Amanda Aday

{{short description|American actress (born 1981)}} {{BLP sources|date=March 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Use American English|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox person | name = Amanda Aday | image = Amanda Aday 1.JPG | image_size = | caption = | birth_name = Amanda Lee Aday | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1981|01|21}} | birth_place = New York City, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = Actress | years_active = 1995–present | spouse = | parents = Meat Loaf Leslie Aday | relatives = Pearl Aday (half-sister) | awards = }}

'''Amanda Lee Aday''' (born January 21, 1981) is an American actress. She is best known for her recurring role as Dora Mae Dreifuss on the first season of the HBO series ''Carnivàle'' (2003–05).<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.hbo.com/carnivale/cast/actor/amanda_aday.shtml |title=Amanda Aday: HBO: Carnivàle |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090228151640/http://www.hbo.com/carnivale/cast/actor/amanda_aday.shtml |archive-date=February 28, 2009}}</ref>

==Early life and family== Born in New York City, Aday is the daughter of singer and actor Meat Loaf and Leslie Aday, and half-sister of singer Pearl Aday. She attended Stagedoor Manor, a summer theatre/dance camp in the Catskill Mountains in the Appalachians (New York), from 1990 through 1996, and then graduated from Idyllwild Arts Academy, a private school located in Idyllwild (Riverside County, California). She then majored in theatre at the California Institute of the Arts, a private university located in Valencia (Santa Clarita, California). In 2020 Aday started a cooking channel on YouTube called All Access Eats.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWaRM_rO8vZRLXEvFpc7O0Q |title=All Access Eats |website=YouTube |access-date=August 27, 2022}}</ref>

==Acting career== Aday's film roles include ''Crazy in Alabama'', ''Mummy an' the Armadillo'', ''South Dakota: A Woman's Right To Choose'' and ''The Trials of Cate McCall''. In addition to her work on ''Carnivàle'', she has guest starred on the hit TV shows ''Boston Public'', ''ER'', ''Private Practice'', and ''My Name Is Earl''.

==Filmography== {| class="wikitable" ! Year !! Title !! Role !! Notes |- | 1995 || ''To Catch A Yeti'' || || |- | 1999 || ''Crazy in Alabama'' ||Assistant at Bewitched || |- | 2000 || ''Meat Loaf: To Hell and Back'' || Clerk || |- | 2002 || ''Boston Public'' || Carrie Jenkins || Guest star, episode: "Chapter 43" | |- | 2003 || ''Carnivàle'' || Dora Mae Dreifuss || Guest star, episodes: "Milfay" "After The Ball Is Over" "Tipton" "Black Blizzard" "Babylon" "Pick A Number" |- | 2004 || ''Mummy an' the Armadillo'' || Bevers || |- | 2006 || ''National Lampoon's Pledge This!'' || Maxine Picker || |- |rowspan="3" | 2008 || ''South Dakota: A Woman's Right To Choose'' || Jane || |- |''ER'' || Pregnant Waitress || Guest star, episode: "Let It Snow" |- | ''My Name Is Earl'' || Tammy || Guest star, episode: "Orphan Earl" |- |2009 || ''Restoration Dogs'' || Lady Long Tongue || |- |rowspan="2" | 2011 || ''Private Practice'' || Patty || Guest star, episode: "God Bless The Child" |- | ''Rizzoli & Isles'' || Female Dockworker || Guest star, episode: "Gone Daddy Gone" |- |2013 || ''The Trials of Cate McCall'' || Dorrie Booth || |- |rowspan="2"|2014 || ''Shangri-La Suite'' || Gladys Presley (Elvis' Mother) || |- | ''Madtown'' || Madison || |- |2017 || ''South Dakota'' || Jane || |- |2022 || ''Window with a View'' || Sister Bernadette || |}

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==External links== {{Commons category}} * {{IMDb name|0011589}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20090922194229/http://www.amandaadayfans.com/ Amanda Aday Fans] – Unofficial website dedicated to Amanda

{{DEFAULTSORT:Aday, Amanda}} Category:1981 births Category:Living people Category:American stage actresses Category:American television actresses Category:Actresses from New York City Category:California Institute of the Arts alumni Category:20th-century American actresses Category:21st-century American actresses