Amanda grew up in the small town of Prescott Valley, Arizona. She spent alot of her childhood outdoors chasing lizards, four-wheeling, playing with paint, makeup, and using her imagination to entertain herself and others. One of her childhood memories involves her creating funny songs and dances about oreos and wheat-thins which were requested to be performed in-front of the class. After highschool she moved to Los Angeles where she exercised her comedic skills at The Groundlings and studied theater and film at the University of Southern California's School of Theater USC. Some of her graduating class members include some current rising stars, Deborah Ann Woll from "True Blood, "Erica Dasher from "Jane By Design," and funny men Beck Bennett and Kyle Mooney from "Saturday Night Live."
From her senior showcase she met with NBC and starting working at Universal Studios in live stageshows doing comedy, dancing and stunts with Chelsey Crisp from "Fresh Off The Boat". The physicality took her to perform in Singapore as Betty Boop and to train with clowns and acrobats for Cirque Du Soliel! Although she loved silk acrobatics, dancing, and stunts, she loved making people smile and continued studying comedy. She currently studies comedy at UCB (Upright Citizen's Brigade) and makes shorts and comedy videos with her group "Nightpantz". Follow us on youtube and Funny or Die.
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This past year Amanda guest-starred in the new comedy series on Fullscreen, "Magic Funhouse!" as a feisty conning lady who fakes a pregnancy. She also booked her first Disney commercial!
Some of her credits include "Dances with Film Festival" with "The Divorce Party" starring Ashlynn Yennie, "Hipstapocalypse" with Ben Giroux, the Lead in a full-feature, "Malpractice", and martial arts/swordplay/stunts for The History Channels the "Art Of War" as an Asian Concubine. At Universal Studios, some of her comedic interpretations include the loveable Juno, Miley Cyrus, Hitgirl, and a krumpin' granny whoo. Her physical comedy brought her to Asia to open Universal Studios Singapore as the comedic and sexy, Betty Boop. She made sure to fit in a little Muay Thai tranning and Singapore's 3D trailer about paranoia the VIetnam tunnels "Black Echo".
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All while keeping her fitness and physical talents growing with comedic stunt falls, circus arts, running like a superhero, and posing for fitness wear.
The past 3 years she has been performing in variety shows (directed by Stefan Haves of Cirque Du Soliel), www.stefanhaves.com (the performer cover girl for his site!) Not to mention in her spare time just shot a stunt shoot for a graphic novel as an Asian anime character. ...What is next for the little firecracker who told the big bad wolf to bugger off??
