Amanda Laura Bynes born April 3, is an American actress. Bynes began her career as a child , appearing on the Nickelodeon sketch comedy series All That β and its spin-off series The Amanda Show β Bynes is heralded for her acting work in the s and s, winning a Critics' Choice Award and six Kids' Choice Awards among other accolades. In her highly publicized personal life, she has struggled with mental health and other issues, and was in a conservatorship from August to March Her father is Catholic and is of Irish, Lithuanian, and Polish descent.
Her mother is Jewish , born to a Canadian couple whose families were from Poland , Russia , and Romania. Bynes began professionally acting at age seven, appearing in a television advertisements for Buncha Crunch candies, [ 7 ] Cut and Style Barbie , and Taco Bell. Although the film had a mixed reception, it was a commercial success, [ 15 ] and she won another Kids' Choice Award for her performance.
The series garnered positive reviews and Bynes received a number of nominations from the Teen Choice Awards and the Young Artist Awards. In , Bynes appeared on the cover of Vanity Fair 's July edition. Critic Roger Ebert wrote "Of Amanda Bynes let us say that she is sunny and plucky and somehow finds a way to play her impossible role without clearing her throat more than six or eight times. More importantly, we like her.
In , Bynes starred as Penny Pingleton, a sheltered young girl, in the musical comedy film Hairspray , based on the musical theater adaptation of John Waters ' film. It went on to become Bynes's most successful film at the time, and she and the rest of the cast were acclaimed for their performances. Bynes' next role was in another comedy, Sydney White , released in Review aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes wrote "Amanda Bynes is charming, but Sydney White is a poorly adapted take on Snow White , relying on tired ethnic stereotypes laughs.
In , she was set to star in the comedy Post Grad , but she dropped out and was replaced by Alexis Bledel amid rumors that she was having difficulties. She starred as Marianne Bryant, the president of a high school Bible study club who becomes the personal nemesis of Stone's character. The film was a critical and commercial success, [ 44 ] with Stone and Bynes receiving critical praise for their performances. In the same year, Bynes started shooting the Farrelly Brothers comedy film Hall Pass , but dropped out of the film and was replaced by Alexandra Daddario.
