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Where is Amanda Bynes now? What is the former Nickelodeon star doing now?
Bynes began her career as a child actress, appearing on the Nickelodeon sketch comedy series All That and its spin-off series The Amanda Show.
37-year-old Amanda Bynes began her career as a child actress, appearing on the Nickelodeon sketch comedy series All That (1996–2000) and its spin-off series The Amanda Show (1999–2002). During her mid-teens, Bynes played Holly Tyler in WB Television Network sitcom What I Like About You (2002–2006) and made her film debut in the comedy Big Fat Liar (2002).
The time period 2002-2007 was Bynes finest hour as she appeared on the cover of Vanity Fair in 2003 and was named named one of Teen People’s “25 Hottest Stars Under 25″ in 2006.
The actress centred her career on film and starred as Penny Pingleton, a sheltered young girl, in the musical comedy film Hairspray in 2007 with the movie both a critical and commercial success premiering in over 3,000 theaters, the largest debut for any musical film. It went on to become Bynes’s most successful film at the time, and she and the rest of the cast were acclaimed for their performances.
As the decade wore on, the actress failed to hit the same high notes with project cancellations and the actress securing roles only to be later replaced by alternative actresses with matters coming to a head in 2010 when she announced an end to her acting career.
Return to the limelight among scandals
In 2018, Bynes considered returning to acting but nothing materialized and plans to reunite with former All That cast members at ‘90s Con in March 2023, her first public appearance since the end of her conservatorship, also floundered as she failed to attend the event.
In December 2023, Bynes debuted as the co-host of an interview-style podcast, Amanda Bynes & Paul Sieminski: The Podcast, but left after just one episode.
Demons in her personal life continued to haunt the actress with the decade being marked by a series of run-ins with law and enforcement over offences such as driving under the influence and possession of marijuana.
The actress was diagnosed as bipolar in 2014 and in March of 2023, Bynes was placed on a 72-hour psychiatric hold after she was found naked and roaming the streets.
Just last week, the 37-year-old confirmed that she had gained over 20lbs in the past few months from being depressed and was determined to control her weight with the actress also confirming she uses prescription drug Adderall to maintain a certain weight.