Amanda Wyss
Acting
Biography
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.
Born: November 24, 1960
Place of Birth: Manhattan Beach, California, USA
Known For
The Rookie
Starting over isn't easy, especially for small-town guy John Nolan who, after a life-altering incident, is pursuing his dream of being an LAPD officer. As the force's oldest rookie, he’s met with skepticism from some higher-ups who see him as just a walking midlife crisis.
Dexter
Dexter Morgan, a blood spatter pattern analyst for the Miami Metro Police also leads a secret life as a serial killer, hunting down criminals who have slipped through the cracks of justice.
Station 19
A group of heroic firefighters at Seattle Fire Station 19—from captain to newest recruit—risk their lives and hearts both in the line of duty and off the clock. These brave men and women are like family, literally and figuratively, and together they put their own lives in jeopardy as first responders to save the lives of others.
Never Sleep Again: The Making of ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’
The saga behind this modern horror classic. Featuring Wes Craven, Robert Englund, Heather Langenkamp, Amanda Wyss and many more.
Deadly Innocents
Angela is a sensitive teenager and her fanatically religious father has forced her to dress and work like a boy in his gas station. When Beth, who has a split personality, escapes from the sanitarium, she meets Angela. Beth tempts Angela to be a real girl by wearing Angela mother's clothes. Then both become a lethal combination.
Quantum Leap
Theorizing that one could time travel within his own lifetime, Dr. Sam Beckett stepped into the Quantum Leap accelerator and vanished... He woke to find himself trapped in the past, facing mirror images that were not his own and driven by an unknown force to change history for the better. His only guide on this journey is Al, an observer from his own time, who appears in the form of a hologram that only Sam can see and hear. And so Dr. Beckett finds himself leaping from life to life, striving to put right what once went wrong and hoping each time that his next leap will be the leap home.
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
For decades, Freddy Krueger has slashed his way through the dreams of countless youngsters, scaring up over half a billion dollars at the box office across eight terrifying, spectacular films.
ER
ER explores the inner workings of an urban teaching hospital and the critical issues faced by the dedicated physicians and staff of its overburdened emergency room.
Cold Case
The Philadelphia homicide squad's lone female detective finds her calling when she is assigned cases that have never been solved. Detective Lilly Rush combines her natural instincts with the updated technology available today to bring about justice for all the victims she can.
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
A Las Vegas team of forensic investigators are trained to solve criminal cases by scouring the crime scene, collecting irrefutable evidence and finding the missing pieces that solve the mystery.
Filmography
as Professor McMichaels
as Professor McMichaels
as Bernice Delaney
as Self
as Alice Hollenbeck
as Harmony
as Caroline Halliwell
as Meredith Russell
as Dr. Wheeler
as Laura
as Lt. Samantha Warren
as Eileen
as Beth Crossan
as Terry
as Dr. Amanda Elliott
as JC
as Meredith Lane
as Self
as Julie Mulligan
as Darlene
as Social Worker
as Tina Gray (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Sonya Witkowski (2004)
as Jennifer Steward
as Sharon
as Donna Marks
as Tina Vincent
as Denise Wharton
as Michelle Harding
as Lee Armstrong
as Helene Dugan
as Diane Akers
as Tina
as Mrs. Adams
as Jerri
as Maureen
as Alicia
as Shannon
as Randi McFarland
as Randi MacFarland
as Lizzie Tewksbury
as Diane Abbott
as Celia
as Tracy
as Chris Baird Trehearn
as Tricia Nixon Cox
as Angela/Andy
as Suzanne Elsinger
as Rabbit Layton
as Celia Kett
as Mary Ellen
as Laura Grant
as Marilyn
as Beth Truss
as Phoebe
as Tina Gray
as Laura Maples
as Tobi Jensen
as Dannelda Lyons
as Pru Dowler
as Beth Curtis
as Lisa
as Bridgit Cagney
as Kimi Langford
as Cindy Scott
as Cindy Lester
as Holly
as Laura