Person
Andrea F. Friedman
Acting · 1970–2023 · Los Angeles, California, United States
Biography
Andrea Fay Friedman, built a breakthrough 35-year acting career with Down syndrome. She portrayed Amanda, the girlfriend (and later wife) of Charles "Corky" Thacher on the TV show Life Goes On. In 1993, she appeared in an episode of Baywatch, 1997 film Smudge as Cindy, a girl in a group home for people with disabilities who attempts to hide her puppy, Smudge, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999), Family Guy (1999) & Walker Texas Ranger
Known for

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Katie Tolliver

ER
Mindy (as Andrea Fay Friedman)

Chicago Hope
Georgia Sardos

Baywatch
Sammy

The Division
Irene Basso

Touched by an Angel
Jeannie

Saving Grace
Nell Ada

7th Heaven
Molly Connelly

Life Goes On
Amanda Swanson

Carol of the Bells
Carol Harris
Filmography
- 2019Carol of the BellsCarol Harris
- 2009The Standard ManHarry
- 2007Saving GraceNell Ada
- 2005SmudgeCindy
- 2001The DivisionIrene Basso
- 1999Law & Order: Special Victims UnitKatie Tolliver
- 19967th HeavenMolly Connelly
- 1994Touched by an AngelJeannie
- 1994ERMindy (as Andrea Fay Friedman)
- 1994Chicago HopeGeorgia Sardos
- 1989Life Goes OnAmanda Swanson
- 1989BaywatchSammy
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