019 |
No Score Yet | 78% | Major Crimes | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2014 |
No Score Yet | 80% | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Donna Marks (Guest Star) | 2001 2011 |
No Score Yet | 95% | Cold Case | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2004 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | JAG | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1998 2002 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Drew Carey Show | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2002 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Judging Amy | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2002 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Agency | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2001 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Diagnosis Murder | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2001 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Profiler | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1999 |
No Score Yet | 85% | ER | Mrs. Adams (Guest Star) | 1998 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | High Incident | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1996 |
83% | 93% | NYPD Blue | Ellen Lewis (Guest Star) | 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Marshal | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1995 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Walker, Texas Ranger | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1995 |
No Score Yet | 90% | Quantum Leap | Suzanne Elsinger (Guest Star) | 1991 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | My Two Dads | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1987 |
87% | 95% | Cheers | Beth (Guest Star) | 1985-1986 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Otherworld | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1985 |