Amanda Schull

Amanda Schull is one of those rare performers who mastered two completely different disciplines at a seriously high level, and I find that genuinely impressive. She trained as a professional ballet dancer with the San Francisco Ballet before pivoting to acting, and that background gives everything she does a certain precision and physical intelligence that most actors just don't have. Her breakout in Center Stage (2000) was perfect casting — a real dancer playing a dancer — but what she did afterward is the more interesting story: she built a legitimate TV acting career, popping up on One Tree Hill and Pretty Little Liars, then landing a proper lead on Suits as Katrina Bennett, holding her own opposite some sharp, fast-talking cast members across several seasons. She's never been a tabloid fixture or an awards-circuit darling, but she's exactly the kind of quietly excellent performer that good shows rely on to actually work.

Name (English)

Amanda Schull

Name (Japanese)

アマンダ・シュル

Reading

あまんだ・しゅる

Born

August 26, 1978 (age 47)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Horse

Origin

Honolulu, United States

Occupation

choreographer / ballet dancer / television actor / film actor / dancer

University

Indiana University

Motto

Private

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/amandaschull/
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• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%9E%E3%83%B3%E3%83%80%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A5%E3%83%AB

Tags

• choreographer
• ballet dancer
• television actor

Last updated

2026-06-02

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