Amanda Laura Bynes was born on 3 April 1986, in Thousand Oaks, California USA, of Irish and Lithuanian-Polish (father) and eastern European-Jewish (mother) descent. Amanda is an actress, voice actress, singer, and fashion designer, who has had a quite spectacular rise and then downfall, almost as infamous as her professional career had been famous.
So just how rich is Amanda Bynes? Sources estimates vary, the reason for which will become apparent, but her notional net worth is judged to be in the region of $4 million, accumulated mostly from her acting career, but much more has been largely squandered through her more recent erratic behaviour.
Amanda Bynes Net Worth $4 Million
Amanda Bynes started out her career as a child actress in the mid-90s, appearing in “The Sound of Music”, “The Music Man”, “The Secret Garden” and “Annie” and continued her way in show business by becoming a Nickelodeon actress and acting in the variety show “All That”, and even starring in her own comedy show “The Amanda Show” in 1999 at the age of 13. Later on, she was cast in several films, including “Hairspray”, “She’s the Man”, “What I Like About You”, “Easy A”, “Sydney White” and “What A Girl Wants”, building up her net worth between 2003-10. At the peak of her career, Amanda Bynes would earn more than $2 million dollars a year. However, in 2012 , the actress announced that she was retiring from acting, to concentrate on her clothing and perfume line called “Dear”.
So Amanda’s net worth used to be way bigger than it is now, and the reason why it has noticeably decreased is the highly publicized downfall of the actress. In April 2012, Amanda Bynes was arrested for DUI (driving under influence) and smashing into a police car. Later that month, the former actress hit a car and left the scene of crime, and the same happened in June, shortly after which the celebrity was arrested for DUI again, but pleaded not guilty, even taking her case to Twitter, where she tweeted to the President of United States Of America, Barack Obama asking for help. “Hey @BarackObama… I don’t drink. Please fire the cop who arrested me. I also don’t hit and run. The end.” In August, the troubled celebrity was arrested for hit and run once more, and in September Bynes was charged for these alleged crimes, and her BMW X5 was impounded. These events were followed by a few more colourful episodes, such as Bynes locking herself in a bakery toilet, posting bizare pictures of herself on social networks, getting kicked out of the gym for smoking marijuana, shaving her head bald, and being arrested for possession of marijuana, reckless endangerment and a felony after throwing a bong through her apartment window.
Bynes also is said to withdraw enormous amounts of up to $100,000 cash regularly, even hiring a taxi to drive her from New York City to Los Angeles as she couldn‘t board a ‘plane without her driver’s license or passport. In 2013, Amanda‘s parents sought permission to take control of their daughter‘s finances, as Bynes splashed over $1 million in just a year and was supposedly homeless with no income. Since the beginning of her downfall, it has been rumoured that Amanda Bynes has a mental disorder – she was put into involuntarily rehabilitation in July 2013, and released from the inpatient treatment facility in December.
The troubled star is apparently now doing well, studying at the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising, spending time with her family and hitting the gym to regain her good shape. Bynes obviously hasn‘t forgotten her old ambition – creating her own fashion line, which might follow graduation from her studies, and so is expected to re-establish herself financially too.