Amanda Wyss

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.

Known For

The Rookie

Meredith Russell

Dexter

Social Worker

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

Donna Marks

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

Tina Vincent

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

Tina

JAG

Helene Dugan

JAG

Diane Akers

Murder, She Wrote

Laura Maples

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2022	Beyond the Resonator	Professor McMichaels
2022	Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story	Self
2021	The Resonator: Miskatonic U	Professor McMichaels
2020	Hunter's Moon	Bernice Delaney
2019	Triggered
2019	Rest Stop	Harmony
2019	Badland	Alice Hollenbeck
2018	Big Legend	Dr. Wheeler
2017	It Happened Again Last Night	Eileen
2017	The Watcher of Park Ave	Lt. Samantha Warren
2017	The Hatred	Beth Crossan
2017	The Sandman	Dr. Amanda Elliott
2017	The Capture	Terry
2016	The Id	Meredith Lane
2016	Thing in the Dark	JC
2013	Fantasm	Self
2010	The Graves	Darlene
2010	Deadly Impact	Julie Mulligan
2010	Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy	Self
2006	Never Sleep Again: The Making of ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’	Self
2006	Night Terrors: The Origins of Wes Craven's Nightmares	Narrator
2005	Monster-in-Law	Tina Gray (archive footage) (uncredited)
2004	Fallacy
1998	Marry Me or Die	Nora Dawkins
1997	Strategic Command	Michelle Harding
1994	Desert Steel	Jerri
1992	Gunsmoke: To the Last Man	Lizzie Tewksbury
1992	Bloodfist IV: Die Trying	Shannon
1991	Black Magic Woman	Diane Abbott
1991	Son of Darkness: To Die For II	Celia
1990	Shakma	Tracy
1990	Checkered Flag	Chris Baird Trehearn
1989	Powwow Highway	Rabbit Layton
1989	Deadly Innocents	Angela/Andy
1989	The Final Days	Tricia Nixon Cox
1988	To Die For	Celia Kett
1987	Independence	Chastity
1986	Firefighter	Marilyn
1986	Something in Common	Laura Grant
1985	Silverado	Phoebe
1985	Better Off Dead...	Beth Truss
1984	A Nightmare on Elm Street	Tina Gray
1984	My Mother's Secret Life	Tobi Jensen
1984	No Earthly Reason
1983	A Killer in the Family	Dannelda Lyons
1982	Fast Times at Ridgemont High	Lisa
1981	She Drinks a Little	Cindy Scott
1981	The Other Victim	Kimi Langford
1981	This House Possessed	Holly
1981	Force: Five	Cindy Lester

Year	TV Show	Role
2019	The Movies That Made Us	Self
2019	All Rise	Caroline Halliwell
2018	The Rookie	Meredith Russell
2018	Station 19	Laura
2006	Dexter	Social Worker
2003	Cold Case	Sonya Witkowski (2004)
2001	The Agency	Jennifer Steward
2001	The Division	Sharon
2000	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Donna Marks
2000	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Tina Vincent
2000	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Tina
1999	Judging Amy	Denise Wharton
1996	Profiler	Lee Armstrong
1995	JAG	Helene Dugan
1995	University Hospital
1995	JAG	Diane Akers
1995	The Drew Carey Show	Tina
1994	ER	Mrs. Adams
1993	Walker, Texas Ranger	Alicia
1993	Diagnosis: Murder	Maureen
1992	Highlander: The Series	Randi McFarland
1992	Highlander: The Series	Randi MacFarland
1991	Silk Stalkings
1989	Quantum Leap	Suzanne Elsinger
1987	My Two Dads
1987	The New Adventures of Beans Baxter	Mary Ellen
1985	Otherworld
1984	Murder, She Wrote	Laura Maples
1982	St. Elsewhere	Pru Dowler
1982	Cheers	Beth Curtis
1982	The Powers of Matthew Star
1982	Cagney & Lacey	Bridgit Cagney
1982	Teachers Only
1981	Jessica Novak
1979	Buck Rogers in the 25th Century	Laura