Amanda Wyss

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Amanda Wyss

Acting 65 November 24, 1960

Manhattan Beach, California, USA

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…

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Dexter

Dexter

8.2 2006 TV Show
A Nightmare on Elm Street

A Nightmare on Elm Street

7.4 1984 Movie
The Rookie

The Rookie

8.5 2018 TV Show
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

7.6 2000 TV Show
Station 19

Station 19

8.2 2018 TV Show
JAG

JAG

7.2 1995 TV Show
Monster-in-Law

Monster-in-Law

6.2 2005 Movie
Quantum Leap

Quantum Leap

8.0 1989 TV Show
ER

ER

7.8 1994 TV Show
Cold Case

Cold Case

7.7 2003 TV Show
Fast Times at Ridgemont High

Fast Times at Ridgemont High

6.8 1982 Movie
Cheers

Cheers

7.6 1982 TV Show

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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.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2022
    Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story

    Movie Self

  2. 2022
    Beyond the Resonator

    Movie Professor McMichaels

  3. 2021
    The Resonator: Miskatonic U

    Movie Professor McMichaels

  4. 2020
    Hunter's Moon

    Movie Bernice Delaney

  5. 2019
    The Movies That Made Us

    TV show Self

  6. 2019
    Badland

    Movie Alice Hollenbeck

  7. 2019
    Rest Stop

    Movie Harmony

  8. 2019
    All Rise

    TV show Caroline Halliwell

  9. 2019
    Triggered

    Movie

  10. 2018
    The Rookie

    TV show Meredith Russell

  11. 2018
    Big Legend

    Movie Dr. Wheeler

  12. 2018
    Station 19

    TV show Laura

  13. 2017
    The Watcher of Park Ave

    Movie Lt. Samantha Warren

  14. 2017
    It Happened Again Last Night

    Movie Eileen

  15. 2017
    The Hatred

    Movie Beth Crossan

  16. 2017
    The Capture

    Movie Terry

More credits
  1. 2017
    The Sandman

    Movie Dr. Amanda Elliott

  2. 2016
    Thing in the Dark

    Movie JC

  3. 2016
    The Id

    Movie Meredith Lane

  4. 2013
    Fantasm

    Movie Self

  5. 2010
    Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy

    Movie Self

  6. 2010
    Deadly Impact

    Movie Julie Mulligan

  7. 2010
    The Graves

    Movie Darlene

  8. 2006
    Dexter

    TV show Social Worker

  9. 2006
    Never Sleep Again: The Making of ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’

    Movie Self

  10. 2006
    Night Terrors: The Origins of Wes Craven's Nightmares

    Movie Narrator

  11. 2005
    Monster-in-Law

    Movie Tina Gray (archive footage) (uncredited)

  12. 2004
    Fallacy

    Movie

  13. 2003
    Cold Case

    TV show Sonya Witkowski (2004)

  14. 2001
    The Agency

    TV show Jennifer Steward

  15. 2001
    The Division

    TV show Sharon

  16. 2000
    CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

    TV show Donna Marks

  17. 1999
    Judging Amy

    TV show Denise Wharton

  18. 1998
    Marry Me or Die

    Movie Nora Dawkins

  19. 1997
    Strategic Command

    Movie Michelle Harding

  20. 1996
    Profiler

    TV show Lee Armstrong

  21. 1995
    JAG

    TV show Helene Dugan

  22. 1995
    The Drew Carey Show

    TV show Tina

  23. 1995
    University Hospital

    TV show

  24. 1994
    ER

    TV show Mrs. Adams