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Amanda Detmer: Biography

Amanda Detmer

Birth Name: Amanda Jeannette Detmer
Birth Place: Contra Costa County, CA
Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 09/27/1971, Libra
Profession: Actor

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Amanda Detmer Fast Facts:

Father was a singing cowboy and rice farmer; older brother, Matthew, is also an actor.
Wrote an essay about acting titled "The Reality of Make Believe" that was published by Newsweek in 1995, when she was a senior at Cal State, Chico.
Made her TV debut in Stolen Innocence, a 1995 Tracey Gold TV-movie filmed in Chico.
Performed with Grey's Anatomy alum T.R. Knight in a 2001 production of Amadeus at the Tyrone Guthrie Theatre in Minneapolis. (He played Mozart, she his wife, Costanze).
Made theatrical-film debut (as Miss Minneapolis) in the 2002 beauty-pageant mockumentary Drop Dead Gorgeous.
Was a regular on the short-lived NBC sitcoms M.Y.O.B. (2000) and A.U.S.A. ('03) and the '06-07 ABC relationship-drama series What About Brian?
Has had recurring roles in Private Practice and Necessary Roughness.

Amanda Detmer Relationships:
Melvin Lester Detmer - Father
Susan Thurman Detmer - Mother
Matthew Detmer - Brother
Bernardo Targett - Ex-husband
College:
Attended University of California, Santa Cruz, CA; California State University, Chico, CA (BA in Theatre, 1995); New York University, Tisch School of the Arts, New York, NY (MFA in Acting, 1998)

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Man Up!, Dan Fogler, Amanda Detmer, Jake Johnson Danny Feld/ABC

Man Up!, Amanda Detmer Craig Sjodin/ABC

Man Up, Amanda Detmer, Jake Johnson, Teri Polo, Charlotte Labadie Karen Neal/ABC

Man Up, Henry Simmons, Dan Fogler, Mather Zickel, Christopher Moynihan, Amanda Detmer, Jake Johnson, Teri Polo Edward Herrera/ABC

Law Order Criminal Intent, Chris Noth, Amanda Detmer, Alicia Witt David Giesbrecht/USA Network Photo

What About Brian, Lee Garlington, Rick Gomez, Payton Spencer, Amanda Detmer, Mikaila Baumel, Stacy Keibler, Barry Watson Karen Neal/ABC

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