Amanda Bynes is a former American actress who rose to fame as a child artist from the series All That and The Amanda Show. Her appearances in movies such as Big Fat Liar, What a Girl Wants, She's the Man and Hairspray gained her further acclaim. She won Kids' Choice Awards and Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards for her role in The Amanda Show. For the movie What a Girl Wants, Bynes won Kids' Choice Award and Hollywood Film Festival Award, Broadcast Film Critics Association Award, and Palm Springs International Film Festival Award for Hairspray. The actress retired from her acting career in 2010.
Born And Raised in California
Amanda Laura Bynes was born on 3rd April 1986, in Thousand Oaks, California, United States. She belongs to mixed ethnicity and holds the American nationality.
Bynes is the youngest child of Rick Bynes and Lynn Organ. Her father Rick worked as a dentist, and mother Lynn worked as a dental a s sistant and office manager. Bynes has a brother Tommy Bynes and a sister Jillian Bynes.
Amanda graduated in 2019 from the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising in California.
Rose to Fame From Her Debut Work in Acting
Amanda Bynes made her television debut from the series All That in 1996. Later, in 1999, she appeared in the television series The Amanda Show, for which she won the Kids' Choice Award for Favorite Television actress four times in 2000, 2001,2002, and 2003. Amanda also gave voice for the animated series Rugrats from 2001 to 2002.
Amanda Bynes at the premiere of Hairspray SOURCE: Getty Image In 2002, she made her silver screen debut from the movie Big Fat Liar. For her role, she won Kid's Choice Award for Favorite Movie Actress. A year later, she appeared in the movie What a Girl Wants.
She was last seen in the 2010 movie Easy A. After that, she retired from her acting career due to her health issues. Some sources reported her addiction to substance abuse was the major cause of her retirement from her acting career.
Amanda Bynes' Battle with Mental Health Issue and Drug Addiction
In 2012, Bynes was charged for a drink and drive case. In 2013, she was found smoking marijuana in the lobby of the Manhattan apartment building.
In 2014, Amanda Bynes accused her father of abusing her emotionally and sexually on her Twitter. And when her parents protested her accusations, she announced her father had never abused her in a tweet.
In 2018, Amanda Bynes said she had been abstaining from drugs and other substances for four years, where she credited her parents for helping her get out of the addiction.
What is Former Actress Amanda Bynes' Net Worth?
Amanda Bynes collected a handsome sum of wealth from her acting career. She has an estimated net worth of $4 million as of 2020. According to The Richest, Bynes had a net worth of $6 million in 2017.
The outlet also mentioned her annual incomes for some specific years as: $1.5 million in 2004, $2.5 million in 2007, and $3 million in 2008.
Meanwhile, Amanda Bynes was ranked 5th on Forbes Young Hollywood's Top Earners list with $2.5 million in 2007, when she was only 20 years old.
Besides, the retired actress' appearances in many successful movies earned her a handsome sum of money. Here are some of her films with their earnings.
| Movie | Released Year | Star Cast | Budget | Box-Office |
| Big Fat Liar | 2002 | Frankie Muniz and Paul Giamatti | $15 million | $53 million |
| What a Girl Wants | 2003 | Colin Firth and Kelly Preston | $25 million | $50.7 million |
| Robots | 2005 | Robin Williams and Halle Berry | $75 million | $260.7 million |
| She's the Man | 2006 | Channing Tatum and Laura Ramsey | $20 million | $57.2 million |
| Easy A | 2010 | Emma Stone and Penn Badgley | $8 million | $75 million |
Talking about her real estate properties, Amanda once owned a house at Calabasas, California, which is spread in 4,618 square feet and features four bedrooms and 5.5 bathrooms. She bought the house in 2006 for $2.5 million. In 2011, she sold the house for $1.879.
Relationship History of Amanda Bynes
Amanda Bynes got engaged to her mysterious boyfriend on February 14, 2020. In the post, she shared a picture of her as well as her fiance's engagement ring. The couple reportedly met first at the rehab and dated for a couple of months before they became engaged.
Though the actress hasn't revealed her fiance's name, some online sources reported her beau to be Paul Michael.
Amanda Bynes and her fiance, they got engaged in February 2020 SOURCE: Instagram Just three weeks after their engagement, Michael confirmed in an interview with In Touch on March 8, that he had called it quits with Amanda.
Amanda was also involved in a couple of relationships before. She first dated Darke Bell from 1999 to 2001. Then, she dated Taran Killam from 2001 to 2002.
After her breakup with Killam, Bynes dated Frankie Muniz for a short time in 2002. After that, she dated Nick Zano in 2003, Christ Carmack in 2005, Seth MacFarlane in 2008, and Kid Cudi in 2010.
by ab-shailendra, 16 Feb, 2020
