Amanda Laura Bynes is an American former actress. Bynes began her career as a child actress, appearing on the Nickelodeon sketch comedy series
All That (1996â2000) and its spin-off series
The Amanda Show (1999â2002). During her mid-teens, Bynes played Holly Tyler in WB Television Network sitcom
What I Like About You (2002â2006) and made her film debut in the comedy
Big Fat Liar (2002). She went on to star in a number of successful films, including
What a Girl Wants (2003),
Robots (2005),
She's the Man (2006),
Hairspray (2007), and
Easy A (2010).