Amanda Wyss

Amanda Wyss

Known for
Acting
Born
November 24, 1960 (age 65)
Birthplace
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

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Filmography

2022
Beyond the Resonator poster

Beyond the Resonator

Movie · as Professor McMichaels

2022
Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story poster

Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story

Movie · as Self

2021
The Resonator: Miskatonic U poster

The Resonator: Miskatonic U

Movie · as Professor McMichaels

2020
Hunter's Moon poster

Hunter's Moon

Movie · as Bernice Delaney

2019
Triggered poster

Triggered

Movie

2019
Rest Stop poster

Rest Stop

Movie · as Harmony

2019
Badland poster

Badland

Movie · as Alice Hollenbeck

2019
The Movies That Made Us poster

The Movies That Made Us

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2019
All Rise poster

All Rise

TV · as Caroline Halliwell · 1 ep

2018
Big Legend poster

Big Legend

Movie · as Dr. Wheeler

2018
The Rookie poster

The Rookie

TV · as Meredith Russell · 1 ep

2018
Station 19 poster

Station 19

TV · as Laura · 1 ep

2017
It Happened Again Last Night poster

It Happened Again Last Night

Movie · as Eileen

2017
The Watcher of Park Ave poster

The Watcher of Park Ave

Movie · as Lt. Samantha Warren

2017
The Hatred poster

The Hatred

Movie · as Beth Crossan

2017
The Sandman poster

The Sandman

Movie · as Dr. Amanda Elliott

2017
The Capture poster

The Capture

Movie · as Terry

2016
The Id poster

The Id

Movie · as Meredith Lane

2016
Thing in the Dark poster

Thing in the Dark

Movie · as JC

2013
Fantasm poster

Fantasm

Movie · as Self

2010
The Graves poster

The Graves

Movie · as Darlene

2010
Deadly Impact poster

Deadly Impact

Movie · as Julie Mulligan

2010
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy poster

Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy

Movie · as Self

2006
Never Sleep Again: The Making of ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’ poster

Never Sleep Again: The Making of ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’

Movie · as Self

2006
Night Terrors: The Origins of Wes Craven's Nightmares poster

Night Terrors: The Origins of Wes Craven's Nightmares

Movie · as Narrator

2006
Dexter poster

Dexter

TV · as Social Worker · 1 ep

2005
Monster-in-Law poster

Monster-in-Law

Movie · as Tina Gray (archive footage) (uncredited)

2004
Fallacy poster

Fallacy

Movie

2003
Cold Case poster

Cold Case

TV · as Sonya Witkowski (2004) · 1 ep

2001
The Agency poster

The Agency

TV · as Jennifer Steward · 1 ep

2001
The Division poster

The Division

TV · as Sharon · 1 ep

2000
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation poster

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

TV · as Donna Marks, Tina Vincent · 1 ep

1999
Judging Amy poster

Judging Amy

TV · as Denise Wharton · 1 ep

1998
Marry Me or Die poster

Marry Me or Die

Movie · as Nora Dawkins

1997
Strategic Command poster

Strategic Command

Movie · as Michelle Harding

1996
Profiler poster

Profiler

TV · as Lee Armstrong · 1 ep

1995
JAG poster

JAG

TV · as Helene Dugan, Diane Akers · 1 ep

1995
University Hospital

University Hospital

TV · 1 ep

1995
The Drew Carey Show poster

The Drew Carey Show

TV · as Tina · 1 ep

1994
Desert Steel poster

Desert Steel

Movie · as Jerri

1994
ER poster

ER

TV · as Mrs. Adams · 1 ep

1993
Walker, Texas Ranger poster

Walker, Texas Ranger

TV · as Alicia · 1 ep

1993
Diagnosis: Murder poster

Diagnosis: Murder

TV · as Maureen · 1 ep

1992
Gunsmoke: To the Last Man poster

Gunsmoke: To the Last Man

Movie · as Lizzie Tewksbury

1992
Bloodfist IV: Die Trying poster

Bloodfist IV: Die Trying

Movie · as Shannon

1992
Highlander: The Series poster

Highlander: The Series

TV · as Randi McFarland, Randi MacFarland

1991
Black Magic Woman poster

Black Magic Woman

Movie · as Diane Abbott

1991
Son of Darkness: To Die For II poster

Son of Darkness: To Die For II

Movie · as Celia

1991
Silk Stalkings poster

Silk Stalkings

TV · 1 ep

1990
Shakma poster

Shakma

Movie · as Tracy

1990
Checkered Flag poster

Checkered Flag

Movie · as Chris Baird Trehearn

1989
Powwow Highway poster

Powwow Highway

Movie · as Rabbit Layton

1989
Deadly Innocents poster

Deadly Innocents

Movie · as Angela/Andy

1989
The Final Days poster

The Final Days

Movie · as Tricia Nixon Cox

1989
Quantum Leap poster

Quantum Leap

TV · as Suzanne Elsinger · 1 ep

1988
To Die For poster

To Die For

Movie · as Celia Kett

1987
Independence

Independence

Movie · as Chastity

1987
My Two Dads poster

My Two Dads

TV · as Dana · 1 ep

1987
The New Adventures of Beans Baxter poster

The New Adventures of Beans Baxter

TV · as Mary Ellen · 1 ep

1986
Firefighter poster

Firefighter

Movie · as Marilyn

1986
Something in Common poster

Something in Common

Movie · as Laura Grant

1985
Silverado poster

Silverado

Movie · as Phoebe

1985
Better Off Dead... poster

Better Off Dead...

Movie · as Beth Truss

1985
Otherworld poster

Otherworld

TV · as Nova · 1 ep

1984
A Nightmare on Elm Street poster

A Nightmare on Elm Street

Movie · as Tina Gray

1984
My Mother's Secret Life poster

My Mother's Secret Life

Movie · as Tobi Jensen

1984
No Earthly Reason

No Earthly Reason

Movie

1984
Murder, She Wrote poster

Murder, She Wrote

TV · as Laura Maples · 1 ep

1983
A Killer in the Family poster

A Killer in the Family

Movie · as Dannelda Lyons

1982
Fast Times at Ridgemont High poster

Fast Times at Ridgemont High

Movie · as Lisa

1982
St. Elsewhere poster

St. Elsewhere

TV · as Pru Dowler · 3 eps

1982
Cheers poster

Cheers

TV · as Beth Curtis · 2 eps

1982
The Powers of Matthew Star poster

The Powers of Matthew Star

TV · 1 ep

1982
Cagney & Lacey poster

Cagney & Lacey

TV · as Bridgit Cagney · 3 eps

1982
Teachers Only poster

Teachers Only

TV · 1 ep

1981
She Drinks a Little poster

She Drinks a Little

Movie · as Cindy Scott

1981
The Other Victim poster

The Other Victim

Movie · as Kimi Langford

1981
This House Possessed poster

This House Possessed

Movie · as Holly

1981
Force: Five poster

Force: Five

Movie · as Cindy Lester

1981
Jessica Novak poster

Jessica Novak

TV · 1 ep

1979
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century poster

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century

TV · as Laura · 1 ep