How Did Amanda Bynes Become Famous?

Amanda Bynes became interested in acting at the very young age of three. Just a toddler, Amanda would say her older sister Jillian's lines with her as she practiced for school plays. She had such skill in memorizing and delivering lines that her family and friends knew she would one day become very famous.

Amanda's debut as a television actress was in 1996 when she got the role as a newcomer on "All That". She immediately became very popular on the show and people really raved about her skits, especially one called "Ask Ashley" where she played this little girl that ran an advice column and got very angry every time she read a letter.

Most people do not know this, but Amanda Bynes was initially trained to be in commercials by Arsenio Hall and Richard Pryor at a comedy camp. That training actually launched her career when she got her first television commercial at the age of 7. The commercial was for Buncha Crunch candies.

After taking an assortment of acting classes, she joined the cast of "All That" in 1996 and later became the star of her own show - "The Amanda Show: on the Nickelodeon channel.

I think the amazing thing about Amanda is her everygirl appeal. The Boston Globe says Amanda embodies "both everything her teen fans dream of being and everything they know they really are, and they love her for it."

I think she is so down to earth and very pretty!