She's also been wearing a lot of wigs—and now she's explained why. In a tweet directed at the folks at E!, Bynes wrote: “I had to shave my head because of hair damage from someone @John Barrett so I'm not loving my paparazzi pics for a few years! I have extensions but you can see them!
But in 2010, she took a hiatus from the industry. "I don't love acting anymore so I've stopped doing it," she tweeted at the time. In 2013, Bynes had a public breakdown and was placed on a psychiatric hold. Her mother was then granted a conservatorship over the actress, which remained in place until 2022.
Bynes eventually quit "Hall Pass" and then made an impromptu announcement on Twitter that she was retiring from acting. She said her sudden desire to leave acting was due to her being high all the time and criticizing the way she looked on film during a screening of her 2010 movie "Easy A."
She became famous in 1999 for “The Amanda Show,” where she played Judge Trudy, Penelope Taynt, and many other popular characters. This program garnered her three Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards for Favorite T.V. Actress. In 2002 she featured in the film “Big Fat Liar” with Paul Giamatti and Sandra Oh.
Bynes's drug use started with marijuana at the age of 16, but it was when she started taking Adderall, a medicine used to treat people with ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder), that her problems began.
Bynes later revealed she had been diagnosed with bipolar and manic depressive disorder. She was placed under a conservatorship in August 2013 following a breakdown.
Nick Zano. After acting together in the show What I Like About You, Amanda and Nick started dating in 2003. Amanda was 17 years old and Nick was 24. They broke up sometime in 2004, but Amanda spoke highly of the relationship even after they had parted ways.
As of the time of filing this reports, Bynes is not a mother yet.
"Family Guy" Long John Peter (TV Episode 2008) - Amanda Bynes as Anna - IMDb.
Amanda Bynes added a trio of tattoos to her collection shortly after removing the heart-shaped one from her face.
Amanda Bynes went on a Twitter rant Friday, accusing her father of sexually, physically and verbally abusing her. But her parents' lawyer says the accusations are false.
Bynes played Penny Pingleton, a role that could have easily been the most forgettable among an insane A-list cast. I mean, how did this 21-year-old stand out among John Travolta, Michelle Pfeiffer, Christopher Walken, James Marsden, Queen Latifah, Zac Efron, AND Allison Janney?? Amanda was good.
It's just “The Amanda Show” again. Amanda Bynes and Paul Michael, who remained in a romantic relationship after calling off their engagement “sometime in 2021,” have broken up for good, E! News reported Tuesday.
In 2010, at age 24, the star announced her retirement from acting in a tweet, writing: "Being an actress isn't as fun as it may seem." "If I don't love something anymore, I stop doing it. I don't love acting anymore, so I've stopped doing it.
Amanda does not have schizophrenia, nor has she ever been diagnosed with it,” said her attorney Tamar Arminak (“Amanda Bynes doesn't have schizophrenia, lawyer reveals,” April 9). “Amanda has no mental illness whatsoever.
"She has remained silent because she believed it was best to keep her mental health diagnosis private." "However, she asked me to dispel certain rumors," Arminak says in People magazine's Apr. 21 issue. "For the record, Amanda does not have schizophrenia, nor has she ever been diagnosed with it."
The actress reflected on her journey during a 2018 interview with Paper Magazine. Amanda Bynes has been sober for 14 months. The 33-year-old actress announced the major milestone via Instagram on Sunday. "Celebrating being sober a year and two months!" the She's the Man star wrote on the social network.
Bynes was later placed in her high-profile conservatorship after it was alleged she set a small fire in a neighbor's driveway near her parents home in July 2013. She was then placed on an involuntary psychiatric hold, with her parents filing for conservatorship shortly after the hospitalization.
Bynes also recently admitted to having a nose job a few years back. According to her Twitter account, Bynes revealed she underwent Rhinoplasty and is upset that magazines and tabloids continue to print older photographs of her pre-nose surgery.
Amanda Bynes
After making her big break at age 10 on seasons 3 through 6 of All That, Bynes spun off and led her own sketch series, The Amanda Show. After the show wrapped in 2002, Bynes went on to star in comedy films like Big Fat Liar, What a Girl Wants and She's the Man.
Former child star Amanda Bynes, known for her roles in movies like “Fast Five,” was detained by the Los Angeles Police Department for a mental health checkup. The actress, who has previously faced public struggles with her mental health, was apprehended as a precautionary measure to ensure her well-being.