Person
Amanda Wyss
Acting · Born 1960-11-24 · Manhattan Beach, California, USA
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
The Rookie
Meredith Russell
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Donna Marks
Dexter
Social Worker
JAG
Helene Dugan
Cheers
Beth Curtis
ER
Mrs. Adams
Murder, She Wrote
Laura Maples
Diagnosis: Murder
Maureen
Cold Case
Sonya Witkowski (2004)
Quantum Leap
Suzanne Elsinger
Filmography
- 2022Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund StorySelf
- 2022Beyond the ResonatorProfessor McMichaels
- 2021The Resonator: Miskatonic UProfessor McMichaels
- 2020Hunter's MoonBernice Delaney
- 2019The Movies That Made UsSelf
- 2019BadlandAlice Hollenbeck
- 2019Rest StopHarmony
- 2019All RiseCaroline Halliwell
- 2019Triggered
- 2018The RookieMeredith Russell
- 2018Big LegendDr. Wheeler
- 2018Station 19Laura
- 2017The Watcher of Park AveLt. Samantha Warren
- 2017It Happened Again Last NightEileen
- 2017The HatredBeth Crossan
- 2017The CaptureTerry
- 2017The SandmanDr. Amanda Elliott
- 2016Thing in the DarkJC
- 2016The IdMeredith Lane
- 2013FantasmSelf
- 2010Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street LegacySelf
- 2010Deadly ImpactJulie Mulligan
- 2010The GravesDarlene
- 2006DexterSocial Worker
- 2006Never Sleep Again: The Making of ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’Self
- 2006Night Terrors: The Origins of Wes Craven's NightmaresNarrator
- 2005Monster-in-LawTina Gray (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2004Fallacy
- 2003Cold CaseSonya Witkowski (2004)
- 2001The AgencyJennifer Steward
- 2001The DivisionSharon
- 2000CSI: Crime Scene InvestigationDonna Marks
- 1999Judging AmyDenise Wharton
- 1998Marry Me or DieNora Dawkins
- 1997Strategic CommandMichelle Harding
- 1996ProfilerLee Armstrong
- 1995JAGHelene Dugan
- 1995The Drew Carey ShowTina
- 1995University Hospital
- 1994ERMrs. Adams
- 1994Desert SteelJerri
- 1993Diagnosis: MurderMaureen
- 1993Walker, Texas RangerAlicia
- 1992Bloodfist IV: Die TryingShannon
- 1992Highlander: The SeriesRandi McFarland
- 1992Gunsmoke: To the Last ManLizzie Tewksbury
- 1991Silk Stalkings
- 1991Black Magic WomanDiane Abbott
- 1991Son of Darkness: To Die For IICelia
- 1990ShakmaTracy
- 1990Checkered FlagChris Baird Trehearn
- 1989The Final DaysTricia Nixon Cox
- 1989Deadly InnocentsAngela/Andy
- 1989Quantum LeapSuzanne Elsinger
- 1989Powwow HighwayRabbit Layton
- 1988To Die ForCelia Kett
- 1987My Two DadsDana
- 1987The New Adventures of Beans BaxterMary Ellen
- 1987IndependenceChastity
- 1986Something in CommonLaura Grant
- 1986FirefighterMarilyn
- 1985Better Off Dead...Beth Truss
- 1985SilveradoPhoebe
- 1985OtherworldNova
- 1984A Nightmare on Elm StreetTina Gray
- 1984Murder, She WroteLaura Maples
- 1984No Earthly Reason
- 1984My Mother's Secret LifeTobi Jensen
- 1983A Killer in the FamilyDannelda Lyons
- 1982St. ElsewherePru Dowler
- 1982CheersBeth Curtis
- 1982The Powers of Matthew Star
- 1982Fast Times at Ridgemont HighLisa
- 1982Teachers Only
- 1982Cagney & LaceyBridgit Cagney
- 1981Jessica Novak
- 1981The Other VictimKimi Langford
- 1981She Drinks a LittleCindy Scott
- 1981Force: FiveCindy Lester
- 1981This House PossessedHolly
- 1979Buck Rogers in the 25th CenturyLaura
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