It’s been nearly a decade since Amanda Bynes was last seen on screen. In the applauded appeared what was one of the reference actresses for the young audience and protagonist of the Nickelodeon channel Rumors and lies (2010) in what would be his last film role.
With her blonde hair, green eyes, eternal smile, a great sense of humor and a charisma that few could match, the actress has become the idol of an entire generation. However, her problems in her personal life and drug addictions ended one of Hollywood’s most promising careers. A decade in which the actress faced all kinds of challenges, and which today has led her to have an anonymous life.
Her sense of humor and charisma have made Amanda Bynes an idol among young people her age.
Amanda Bynes began her career as an advertising model as a young man, but that was with her role in Everything (1996), a sketch comedy where he made his debut when he was only ten and in which he shared the lead role with actors such as Kenan Thompson or Nick Cannon. A triumph that earned him shortly after his program, Amanda’s show (1999), which led her to become the reference actress for the entire young generation of the late 90s.
A lightning-fast career that was just starting, namely that the young Amanda had acting talent, as a comedian, singing and dancing. In 2002 she joined Warner Bros., where she starred for four seasons. What I like about youalong with Jennie Garth (90210) and some of the great teen titles of the time: a dream for her (2003), she is the boy (2006), Hair spray (2007) or Rumors and lies (2010), for which it won rave reviews. However, this would be the beginning of the end of her career in Hollywood. The actress herself acknowledged that making the film was a “test” for her “fragile” mental health.
Amanda Bynes was the great young Nickelodeon star.
“I couldn’t stand my appearance in the film and didn’t like my performance. I was totally convinced I had to finish my career after seeing it,” she told the magazine. Paper in 2018, “I was high on marijuana when I saw it, but for some reason it started hitting me. I don’t know if it was drug-induced psychosis or what, but it affected my brain in a completely different way than other people. It completely changed my way of seeing things. “
A hell that lasted a decade
An identity crisis that marked the beginning of one of the darkest and most mediatic chapters in the life of Amanda Bynes. It was the year 2012 when the actress had her first confrontation with the law, being arrested up to three times for drunk driving in just five months; In addition, a quarter were arrested for driving with an expired license. Her agent, publicist, and her lawyer abandoned the actress to her fate, so she decided to go to New York and start a new life away from Hollywood.
Amanda Bynes intended to start a new life away from Hollywood.
However, it didn’t help much, as the actress continued her descent down the spiral of destruction in the city of skyscrapers, having clashes with the police mainly due to her drug abuse. After the police intervention in 2013, the actress entered a rehabilitation center, where she spent six months. It didn’t help much, but it got worse, as a year later he accused his parents of abuse: “My dad abused me physically and verbally. He called me ‘ugly’ and asked me if I wanted to have sex with him. If I have said no, they forced me to live with him “, he accused, to retract hours later, assuring that a” microchip in his brain “had made him say all this.
The damage was already done. His brothers and mother positioned themselves alongside his father, denying his claims. Later, the actress attributed her problems to the pressure she endured during her childhood in Hollywood.
Amanda Bynes, during her 2013 arrest in New York.
Shortly after, Bynes tried to compose himself by starting a new project: studying Fashion. To do this, he returned to Los Angeles, where he enrolled in the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising. However, he continued with his addiction, which led to her being admitted to a rehabilitation center in 2014 and, subsequently, in 2019.
A different legal protection case than Britney Spears
Since 2013, Amanda Bynes has been subject to a legal guardianship that many have wanted to compare with the one that Britney Spears had to endure. Her mother, Lynn Bynes, is the one who has since been tasked with carrying all aspects of her life and her fortune, valued at more than three million euros. Now, with a difference from Britney’s: in this case it was Amanda Bynes who wanted someone to control her assets.
The actress has decided to turn her life around and worry about her health.
In February of this year, the actress made it clear that she no longer wanted to be under guardianship, so she submitted the relevant documents to be able to regain control of her life, which went into effect last March thanks to health reports and positive evaluations by specialists.
Beginning of a new life
Currently, Nickelodeon’s biggest child star leads a life completely out of the spotlight. She met her boyfriend, Paul Michael, in 2019; and got engaged to get married. A relationship that she was overjoyed about, but not her followers or the couple’s lawyer, who believed she could harm her, especially after rumors of drug relapse. The couple ended their relationship, only to get back together shortly thereafter.
Amanda Bynes confirmed that she was back with her boyfriend the day after the breakup
During this year, Bynes started a new project: she enrolled in a cosmetology school to become a nail technician. The actress, now 36, lives her life away from the spotlight, although she has stated that she wouldn’t mind returning to the small screen. For now she has taken her first steps in music with Diamondswhich he recorded last May with Californian rapper Precise.
