Acting

Amanda Wyss

Born 1960-11-24 · Manhattan Beach, California, USA

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.

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Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story
as Self
2022
Beyond the Resonator
as Professor McMichaels
2022
The Resonator: Miskatonic U
as Professor McMichaels
2021
Hunter's Moon
as Bernice Delaney
2020
The Movies That Made Us
as Self
2019
Badland
as Alice Hollenbeck
2019
Rest Stop
as Harmony
2019
All Rise
as Caroline Halliwell
2019
Triggered
2019
The Rookie
as Meredith Russell
2018
Big Legend
as Dr. Wheeler
2018
Station 19
as Laura
2018
The Watcher of Park Ave
as Lt. Samantha Warren
2017
It Happened Again Last Night
as Eileen
2017
The Hatred
as Beth Crossan
2017
The Capture
as Terry
2017
The Sandman
as Dr. Amanda Elliott
2017
Thing in the Dark
as JC
2016
The Id
as Meredith Lane
2016
Fantasm
as Self
2013
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
as Self
2010
Deadly Impact
as Julie Mulligan
2010
The Graves
as Darlene
2010
Dexter
as Social Worker
2006
Never Sleep Again: The Making of ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’
as Self
2006
Night Terrors: The Origins of Wes Craven's Nightmares
as Narrator
2006
Monster-in-Law
as Tina Gray (archive footage) (uncredited)
2005
Fallacy
2004
Cold Case
as Sonya Witkowski (2004)
2003
The Agency
as Jennifer Steward
2001
The Division
as Sharon
2001
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Donna Marks
2000
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Tina Vincent
2000
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Tina
2000
Judging Amy
as Denise Wharton
1999
Marry Me or Die
as Nora Dawkins
1998
Strategic Command
as Michelle Harding
1997
Profiler
as Lee Armstrong
1996
JAG
as Helene Dugan
1995
JAG
as Diane Akers
1995
The Drew Carey Show
as Tina
1995
University Hospital
1995
ER
as Mrs. Adams
1994
Desert Steel
as Jerri
1994
Diagnosis: Murder
as Maureen
1993
Walker, Texas Ranger
as Alicia
1993
Bloodfist IV: Die Trying
as Shannon
1992
Highlander: The Series
as Randi McFarland
1992
Highlander: The Series
as Randi MacFarland
1992
Gunsmoke: To the Last Man
as Lizzie Tewksbury
1992
Silk Stalkings
1991
Black Magic Woman
as Diane Abbott
1991
Son of Darkness: To Die For II
as Celia
1991
Shakma
as Tracy
1990
Checkered Flag
as Chris Baird Trehearn
1990
The Final Days
as Tricia Nixon Cox
1989
Deadly Innocents
as Angela/Andy
1989
Quantum Leap
as Suzanne Elsinger
1989
Powwow Highway
as Rabbit Layton
1989
To Die For
as Celia Kett
1988
My Two Dads
as Dana
1987
The New Adventures of Beans Baxter
as Mary Ellen
1987
Independence
as Chastity
1987
Something in Common
as Laura Grant
1986
Firefighter
as Marilyn
1986
Better Off Dead...
as Beth Truss
1985
Silverado
as Phoebe
1985
Otherworld
as Nova
1985
A Nightmare on Elm Street
as Tina Gray
1984
Murder, She Wrote
as Laura Maples
1984
No Earthly Reason
1984
My Mother's Secret Life
as Tobi Jensen
1984
A Killer in the Family
as Dannelda Lyons
1983
St. Elsewhere
as Pru Dowler
1982
Cheers
as Beth Curtis
1982
The Powers of Matthew Star
1982
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
as Lisa
1982
Teachers Only
1982
Cagney & Lacey
as Bridgit Cagney
1982
Jessica Novak
1981