Amanda Bynes

Some Lesser Known Facts About Amanda Bynes

• Amanda Bynes grew up in Thousand Oaks, California, a suburb of Los Angeles, USA

• Her father is Catholic, of Irish, Lithuanian, and Polish descent, while her mother is Jewish and was born to a Canadian couple whose families came from Poland, Russia, and Romania. Amanda is the youngest of her three siblings.

  

• In an interview, Amanda Bynes revealed that she developed an interest in acting and performance at the age of three. She mentioned that when her older sister, Jillian, performed in plays, Amanda would often accompany her and hear her lines. From that moment on, Amanda’s family and friends realised that she had the potential to become a comedy star one day.

• At the age of seven, Bynes began her professional acting, appearing in television advertisements.

• During her childhood, she also performed in community theatre productions of various musicals, including Annie, The Secret Garden, The Music Man, and The Sound of Music.

• Amanda Bynes attended a comedy camp at the Los Angeles Laugh Factory, where she was trained under the guidance of renowned comedy actor Richard Pryor and Arsenio Hall.

• In 1996, a producer from Nickelodeon discovered her during a performance at the Laugh Factory, which led to her debut sketch comedy series All That (1996).

• In that show, Bynes played various roles from seasons three to six of the show, which brought her recognition as a child artist.

• In 1999, Amanda appeared in a comedy show titled The Amanda Show. This show was her breakthrough role, which earned him worldwide recognition and various accolades.

• In 2002, Amanda Bynes made her feature film debut with the film Big Fat Liar.

• In 2003, she appeared on the cover of a magazine Vanity Fair July edition.

• In 2005, she had a debut voice role as Piper Pinwheeler in the animated film Robots.

• Amanda was named as one of Teen People’s “25 Hottest Stars Under 25” in 2006.

• Some of the popular films of Amanda Bynes are What a Girl Wants (2003), Love Wrecked (2005), She’s the Man (2006), and Hairspray (2007).

• In 2007, Bynes launched her clothing brand with a name, “Dear by Amanda Bynes,” in conjunction with Steve and Barry’s chain of stores.

• In 2008, she donated her entire fee she got for the TV series Living Proof (2008) to cancer research and awareness.

• In 2010, Amanda took an indefinite break from acting.

• In 2012, Bynes was charged with driving under the influence (DUI) in West Hollywood. She accepted her crime and pleaded for three years’ probation in exchange for the dismissal of the DUI charge.

• Amanda began using marijuana at a very young age. In May 2013, Bynes was charged with reckless endangerment and marijuana possession after she was found smoking in the lobby of her Manhattan apartment building.

• In July 2013, Amanda Bynes was taken into custody by police in Ventura County, California, after she reportedly started a small fire in a stranger’s driveway in Thousand Oaks.

• She was diagnosed with Schizophrenia and placed in a hospital for a 72-hour mental health evaluation. Soon after, her parents asked the court for legal control over her decisions. In August, her mother was given temporary conservatorship to take care of Amanda’s personal and financial matters.

• In 2013, Bynes had plastic surgery that drastically altered her features.

  

• In 2014, through a series of tweets, she accused her father of emotionally and sexually abusing her. However, later she tweeted that her father had never abused her, she added,

“The microchip in my brain made me say those things but he’s the one that ordered them to microchip me”.

• Later in the same year, Amanda announced that she had been diagnosed with Bipolar disorder.

• In 2018, her parents filed paperwork to take her conservatorship until August 2020.

• In 2018, through Twitter posts and various interviews, she mentioned that she had not taken any substance for the past four years. She also apologised for her tweets against her father, adding,

I’m really ashamed and embarrassed with the things I said. I can’t turn back time but if I could, I would. And I’m so sorry to whoever I hurt and whoever I lied about because it truly eats away at me.”

• In an interview, Bynes revealed that during her substance use, she experimented with cocaine and MDMA (Molly), but the drug she abused the most was the ADHD prescription medication Adderall.

• In 2019, she met her ex-boyfriend, Paul Michael, in a rehabilitation centre. In 2020, on Valentine’s Day, they got engaged. However, after three months, they called off their engagement.

• From a young age, Bynes has had a passion for illustration and fashion design. In December 2013, she enrolled at the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising (FIDM) in Irvine, California, for the 2014 session. In 2018, she earned her Associate of Arts degree in Merchandise Product Development. Bynes graduated from FIDM in 2019.

  

• In February 2022, Amanda filed to end her conservatorship. Her conservatorship was officially terminated on March 22, 2022.

• In March 2023, after a psychotic episode, Bynes called 911 in Los Angeles. She was then placed on a 72-hour psychiatric hold.

• On June 17, 2023, she called the police again, stating that she had thoughts of self-harm. Upon this, Mental health professionals determined that she required inpatient treatment. However, she left the facility on June 30 2023, with plans for follow-up outpatient care.

• In December 2023, Amanda Bynes debuted as co-host of an interview-style podcast titled Amanda Bynes & Paul Sieminski: The Podcast. However, she left after one episode to get her manicurist license and pursue a consistent job.

• Amanda Bynes is an avid animal lover and owns two dogs named Tootsie Roll (golden labrador) and Betty Boop (Australian shepherd), three cats named Subbie, Dubbie and Tiger, and a fish named Bella.

• Due to her lifestyle, her sister is not on good terms with her.

• In an interview, she revealed that she is addicted to online shopping.