Amanda Wyss

Amanda Wyss occupies a special place for me as a face of 1980s American teen and horror cinema. Lisa in Fast Times, Tina in the original A Nightmare on Elm Street, Beth in Better Off Dead, these are roles that lodge permanently in a generation's memory. Playing the character who exits early in a slasher is harder than it looks; you have to make the audience care fast. She did, and that lingering imprint matters more to me than any trophy. There is real value in being woven into the cultural fabric of an era, and Wyss earned it.

Name (English)

Amanda Wyss

Name (Japanese)

アマンダ・ワイス

Reading

あまんだ・わいす

Born

November 24, 1960 (age 65)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Sagittarius / Rat

Origin

Manhattan Beach, California, United States

Occupation

actor / television actor / film actor

High school

Aviation High School

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanda%20Wyss
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%9E%E3%83%B3%E3%83%80%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AF%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B9
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2415514

Tags

• California
• actor
• television actor
• film actor

Last updated

2026-06-20

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.