What is Amanda Bynes’ net worth?
CHILD actress Amanda Bynes first rose to fame in the late 1990s and early 2000s, appearing in several films and TV shows, including her hit sketch comedy series, The Amanda Show.
Despite retiring from acting to focus on her mental health, child star Amanda Bynes managed to amass an impressive net worth in her adolescent and teenage years.
What is Amanda Bynes' net worth?
Amanda Bynes was born on April 3, 1986, in Thousand Oaks, California.
Bynes was the youngest of three children born to Rick Bynes, a dentist, and Lynn Bynes, a dental assistant and office manager.
Bynes started her career as a child actor and first appeared on screen in a TV ad when she was just 7 years old.
She broke into Hollywood by starring in several Nickelodeon productions, including All That and The Amanda Show.
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Bynes' mainstream success came from her appearances in the hit comedies Big Fat Liar, Hairspray, and Easy A.
Thanks to her acting career, she has been able to amass an estimated net worth of $6 million, according to .
What movies and TV shows has Amanda Bynes starred in?
Amanda was spotted by a Nickelodeon producer while attending a comedy camp at the Los Angeles Laugh Factory and was cast by the network in the sketch comedy series All That, at the age of 10.
From 1997 to 1999, she regularly appeared in the series Figure It Out.
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Bynes then featured in The Amanda Show, a spin-off from All That.
She made her feature film debut in 2002 playing the character Kaylee in Big Fat Liar, a role which won her a Kids Choice Award.
In 2002, she also landed a starring role in the WB sitcom What I Like About You, which ran until 2006.
Bynes had a voice role in the direct-to-video film Charlotte’s Web 2: Wilbur’s Great Adventure.
She also had a voice role in the 2005 animated film Robots as the character Piper Pinwheeler.
In 2005, she starred in Love Wrecked, a romantic comedy.
The following year she starred in She’s the Man, based on William Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, where she played Viola Hastings.
Next, in 2007, she appeared as Penny Pingleton in the musical comedy Hairspray, which gained commercial and critical success.
In the same year, Bynes appeared in the comedy Sydney White.
In 2008, she was featured in the Lifetime Television movie Living Proof.
Her next film appearance was alongside Emma Stone in the 2010 comedy Easy A, where Bynes played high school student Marianne Bryant.
The same year she was cast in the comedy Hall Pass, but later dropped out, and was eventually replaced by fellow actress Alexandra Daddario.
In July 2010, Bynes announced that she was taking an indefinite hiatus from acting.
She has not appeared in any new film or television shows since then but has continued to pursue other interests.
What is Amanda Bynes doing now?
In December 2013, Amanda Bynes enrolled at the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising (FIDM) in Irvine, California.
Bynes was interested in illustration and fashion, and graduated with an associate's of art degree in merchandise product development in 2018.
In 2019, she graduated from FIDM, and celebrated the occasion by posing with a classmate and fellow grad on X, formerly Twitter.
"FIDM graduate 2019 #fidmgraduation," she .
Fans and followers were quick to congratulate Bynes, who graduated despite battling substance abuse issues with drugs like cocaine, MDMA, and Adderall.
In 2018, Bynes also announced that she had been diagnosed with bipolar disorder, but had remained strong and sober for over four years thanks largely to her parents.
As of March 2022, Bynes is no longer under conservatorship after nine years following a court ruling in Oxnard, California.
The hearing lasted less than 10 minutes and judge Roger Lund said the conservatorship is "no longer required" and signed off on the earlier tentative ruling.
He said: "She's done everything the court has asked over a long period of time."
The judge later added: "Congratulations to Ms. Bynes and a fantastic job by everyone."
On March 20, 2023, Bynes was placed on a 72-hour psychiatric hold after suffering a psychotic episode in Los Angeles.
She had been scheduled to appear at an All That panel at 90s Con in Connecticut a week before, but had failed to show up for the event.
On June 17, 2023, Bynes contacted the police, and mental health professionals determined that she needed inpatient treatment.
After leaving the inpatient facility on June 30, 2023, Bynes continued therapy sessions at an outpatient treatment facility.
Bynes has remained largely out of the public eye since then, but has occasionally posted on her social media accounts and on Cameo.
In December 2023, she launched – and canceled – her podcast, Amanda Bynes & Paul Sieminski: The Podcast, after just one episode.
She has since announced a new career as a manicurist.
"The 1st episode of my podcast did really well," she wrote in a now-deleted Instagram story.
"I was actually surprised and of course was going to keep going after friends encouraged me to...after thinking about it, though, I would rather get my manicurist license and have a consistent job," Bynes wrote.
"I'm going to follow that path instead," she added.
Bynes was last spotted in Los Angeles in March 2024, sporting a casual, athletic fit and bleached hair with blue tips.
Bynes has yet to comment on the Investigation Discovery channel series, Quiet On Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV, which airs on Sunday, March 17, and Monday, March 18, 2024, at 9 pm ET.
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The four-part documentary series "uncovers the toxic and dangerous culture behind some of the most iconic children’s shows of the late 1990s and early 2000s," according to an .
The series also "reveals an insidious environment rife with allegations of abuse, sexism, racism, and inappropriate dynamics with its underage stars and crew."