Amanda Bynes

Though first introduced to audiences as a teen, funny, fresh-faced Amanda Bynes has displayed a veteran's knack for comedy. Likened to a young Lucille Ball or Gilda Radner, Bynes was born and raised in Thousand Oaks, California, and spent her summers at comedy camp, which led to her discovery at age ten by teen-actors-turned-Hollywood producers Brian Robbins and Dan Schneider at a showcase performance at Los Angeles' Laugh Factory. The producers immediately tapped her as a regular performer on their Nickelodeon youth-skewed sketch comedy series "All That" (1995- ) in 1996.

After her first season on the show, Bynes was nominated for a 1997 Cable Ace Award and subsequently... read more