Portrait of Amanda Wyss

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.

Born: November 24, 1960

Place of Birth: Manhattan Beach, California, USA

Filmography

2022
Beyond the Resonator

as Professor McMichaels

2021
The Resonator: Miskatonic U

as Professor McMichaels

2020
Hunter's Moon

as Bernice Delaney

2019
Badland

as Alice Hollenbeck

2019
Rest Stop

as Harmony

2019
All Rise

as Caroline Halliwell

2018
The Rookie

as Meredith Russell

2018
Big Legend

as Dr. Wheeler

2018
Station 19

as Laura

2017
The Watcher of Park Ave

as Lt. Samantha Warren

2017
The Hatred

as Beth Crossan

2017
The Capture

as Terry

2017
The Sandman

as Dr. Amanda Elliott

2016
The Id

as Meredith Lane

2013
Fantasm

as Self

2010
Deadly Impact

as Julie Mulligan

2010
The Graves

as Darlene

2006
Dexter

as Social Worker

2005
Monster-in-Law

as Tina Gray (archive footage) (uncredited)

2003
Cold Case

as Sonya Witkowski (2004)

2001
The Division

as Sharon

1999
Judging Amy

as Denise Wharton

1997
Strategic Command

as Michelle Harding

1995
JAG

as Helene Dugan

1995
JAG

as Diane Akers

1994
New Nightmare

as Tina Grey (archive footage) (uncredited)

1994
ER

as Mrs. Adams

1994
Desert Steel

as Jerri

1993
1992
Highlander: The Series

as Randi McFarland

1992
Highlander: The Series

as Randi MacFarland

1992
Gunsmoke: To the Last Man

as Lizzie Tewksbury

1991
Black Magic Woman

as Diane Abbott

1990
Shakma

as Tracy

1990
Checkered Flag

as Chris Baird Trehearn

1989
The Final Days

as Tricia Nixon Cox

1989
Deadly Innocents

as Angela/Andy

1989
Quantum Leap

as Suzanne Elsinger

1989
Powwow Highway

as Rabbit Layton

1988
To Die For

as Celia Kett

1986
Something in Common

as Laura Grant

1986
Firefighter

as Marilyn

1985
Better Off Dead...

as Beth Truss

1985
Silverado

as Phoebe

1984
Murder, She Wrote

as Laura Maples

1984
1983
A Killer in the Family

as Dannelda Lyons

1982
Cheers

as Beth Curtis

1982
Cagney & Lacey

as Bridgit Cagney

1981
The Other Victim

as Kimi Langford

1981
She Drinks a Little

as Cindy Scott

1981
Force: Five

as Cindy Lester