ACTOR

Amanda Wyss

1960 - Today

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Amanda Wyss is an American actress. She began her career in the early 1980s in teen-oriented roles such as 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). Additionally, she had a supporting role as investigative reporter Randi McFarland in the television series Highlander: The Series (1992–1993). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Amanda Wyss has received more than 1,439,968 page views. Her biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Amanda Wyss is the 10,119th most popular actor (down from 9,187th in 2019), the 14,754th most popular biography from United States (down from 13,409th in 2019) and the 4,746th most popular American Actor.

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  • 1.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 36.80

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.75

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.30

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Amanda Wyss ranks 10,119 out of 13,578. Before her are Bianca Lawson, Jessica Rothe, Laura Benanti, Mona Marshall, Jamie-Lynn Sigler, and Han Ye-ri. After her are Misaki Ito, Helena Mattsson, Brandon T. Jackson, Patrick Breen, Lauren Lee Smith, and Sarah Parish.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, Amanda Wyss ranks 710. Before her are Tecla Marinescu, Isabelle Boéri-Bégard, Jayne Brook, Martina Jäschke, William A. Dembski, and Shinji Kobayashi. After her are Patrick Breen, Osvaldo Escudero, Robert Glenister, Luiz Carlos Pereira, Gianni Vernetti, and Peter Holmberg.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Amanda Wyss ranks 14,754 out of 20,380. Before her are Jessica Rothe (1987), Wayne Allard (1943), Jeff Merkley (1956), Laura Benanti (1979), Mona Marshall (1947), and Jamie-Lynn Sigler (1981). After her are Brandon T. Jackson (1984), Patrick Breen (1960), Irene Hervey (1909), Jeffrey Lynn (1909), Paula Deen (1947), and Charles L. Bennett (1956).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Amanda Wyss ranks 4,746. Before her are Charlotte Greenwood (1890), Bianca Lawson (1979), Jessica Rothe (1987), Laura Benanti (1979), Mona Marshall (1947), and Jamie-Lynn Sigler (1981). After her are Brandon T. Jackson (1984), Patrick Breen (1960), Irene Hervey (1909), Jeffrey Lynn (1909), Paula Deen (1947), and Gordon MacRae (1921).

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Television and Movie Roles

A Nightmare on Elm Street
Tina Gray
Teenagers in a small town are dropping like flies, apparently in the grip of mass hysteria causing their suicides. A cop's daughter, Nancy Thompson, traces the cause to child molester Fred Krueger, who was burned alive by angry parents many years before. Krueger has now come back in the dreams of his killers' children, claiming their lives as his revenge. Nancy and her boyfriend, Glen, must devise a plan to lure the monster out of the realm of nightmares and into the real world...
Oct 31st 19847.3 / 10
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Lisa
Based on the real-life adventures chronicled by Cameron Crowe, Fast Times follows a group of high school students growing up in Southern California. Stacy Hamilton and Mark Ratner are looking for a love interest, and are helped along by their older classmates, Linda Barrett and Mike Damone, respectively. At the center of the film is Jeff Spicoli, a perpetually stoned surfer who faces-off with the resolute Mr. Hand—a man convinced that everyone is on dope.
Aug 13th 19826.8 / 10
Better Off Dead...
Beth Truss
High school student Lane Meyer sinks into suicidal depression when his girlfriend dumps him for jock Roy Stalin, the high school ski racing champion. Meanwhile, he has to deal with his eccentric family, a tenacious paperboy and an obnoxious neighbor whose mother is hosting a beautiful French exchange student named Monique.
Aug 23rd 19856.6 / 10