Amanda Wyss
Acting
Biography
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.
Filmography 81
Movies (50)
Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story2022Self
Beyond the Resonator2022Professor McMichaels
The Resonator: Miskatonic U2021Professor McMichaels
Hunter's Moon2020Bernice Delaney
Badland2019Alice Hollenbeck
Rest Stop2019Harmony
Triggered2019
Big Legend2018Dr. Wheeler
The Watcher of Park Ave2017Lt. Samantha Warren
It Happened Again Last Night2017Eileen
The Hatred2017Beth Crossan
The Capture2017Terry
The Sandman2017Dr. Amanda Elliott
Thing in the Dark2016JC
The Id2016Meredith Lane
Fantasm2013Self
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy2010Self
Deadly Impact2010Julie Mulligan
The Graves2010Darlene
Never Sleep Again: The Making of ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’2006Self
Night Terrors: The Origins of Wes Craven's Nightmares2006Narrator
Monster-in-Law2005Tina Gray (archive footage) (uncredited)
Fallacy2004- Marry Me or Die1998Nora Dawkins
Strategic Command1997Michelle Harding
Desert Steel1994Jerri
Bloodfist IV: Die Trying1992Shannon
Gunsmoke: To the Last Man1992Lizzie Tewksbury
Black Magic Woman1991Diane Abbott
Son of Darkness: To Die For II1991Celia
Shows (31)
The Movies That Made Us2019Self
All Rise2019Caroline Halliwell
The Rookie2018Meredith Russell
Station 192018Laura
Dexter2006Social Worker
Cold Case2003Sonya Witkowski (2004)
The Agency2001Jennifer Steward
The Division2001Sharon
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation2000Donna Marks
Judging Amy1999Denise Wharton
Profiler1996Lee Armstrong
JAG1995Helene Dugan
The Drew Carey Show1995Tina- University Hospital1995
ER1994Mrs. Adams
Diagnosis: Murder1993Maureen
Walker, Texas Ranger1993Alicia
Highlander: The Series1992Randi McFarland
Silk Stalkings1991
Quantum Leap1989Suzanne Elsinger
My Two Dads1987Dana
The New Adventures of Beans Baxter1987Mary Ellen
Otherworld1985Nova
Murder, She Wrote1984Laura Maples
St. Elsewhere1982Pru Dowler
Cheers1982Beth Curtis
The Powers of Matthew Star1982
Teachers Only1982
Cagney & Lacey1982Bridgit Cagney
Jessica Novak1981