Amanda Wyss
Known for Acting · 81 credits
- Born
- 1960-11-24 (age 65)
- Place of birth
- Manhattan Beach, California, USA
- Also known as
- Mandy Wyss · آماندا ویس
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.
Known For
TV Shows (31)
The Rookie
2018
as Meredith Russell
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
as Donna Marks / Tina Vincent
Dexter
2006
as Social Worker
ER
1994
as Mrs. Adams
JAG
1995
as Helene Dugan / Diane Akers
Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Laura Maples
Diagnosis: Murder
1993
as Maureen
Cheers
1982
as Beth Curtis
Cold Case
2003
as Sonya Witkowski (2004)
The Drew Carey Show
1995
as Tina
Judging Amy
1999
as Denise Wharton
Quantum Leap
1989
as Suzanne Elsinger
Station 19
2018
as Laura
Highlander: The Series
1992
as Randi McFarland / Randi MacFarland
The Division
2001
as Sharon
St. Elsewhere
1982
as Pru Dowler
All Rise
2019
as Caroline Halliwell
Cagney & Lacey
1982
as Bridgit Cagney
Walker, Texas Ranger
1993
as Alicia
Profiler
1996
as Lee Armstrong
Silk Stalkings
1991
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
1979
as Laura
The Agency
2001
as Jennifer Steward
The Movies That Made Us
2019
as Self
My Two Dads
1987
as Dana
The Powers of Matthew Star
1982
Teachers Only
1982
Otherworld
1985
as Nova
The New Adventures of Beans Baxter
1987
as Mary Ellen
University Hospital
1995
Jessica Novak
1981
Movies (50)
A Nightmare on Elm Street
1984
as Tina Gray
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
1982
as Lisa
Monster-in-Law
2005
as Tina Gray (archive footage) (uncredited)
Silverado
1985
as Phoebe
Better Off Dead...
1985
as Beth Truss
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
2010
as Self
Badland
2019
as Alice Hollenbeck
Big Legend
2018
as Dr. Wheeler
Hunter's Moon
2020
as Bernice Delaney
It Happened Again Last Night
2017
as Eileen
Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story
2022
as Self
Desert Steel
1994
as Jerri
The Capture
2017
as Terry
Shakma
1990
as Tracy
To Die For
1988
as Celia Kett
My Mother's Secret Life
1984
as Tobi Jensen
The Hatred
2017
as Beth Crossan
Strategic Command
1997
as Michelle Harding
Force: Five
1981
as Cindy Lester
A Killer in the Family
1983
as Dannelda Lyons
Deadly Impact
2010
as Julie Mulligan
The Sandman
2017
as Dr. Amanda Elliott
Firefighter
1986
as Marilyn
Bloodfist IV: Die Trying
1992
as Shannon
The Final Days
1989
as Tricia Nixon Cox
Deadly Innocents
1989
as Angela/Andy
The Graves
2010
as Darlene
Black Magic Woman
1991
as Diane Abbott
Checkered Flag
1990
as Chris Baird Trehearn
Gunsmoke: To the Last Man
1992
as Lizzie Tewksbury
Never Sleep Again: The Making of ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’
2006
as Self
Son of Darkness: To Die For II
1991
as Celia
Fallacy
2004
Marry Me or Die
1998
as Nora Dawkins
This House Possessed
1981
as Holly
Rest Stop
2019
as Harmony
Something in Common
1986
as Laura Grant
The Resonator: Miskatonic U
2021
as Professor McMichaels
Fantasm
2013
as Self
No Earthly Reason
1984
Beyond the Resonator
2022
as Professor McMichaels
Powwow Highway
1989
as Rabbit Layton
The Other Victim
1981
as Kimi Langford
Independence
1987
as Chastity
Thing in the Dark
2016
as JC
She Drinks a Little
1981
as Cindy Scott
The Id
2016
as Meredith Lane
Triggered
2019
The Watcher of Park Ave
2017
as Lt. Samantha Warren
Night Terrors: The Origins of Wes Craven's Nightmares
2006
as Narrator
About Amanda Wyss
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. With 81 credits spanning from 1979 to 2022, Amanda Wyss has appeared in 50 films and 31 TV shows.
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Most Popular Amanda Wyss Movies
- A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) — as Tina Gray
- Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982) — as Lisa
- Monster-in-Law (2005) — as Tina Gray (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Silverado (1985) — as Phoebe
- Better Off Dead... (1985) — as Beth Truss
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