Amanda Pays

Biography for Amanda Pays

Born in London, England, Amanda Pays is the daughter of show business agent and actor Howard Pays and former actress Jan Miller. An aunt, Mandy Miller, won fame as a child star of the '50s film Mandy (1952) . When she was eight, Pays started school at a nearby convent and it was there that she demonstrated her early skills as an actress. Possessing a distinctively throaty voice, she was invariably cast in the male roles in the all-girls school productions. At her mother's suggestion, Amanda sent a Polaroid picture to a modeling agent and almost instantly found herself enjoying a successful career which, for the next four years, took her around the world. Then, at twenty-two, she suddenly tired of what she called "clotheshorsing" and decided to jump into the acting field. Intensive study at London's Academy of Live and Recorded Arts led to her professional debut opposite George Segal in The Cold Room (1984) (TV), an HBO production written and directed by James Dearden, who later wrote Fatal Attraction (1987). Since then, Pays had appeared on stage, screen and television in her native England and in America. Her credits include the London fringe production of "Fire Eaters," Thames Television's Minder on the Orient Express (1985) (TV), Lady Victoria in Oxford Blues (1984) opposite Rob Lowe, as the host of the ground-breaking television experiment "Max Headroom" (1987), Max Headroom (1985) (TV), as Sarah in the ABC miniseries "A.D." (1985) (mini), opposite Ava Gardner and James Mason and as Sister Nicole in Off Limits (1988), starring Willem Dafoe and Gregory Hines.

Englishman who became an actress in the USA, seen in the film "Leviathan" alongside Peter Weller (Robocop), and in the X-Files, trapters, final appeal, 7 at home, the Shanghai cop, Nip/Tuck, Etc...

Amanda Pays is an English actress known for her role as Thelma Bates in the American television series "The invaders" and for having played in films such as "Flash Gordon" and "Cruise for a corpse". She was born on June 6, 1959 in London, England. Country began its career in the 1980s by playing in productions for British television, before making itself known in the United States thanks to its role in "the invaders". Since then, she has continued to work regularly in productions for cinema and television, playing in films such as "The Kindred" and "Theoxenia". She also appeared in television series such as "Max Headroom" and "The Flash". Apart from her acting career, Pays is also a producer and has produced several films and television shows. She is married to the American actor and producer Corbin Bernsen, with whom she had two children.

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Filmography

Trivia

• Co-hosted the emergency action video, In a Split Second (1994) (TV) with husband Corbin Bernsen. The series originally aired on NBC television.
• Measurements: 35C-24-34 (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine)
• Began studying drama at age 14.

Quotes

n my own mind I always felt I wound wind up doing something in the entertainment business. I liked the attention I would get from people when I would be in a play or do a skit.

Modeling just kills the brain cells. It was good experience and it allowed me to meet many people but it was pretty awful.

Family

• Spouse : Corbin Bernsen (19 November 1988 - present) 4 children
• Sons: Oliver (b. 14 March 1989), twins Henry and Angus Moore (b. 19 March 1992), and Finley (b. 9 June 1998) Bernsen
• Sister-in-law of actor Collin Bernsen.
• Daughter-in-law of actress Jeanne Cooper.
• Daughter of Howard Pays and Jan Miller.
• Niece of Mandy Miller.

Author of the card

• Creation date: 08/01/2008 by franckenstein