# Amanda Aday > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Amanda_Aday > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Amanda_Aday.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanda_Aday > Source revision: 1353974827 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{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](/source/New_York_City), U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = Actress | years_active = 1995–present | spouse = | parents = [Meat Loaf](/source/Meat_Loaf)
Leslie Aday | relatives = [Pearl Aday](/source/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](/source/HBO) series ''[Carnivàle](/source/Carniv%C3%A0le)'' (2003–05).{{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}} ==Early life and family== Born in [New York City](/source/New_York_City), Aday is the daughter of singer and actor [Meat Loaf](/source/Meat_Loaf) and Leslie Aday, and half-sister of singer [Pearl Aday](/source/Pearl_Aday). She attended [Stagedoor Manor](/source/Stagedoor_Manor), a summer theatre/dance camp in the [Catskill Mountains](/source/Catskill_Mountains) in [the Appalachians](/source/Appalachian_Mountains) ([New York](/source/New_York_(state))), from 1990 through 1996, and then graduated from [Idyllwild Arts Academy](/source/Idyllwild_Arts_Academy), a private school located in [Idyllwild](/source/Idyllwild-Pine_Cove%2C_California) ([Riverside County, California](/source/Riverside_County%2C_California)). She then majored in [theatre](/source/theatre) at the [California Institute of the Arts](/source/California_Institute_of_the_Arts), a private university located in [Valencia](/source/Valencia%2C_Santa_Clarita%2C_California) ([Santa Clarita, California](/source/Santa_Clarita%2C_California)). In 2020 Aday started a cooking channel on YouTube called All Access Eats.{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWaRM_rO8vZRLXEvFpc7O0Q |title=All Access Eats |website=[YouTube](/source/YouTube) |access-date=August 27, 2022}} ==Acting career== Aday's film roles include ''[Crazy in Alabama](/source/Crazy_in_Alabama)'', ''[Mummy an' the Armadillo](/source/Mummy_an'_the_Armadillo)'', ''South Dakota: A Woman's Right To Choose'' and ''[The Trials of Cate McCall](/source/The_Trials_of_Cate_McCall)''. In addition to her work on ''[Carnivàle](/source/Carniv%C3%A0le)'', she has guest starred on the hit TV shows ''[Boston Public](/source/Boston_Public)'', ''[ER](/source/ER_(TV_series))'', ''[Private Practice](/source/Private_Practice_(TV_series))'', and ''[My Name Is Earl](/source/My_Name_Is_Earl)''. ==Filmography== {| class="wikitable" ! Year !! Title !! Role !! Notes |- | 1995 || ''To Catch A Yeti'' || || |- | 1999 || ''[Crazy in Alabama](/source/Crazy_in_Alabama)'' ||Assistant at Bewitched || |- | 2000 || ''Meat Loaf: To Hell and Back'' || Clerk || |- | 2002 || ''[Boston Public](/source/Boston_Public)'' || Carrie Jenkins || Guest star, episode: "Chapter 43" | |- | 2003 || ''[Carnivàle](/source/Carniv%C3%A0le)'' || Dora Mae Dreifuss || Guest star, episodes:
"[Milfay](/source/Milfay_(Carniv%C3%A0le))"
"After The Ball Is Over"
"Tipton"
"Black Blizzard"
"Babylon"
"Pick A Number" |- | 2004 || ''[Mummy an' the Armadillo](/source/Mummy_an'_the_Armadillo)'' || Bevers || |- | 2006 || ''[National Lampoon's Pledge This!](/source/National_Lampoon's_Pledge_This!)'' || Maxine Picker || |- |rowspan="3" | 2008 || ''South Dakota: A Woman's Right To Choose'' || Jane || |- |''[ER](/source/ER_(TV_series))'' || Pregnant Waitress || Guest star, episode: "Let It Snow" |- | ''[My Name Is Earl](/source/My_Name_Is_Earl)'' || Tammy || Guest star, episode: "Orphan Earl" |- |2009 || ''Restoration Dogs'' || Lady Long Tongue || |- |rowspan="2" | 2011 || ''[Private Practice](/source/Private_Practice_(TV_series))'' || Patty || Guest star, episode: "God Bless The Child" |- | ''[Rizzoli & Isles](/source/Rizzoli_%26_Isles)'' || Female Dockworker || Guest star, episode: "Gone Daddy Gone" |- |2013 || ''[The Trials of Cate McCall](/source/The_Trials_of_Cate_McCall)'' || Dorrie Booth || |- |rowspan="2"|2014 || ''[Shangri-La Suite](/source/Shangri-La_Suite)'' || Gladys Presley (Elvis' Mother) || |- | ''[Madtown](/source/Madtown_(film))'' || Madison || |- |2017 || ''South Dakota'' || Jane || |- |2022 || ''Window with a View'' || Sister Bernadette || |} ==References== ==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 {{authority control}} {{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 {{US-tv-actor-1980s-stub}} --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Amanda Aday](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanda_Aday) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanda_Aday?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.