Amanda Laura Bynes born April 3, is an American actress. Bynes began her career as a child , appearing on the Nickelodeon sketch comedy series All That β and its spin-off series The Amanda Show β Bynes is heralded for her acting work in the s and s, winning a Critics' Choice Award and six Kids' Choice Awards among other accolades.
In her highly publicized personal life, she has struggled with mental health and other issues, and was in a conservatorship from August to March Her father is Catholic and is of Irish, Lithuanian, and Polish descent. Her mother is Jewish , born to a Canadian couple whose families were from Poland , Russia , and Romania.
Bynes began professionally acting at age seven, appearing in a television advertisements for Buncha Crunch candies, [ 7 ] Cut and Style Barbie , and Taco Bell. Although the film had a mixed reception, it was a commercial success, [ 15 ] and she won another Kids' Choice Award for her performance.
The series garnered positive reviews and Bynes received a number of nominations from the Teen Choice Awards and the Young Artist Awards. In , Bynes appeared on the cover of Vanity Fair 's July edition.
Critic Roger Ebert wrote "Of Amanda Bynes let us say that she is sunny and plucky and somehow finds a way to play her impossible role without clearing her throat more than six or eight times.
