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Before beginning her career as a professional actress at the tender age of 7, Amanda Bynes was formally trained at a comedy camp by Arsenio Hall and Richard Pryor. Amanda first appeared on television in a commercial advertisement for Buncha Crunch Candies.
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Amanda is the daughter of Rick Bynes, a California dentist who moonlighted as a stand-up comedian, and Lynn Organ, a dental assistant. She has an older brother, Tommy, now a chiropractor, and an older sister Jillian, who studied psychology at UCLA. Bynes learned the comedy trade from Arsenio Hall and Richard Pryor at a comedy camp. Her first acting job (she was only seven years old at the time) was an appearance in a television commercial for Buncha Crunch candies. During her childhood, Amanda appeared in several musical theater productions, including “Annie,” The Secret Garden, “The Music Man,” and “The Sound of Music.” In 1996, Amanda joined the cast of “Figure It Out” and “All That.” Her success in these shows led to the extraordinary chance for her to star in her own show. From 1999 to 2002, Amanda hosted “The Amanda Show” on Nickelodeon.
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Amanda's big screen breakout role was probably the starring role of Colin Firth and Kelly Preston's daughter Daphne in Dennie Gordon's adaptation of William Douglas-Home's 1958 play, What A Girl Wants (2003). The role handed her the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Award for Favorite Movie Actress in 2003 and 2004. Additionally, Amanda provided her voice as Nellie in Mario Piluso's animated movie, Charlotte's Web 2: Wilbur's Great Adventure, in 2003. She ... appeared on the cover of Vanity Fair (a 2003 edition) and was nominated for the 2003 Teen Choice Award for TV Actress in a Comedy. Young, accomplished Amanda, was recently getting busy again with her acting schedule. Early in 2005, she lent her voice for Piper in Chris Wedge's animated movie, Robots (with Halle Berry and Ewan McGregor).
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