Actor profile

Amanda Wyss

24th November 1960 Manhattan Beach, California, USA Acting

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.

48 Movies 34 TV Shows 85 Credits

Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story poster

Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story 7th October 2022 as Self

Beyond the Resonator poster

Beyond the Resonator 11th March 2022 as Professor McMichaels

The Resonator: Miskatonic U poster

The Resonator: Miskatonic U 26th February 2021 as Professor McMichaels

Hunter's Moon poster

Hunter's Moon 24th March 2020 as Bernice Delaney

Badland poster

Badland 1st November 2019 as Alice Hollenbeck

Rest Stop poster

Rest Stop 19th October 2019 as Harmony

Triggered poster

Triggered 10th July 2019

Big Legend poster

Big Legend 1st July 2018 as Dr. Wheeler

The Watcher of Park Ave poster

The Watcher of Park Ave 29th December 2017 as Lt. Samantha Warren

It Happened Again Last Night poster

It Happened Again Last Night 10th December 2017 as Eileen

The Hatred poster

The Hatred 29th November 2017 as Beth Crossan

The Capture poster

The Capture 16th November 2017 as Terry

The Sandman poster

The Sandman 14th October 2017 as Dr. Amanda Elliott

Thing in the Dark poster

Thing in the Dark 4th December 2016 as JC

The Id poster

The Id 18th February 2016 as Meredith Lane

Fantasm poster

Fantasm 4th May 2013 as Self

Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy poster

Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy 4th May 2010 as Self

Deadly Impact poster

Deadly Impact 20th April 2010 as Julie Mulligan

The Graves poster

The Graves 29th January 2010 as Darlene

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

Never Sleep Again: The Making of ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’ 26th September 2006 as Self

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

Night Terrors: The Origins of Wes Craven's Nightmares 1st January 2006 as Narrator

Monster-in-Law poster

Monster-in-Law 13th May 2005 as Tina Gray (archive footage) (uncredited)

Fallacy poster

Fallacy 10th March 2004

Marry Me or Die poster

Marry Me or Die 31st December 1998 as Nora Dawkins

Strategic Command poster

Strategic Command 6th January 1997 as Michelle Harding

Desert Steel poster

Desert Steel 18th May 1994 as Jerri

Bloodfist IV: Die Trying poster

Bloodfist IV: Die Trying 18th November 1992 as Shannon

Gunsmoke: To the Last Man poster

Gunsmoke: To the Last Man 10th January 1992 as Lizzie Tewksbury

Black Magic Woman poster

Black Magic Woman 24th April 1991 as Diane Abbott

Son of Darkness: To Die For II poster

Son of Darkness: To Die For II 31st March 1991 as Celia

Shakma poster

Shakma 5th October 1990 as Tracy

Checkered Flag poster

Checkered Flag 23rd July 1990 as Chris Baird Trehearn

The Final Days poster

The Final Days 29th October 1989 as Tricia Nixon Cox

Deadly Innocents poster

Deadly Innocents 1st June 1989 as Angela/Andy

Powwow Highway poster

Powwow Highway 24th February 1989 as Rabbit Layton

To Die For poster

To Die For 28th October 1988 as Celia Kett

Something in Common poster

Something in Common 2nd November 1986 as Laura Grant

Firefighter poster

Firefighter 23rd September 1986 as Marilyn

Better Off Dead... poster

Better Off Dead... 23rd August 1985 as Beth Truss

Silverado poster

Silverado 10th July 1985 as Phoebe

A Nightmare on Elm Street poster

A Nightmare on Elm Street 9th November 1984 as Tina Gray

My Mother's Secret Life poster

My Mother's Secret Life 5th February 1984 as Tobi Jensen

A Killer in the Family poster

A Killer in the Family 30th October 1983 as Dannelda Lyons

Fast Times at Ridgemont High poster

Fast Times at Ridgemont High 13th August 1982 as Lisa

The Other Victim poster

The Other Victim 4th November 1981 as Kimi Langford

She Drinks a Little poster

She Drinks a Little 23rd September 1981 as Cindy Scott

Force: Five poster

Force: Five 24th July 1981 as Cindy Lester

This House Possessed poster

This House Possessed 6th February 1981 as Holly

The Movies That Made Us poster

The Movies That Made Us 29th November 2019 as Self

All Rise poster

All Rise 23rd September 2019 as Caroline Halliwell

The Rookie poster

The Rookie 16th October 2018 as Meredith Russell

Station 19 poster

Station 19 22nd March 2018 as Laura

Dexter poster

Dexter 1st October 2006 as Social Worker

Cold Case poster

Cold Case 28th September 2003 as Sonya Witkowski (2004)

The Agency poster

The Agency 27th September 2001 as Jennifer Steward

The Division poster

The Division 7th January 2001 as Sharon

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation poster

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 6th October 2000 as Donna Marks

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation poster

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 6th October 2000 as Tina Vincent

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation poster

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 6th October 2000 as Tina

Judging Amy poster

Judging Amy 19th September 1999 as Denise Wharton

Profiler poster

Profiler 21st September 1996 as Lee Armstrong

JAG poster

JAG 23rd September 1995 as Helene Dugan

JAG poster

JAG 23rd September 1995 as Diane Akers

The Drew Carey Show poster

The Drew Carey Show 13th September 1995 as Tina

ER poster

ER 19th September 1994 as Mrs. Adams

Diagnosis: Murder poster

Diagnosis: Murder 29th October 1993 as Maureen

Walker, Texas Ranger poster

Walker, Texas Ranger 21st April 1993 as Alicia

Highlander: The Series poster

Highlander: The Series 3rd October 1992 as Randi McFarland

Highlander: The Series poster

Highlander: The Series 3rd October 1992 as Randi MacFarland

Silk Stalkings poster

Silk Stalkings 7th November 1991

Quantum Leap poster

Quantum Leap 26th March 1989 as Suzanne Elsinger

My Two Dads poster

My Two Dads 20th September 1987 as Dana

The New Adventures of Beans Baxter poster

The New Adventures of Beans Baxter 18th July 1987 as Mary Ellen

Otherworld poster

Otherworld 26th January 1985 as Nova

Murder, She Wrote poster

Murder, She Wrote 30th September 1984 as Laura Maples

St. Elsewhere poster

St. Elsewhere 26th October 1982 as Pru Dowler

Cheers poster

Cheers 30th September 1982 as Beth Curtis

The Powers of Matthew Star poster

The Powers of Matthew Star 17th September 1982

Teachers Only poster

Teachers Only 14th April 1982

Cagney & Lacey poster

Cagney & Lacey 25th March 1982 as Bridgit Cagney

Jessica Novak poster

Jessica Novak 5th November 1981

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century poster

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century 20th September 1979 as Laura