Donkrax Hairstyle: Amanda Bynes early life

Amanda Laura Bynes born April 3, 1986 is an American actress, fashion designer and singer. Bynes appeared in several successful television series, such as All That and The Amanda Show, on Nickelodeon in the mid to late 1990s and early 2000s, and in 2002, she starred in the TV series, What I Like About You. She transitioned to a film career, starring in several films aimed at teenage audiences, including She's the Man 2006 Hairspray2007"Love Wrecked" "What a Girl Wants" and "Easy A".
Bynes was named one of Teen People's "25 Hottest Stars Under 25" in 2006 in 2007, Forbes listed her as the fifth highest paid celebrity under 21, with earnings of $2.5 million.
Contents
* 1 Early life
* 2 Career
o 2.1 Acting
o 2.2 Fashion
* 3 Personal life
* 4 Filmography
* 5 Discography
* 6 Awards
* 7 References
* 8 External links
Early life
Bynes was born and raised in Thousand Oaks, California, the daughter of Lynn née Organa dental assistant and office manager, and Rick Bynes, a dentist who also practiced stand-up comedy Bynes has two older siblings, Tommy born 1973, a chiropractor, and Jillian born 1983 who has a B.A. in History from UCLA and has also acted. Bynes' maternal grandparents are from Toronto, Ontarioand her ancestors immigrated from Ireland, Poland, Russia and Romania.Her father is Catholic and her mother is Jewish; Bynes has described herself as Jewish,and has also stated "I haven't decided yet I don't know yet exactly what I believe".
Career
Acting
In 1993, Bynes attended a comedy camp, with guest-instructors including Arsenio Hall and Richard Pryor, and began professionally acting at the age of seven, appearing in a television advertisement for Buncha Crunch candies. During her childhood, she also appeared on stage in versions of Annie, The Secret Garden, The Music Man and The Sound of Music taking acting classes, Bynes became a regular cast member of Nickelodeon's Figure It Out and All That both in 1996 Bynes remained a regular cast member on All That until its presumed cancellation in 2000, though she appeared in the sketches since shooting and preparing as the star of her own sketch show The Amanda Show, also on Nickelodeon. The Amanda Show features a combination of comical skits and sketches, including Amanda Bynes playing Judge Trudy, a judge based on Judge Judy that always rules in kids' favor, and Penelope Taynt, an Amanda-obsessed fan.
Bynes made her film debut in 2002's modest box office success, Big Fat Liar, where she starred opposite Frankie Muniz. Her first solo leading role was in 2003's What a Girl Wants as Daphne Reynolds, co-starring with Colin Firth, Oliver James, and Kelly Preston. Subsequently, Bynes starred in The WB Television Network's sitcom What I Like About You and had voice parts in 2003's Charlotte's Web 2: Wilbur's Great Adventure and 2005's CGI animated comedy, Robots. She also co-starred in an episode of The Nightmare Room as Danielle Warner, and in Arliss as Crystal Dupree. Bynes appeared on the cover of Vanity Fair's July 2003 edition with nine of Hollywood's other female young stars, including Lindsay Lohan, Hilary Duff, Alexis Bledel, Raven-Symoné, Evan Rachel Wood, the Olsen Twins, and Mandy Moore.Although she is often compared with them, Bynes has said that "It's like being the hot girl at the high school party. I was never that girl. I grew up with terrible acne and feeling insecure. I was tall and skinny. I didn't feel pretty at all, and guys didn't even like me. That's why I got into comedy Bynes has also said that her relatability to teenage audiences may stem from the fact that she is "more similar to them than some... socialite or whatever.
Head shot of a smiling Bynes, a camera and people in the background.
Bynes at the premiere of Robots, March 2005
In 2006, Bynes starred in She's the Man, a comedy based on William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night. In the film, Bynes disguises herself as her brother in order to join the boys' soccer team due to the fall of the girls' team. Producers had originally wanted to cast singer Jesse McCartney as Bynes' brother, noting a physical resemblance between McCartney and Bynes disguised as a boy, but McCartney was unavailable. James Kirk plays her brother in the film.Around the time of the film's release, Bynes commented that she would like to start appearing in more mature roles, and believes that she is still developing her acting skills and maturing as an actress, saying that she is "getting better" with each role.Bynes appeared in another romantic comedy, Lovewrecked, which was shot before She's the Man but released after it, showing in cinemas outside of the United States in 2005 and 2006 and debuting in the U.S. on the ABC Family network on January 21, 2007. She also portrays Penny Pingleton in Hairspray, a film adaptation of the Broadway musical of the same name. The movie, which was her first musical role, began filming in Toronto in September 2006 and was released on July 20, 2007. Bynes has stated that she enjoyed appearing in a "fun, quirky part in a big ensemble movie. Bynes next starred in another comedy, Sydney White, released on September 21, 2007.The film is based on Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, with Bynes playing a freshman in the college Greek In 2008, Bynes appeared in the Lifetime Television movie Living Proof as the student assistant of Harry Connick, Jr.'s character, who creates the Herceptin drug for breast cancer. In Apr2009, Bynes filmed a pilot for an ABC sitcom titled Canned, but the series failed to make the network's fall lineup. Bynes was also originally set to appear as th

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