Acting
Amanda Wyss
Born 1960-11-24
Manhattan Beach, California, USA
Department: Acting
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
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Dexter
2006
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A Nightmare on Elm Street
1984
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The Rookie
2018
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CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
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Station 19
2018
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Monster-in-Law
2005
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Fast Times at Ridgemont High
1982
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ER
1994
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JAG
1995
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Quantum Leap
1989
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Filmography & Credits
Complete career catalog (85 titles)
| Poster | Title | Character / Role | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story | Self | Movie | 2022 |
 | Beyond the Resonator | Professor McMichaels | Movie | 2022 |
 | The Resonator: Miskatonic U | Professor McMichaels | Movie | 2021 |
 | Hunter's Moon | Bernice Delaney | Movie | 2020 |
 | The Movies That Made Us | Self | TV Series | 2019 |
 | Badland | Alice Hollenbeck | Movie | 2019 |
 | Rest Stop | Harmony | Movie | 2019 |
 | All Rise | Caroline Halliwell | TV Series | 2019 |
 | Triggered | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2019 |
 | The Rookie | Meredith Russell | TV Series | 2018 |
 | Big Legend | Dr. Wheeler | Movie | 2018 |
 | Station 19 | Laura | TV Series | 2018 |
 | The Watcher of Park Ave | Lt. Samantha Warren | Movie | 2017 |
 | It Happened Again Last Night | Eileen | Movie | 2017 |
 | The Hatred | Beth Crossan | Movie | 2017 |
 | The Capture | Terry | Movie | 2017 |
 | The Sandman | Dr. Amanda Elliott | Movie | 2017 |
 | Thing in the Dark | JC | Movie | 2016 |
 | The Id | Meredith Lane | Movie | 2016 |
 | Fantasm | Self | Movie | 2013 |
 | Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy | Self | Movie | 2010 |
 | Deadly Impact | Julie Mulligan | Movie | 2010 |
 | The Graves | Darlene | Movie | 2010 |
 | Dexter | Social Worker | TV Series | 2006 |
 | Never Sleep Again: The Making of ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’ | Self | Movie | 2006 |
 | Night Terrors: The Origins of Wes Craven's Nightmares | Narrator | Movie | 2006 |
 | Monster-in-Law | Tina Gray (archive footage) (uncredited) | Movie | 2005 |
 | Fallacy | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2004 |
 | Cold Case | Sonya Witkowski (2004) | TV Series | 2003 |
 | The Agency | Jennifer Steward | TV Series | 2001 |
 | The Division | Sharon | TV Series | 2001 |
 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Donna Marks | TV Series | 2000 |
| CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Tina Vincent | TV Series | 2000 |
| CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Tina | TV Series | 2000 |
 | Judging Amy | Denise Wharton | TV Series | 1999 |
 | Marry Me or Die | Nora Dawkins | Movie | 1998 |
 | Strategic Command | Michelle Harding | Movie | 1997 |
 | Profiler | Lee Armstrong | TV Series | 1996 |
 | JAG | Helene Dugan | TV Series | 1995 |
| JAG | Diane Akers | TV Series | 1995 |
 | The Drew Carey Show | Tina | TV Series | 1995 |
| University Hospital | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1995 | |
 | ER | Mrs. Adams | TV Series | 1994 |
 | Desert Steel | Jerri | Movie | 1994 |
 | Diagnosis: Murder | Maureen | TV Series | 1993 |
 | Walker, Texas Ranger | Alicia | TV Series | 1993 |
 | Bloodfist IV: Die Trying | Shannon | Movie | 1992 |
 | Highlander: The Series | Randi McFarland | TV Series | 1992 |
| Highlander: The Series | Randi MacFarland | TV Series | 1992 |
 | Gunsmoke: To the Last Man | Lizzie Tewksbury | Movie | 1992 |
 | Silk Stalkings | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1991 |
 | Black Magic Woman | Diane Abbott | Movie | 1991 |
 | Son of Darkness: To Die For II | Celia | Movie | 1991 |
 | Shakma | Tracy | Movie | 1990 |
 | Checkered Flag | Chris Baird Trehearn | Movie | 1990 |
 | The Final Days | Tricia Nixon Cox | Movie | 1989 |
 | Deadly Innocents | Angela/Andy | Movie | 1989 |
 | Quantum Leap | Suzanne Elsinger | TV Series | 1989 |
 | Powwow Highway | Rabbit Layton | Movie | 1989 |
 | To Die For | Celia Kett | Movie | 1988 |
 | My Two Dads | Dana | TV Series | 1987 |
 | The New Adventures of Beans Baxter | Mary Ellen | TV Series | 1987 |
| Independence | Chastity | Movie | 1987 | |
 | Something in Common | Laura Grant | Movie | 1986 |
 | Firefighter | Marilyn | Movie | 1986 |
 | Better Off Dead... | Beth Truss | Movie | 1985 |
 | Silverado | Phoebe | Movie | 1985 |
 | Otherworld | Nova | TV Series | 1985 |
 | A Nightmare on Elm Street | Tina Gray | Movie | 1984 |
 | Murder, She Wrote | Laura Maples | TV Series | 1984 |
| No Earthly Reason | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1984 | |
 | My Mother's Secret Life | Tobi Jensen | Movie | 1984 |
 | A Killer in the Family | Dannelda Lyons | Movie | 1983 |
 | St. Elsewhere | Pru Dowler | TV Series | 1982 |
 | Cheers | Beth Curtis | TV Series | 1982 |
 | The Powers of Matthew Star | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1982 |
 | Fast Times at Ridgemont High | Lisa | Movie | 1982 |
 | Teachers Only | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1982 |
 | Cagney & Lacey | Bridgit Cagney | TV Series | 1982 |
 | Jessica Novak | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1981 |
 | The Other Victim | Kimi Langford | Movie | 1981 |
 | She Drinks a Little | Cindy Scott | Movie | 1981 |
 | Force: Five | Cindy Lester | Movie | 1981 |
 | This House Possessed | Holly | Movie | 1981 |
 | Buck Rogers in the 25th Century | Laura | TV Series | 1979 |