Amanda Jeannette Detmer (born September 27, 1971 in Chico, California) is an American actress who appearing in several films and television shows. She attended California State University, Chico for her undergraduate education; she decided to complete her Master of Fine Arts from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts before seriously embarking on a career in show business. She made her onscreen debut in 1995 with the television movie Stolen Innocence, and her big screen debut playing Miss Minneapolis in the beauty pageant-set comedy Drop Dead Gorgeous.

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