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Amanda Wyss

Highest Rated: 94% A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)

Lowest Rated: 57% 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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Highest-Rated Movies

94% 84% A Nightmare on Elm Street Watchlist 88% 100% Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story Watchlist
78% 80% Silverado
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78% 80% Fast Times at Ridgemont High Watchlist
77% 87% Better Off Dead
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57% 44% Badland Watchlist
Checkered Flag
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The Resonator: Miskatonic U
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20% Hunter's Moon Watchlist
38% Son of Darkness: To Die For II
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Filmography

Movies TV Shows
Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story 88% 100% 2022 Self The Resonator: Miskatonic U 2021 Professor McMichaels Actor Hunter's Moon 20% 2020 Bernice Delaney Actor Badland 57% 44% 2019 Alice Hollenbeck Actor Triggered 2019 Gloria Fielding Actor Big Legend 61% 2018 Dr. Wheeler Actor The Capture 2017 Terry Actor The Sandman 39% 2017 Dr. Amanda Elliott Actor The Hatred 11% 2017 Beth Crossan Actor The Id 2015 Meridith Lane Actor Deadly Impact 24% 2010 Julie Mulligan Actor The Graves 12% 2010 Darlene Actor Strategic Command 41% 1998 Michelle Harding Actor Marry Me or Die 1998 Nora Dawkins Actor Digital Man 19% 1995 Lt. Fredericks Actor Bloodfist IV: Die Trying 52% 1992 Shannon Actor Son of Darkness: To Die For II 38% 1991 Cellia Actor Checkered Flag 1990 Chris Baird Trehearn Actor Black Magic Woman 62% 1990 Diane Abbott Actor Shakma 42% 1990 Tracy Actor The Final Days 83% 1989 Tricia Nixon Cox Actor Desert Steel 1989 Jerri Actor To Die For 50% 1989 Celia Kett Actor Powwow Highway 1988 Rabbit Layton Actor Deadly Innocence 1988 Andy/Angela Actor
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