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Amanda Wyss

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Amanda Wyss

Born November 24, 1960 in Manhattan Beach, California, USA44 films

Amanda Wyss (born November 24, 1960) is an American film and television actress.

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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.

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A Nightmare on Elm Street posterFirst watchA Nightmare on Elm Street19847.4as Tina GrayTeenagers in a small town are dropping like flies, apparently in the grip of mass hysteria causing their suicides. A cop's daughter, Nancy Thompson, traces the cause to child molester Fred…View film

Essential films

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Fast Times at Ridgemont High poster6.8Fast Times at Ridgemont High1982Silverado poster6.9Silverado1985Better Off Dead... poster6.6Better Off Dead...1985Badland poster6.4Badland2019Big Legend poster6.0Big Legend2018The Sandman poster5.6The Sandman2017Shakma poster5.5Shakma1990The Hatred poster5.3The Hatred2017

Filmography

44 films as actor
  1. 2022Beyond the ResonatorProfessor McMichaels
  2. 2021The Resonator: Miskatonic UProfessor McMichaels
  3. 2020Hunter's MoonBernice Delaney
  4. 2019BadlandAlice Hollenbeck
  5. 2019Rest StopHarmony
  6. 2019Triggered
  7. 2018Big LegendDr. Wheeler
  8. 2017The Watcher of Park AveLt. Samantha Warren
  9. 2017It Happened Again Last NightEileen
  10. 2017The HatredBeth Crossan
  11. 2017The CaptureTerry
  12. 2017The SandmanDr. Amanda Elliott
  13. 2016Thing in the DarkJC
  14. 2016The IdMeredith Lane
  15. 2010Deadly ImpactJulie Mulligan
  16. 2010The GravesDarlene
  17. 2004Fallacy
  18. 1998Marry Me or DieNora Dawkins
  19. 1997Strategic CommandMichelle Harding
  20. 1994Desert SteelJerri
  21. 1992Bloodfist IV: Die TryingShannon
  22. 1992Gunsmoke: To the Last ManLizzie Tewksbury
  23. 1991Black Magic WomanDiane Abbott
  24. 1991Son of Darkness: To Die For IICelia
  25. 1990ShakmaTracy
  26. 1990Checkered FlagChris Baird Trehearn
  27. 1989The Final DaysTricia Nixon Cox
  28. 1989Deadly InnocentsAngela/Andy
  29. 1989Powwow HighwayRabbit Layton
  30. 1988To Die ForCelia Kett
  31. 1987IndependenceChastity
  32. 1986Something in CommonLaura Grant
  33. 1986FirefighterMarilyn
  34. 1985Better Off Dead...Beth Truss
  35. 1985SilveradoPhoebe
  36. 1984A Nightmare on Elm StreetTina Gray
  37. 1984No Earthly Reason
  38. 1984My Mother's Secret LifeTobi Jensen
  39. 1983A Killer in the FamilyDannelda Lyons
  40. 1982Fast Times at Ridgemont HighLisa
  41. 1981The Other VictimKimi Langford
  42. 1981She Drinks a LittleCindy Scott
  43. 1981Force: FiveCindy Lester
  44. 1981This House PossessedHolly