Born in Chico, California, Amanda Detmer received her Master of Fine Arts degree from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts. In 1995 she made her first screen appearance, playing Dannie Baldwin in the television movie Stolen Innocence. Four years later, in 1999, she picked up recurring roles in episodes of Ryan Caulfied: Year One, To Serve and Protect, and also in the feature films Drop Dead Gorgeous as Miss Minneapolis and A Little Inside as Sarah Parker.
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Second Chance (2016)
Guest starring as Helen Pritchard
(8 episodes)
- Episode 1x10: Geworfenheit (Mar 18, 2016)
- Episode 1x08: May Old Acquaintance Be Forgot (Mar 4, 2016)
- Episode 1x07: That Time in the Car (Feb 26, 2016)
- Episode 1x06: Palimpsest (Feb 19, 2016)
- Episode 1x04: Admissions (Feb 5, 2016)
- Episode 1x03: From Darkness, the Sun (Jan 29, 2016)
- Episode 1x02: One More Notch (Jan 20, 2016)
- Episode 1x01: Suitable Donor (Jan 13, 2016)
Battle Creek (2015)
Guest starring as Principle Lydia Conrad
- Episode 1x12: Homecoming (May 17, 2015)
Empire (2015)
Guest starring as Tracy Kingsley
(14 episodes)
- Episode 6x11: Can't Truss 'em (Mar 3, 2020)
- Episode 6x10: Cold Cold Man (Dec 17, 2019)
- Episode 6x09: Remember the Music (Dec 3, 2019)
- Episode 6x08: Do You Remember Me (Nov 26, 2019)
- Episode 6x07: Good Enough (Nov 19, 2019)
- Episode 6x05: Stronger Than My Rival (Nov 5, 2019)
- Episode 6x04: Tell the Truth (Oct 15, 2019)
- Episode 6x01: What is Love (Sep 24, 2019)
- Episode 5x18: The Roughest Day (May 8, 2019)
- Episode 5x15: A Wise Father That Knows His Own Child (Apr 17, 2019)
- Episode 5x10: My Fault is Past (Mar 13, 2019)
- Episode 5x09: Had It from My Father (Dec 5, 2018)
- Episode 5x08: Master of What is Mine Own (Nov 28, 2018)
- Episode 5x07: Treasons, Stratagems, and Spoils (Nov 14, 2018)
Baby Daddy (2012)
Guest starring as Aunt Margot
(2 episodes)
- Episode 3x13: Play It Again, Bonnie (Apr 16, 2014)
- Episode 3x12: Send in the Clowns (Apr 9, 2014)
Man Up! (2011)
Starring as Brenda Hayden
(2 episodes)
- Episode 1x02: Finessing the Bromance (Oct 25, 2011)
- Episode 1x01: Pilot (Oct 18, 2011)
Necessary Roughness (2011)
Guest starring as Jeanette Fiero
(4 episodes)
- Episode 2x10: Double Fault (Aug 22, 2012)
- Episode 2x09: Might as Well Face It (Aug 15, 2012)
- Episode 2x08: A Load of Bull (Aug 1, 2012)
- Episode 2x07: Spell It Out (Jul 25, 2012)
The Vampire Diaries (2009)
Guest starring as Trudie Peterson
- Episode 1x15: A Few Good Men (Mar 25, 2010)
The Mentalist (2008)
Guest starring as Nicola Karlsen
- Episode 5x01: The Crimson Ticket (Sep 30, 2012)
Private Practice (2007)
Guest starring as Morgan Gellman
(5 episodes)
- Episode 3x03: Right Here, Right Now (Oct 15, 2009)
- Episode 2x22: Yours, Mine and Ours (Apr 30, 2009)
- Episode 2x20: Do the Right Thing (Mar 26, 2009)
- Episode 2x19: What Women Want (Mar 19, 2009)
- Episode 2x18: Finishing (Mar 12, 2009)
Psych (2006)
Guest starring as Ciaobella
- Episode 2x15: Black and Tan: A Crime of Fashion (Feb 8, 2008)
Two and a Half Men (2003)
Guest starring as Meghan
- Episode 10x22: My Bodacious Vidalia (May 2, 2013)
A.U.S.A. (2003)
Starring as Susan Rakoff
(8 episodes)
- Episode 1x08: The Kiss (Apr 1, 2003)
- Episode 1x07: Sullivan, Rakoff & Associates (Mar 18, 2003)
- Episode 1x06: Waiter's First Lawsuit (Mar 11, 2003)
- Episode 1x05: The Joint Report... A Love Story (Mar 4, 2003)
- Episode 1x04: Till Death Do Us Part (Feb 25, 2003)
- Episode 1x03: 12 Happy Grandmothers (Feb 18, 2003)
- Episode 1x02: Rich Man, Poor Man (Feb 11, 2003)
- Episode 1x01: Pilot (Feb 4, 2003)
M.Y.O.B. (2000)
Starring as Lisa Overbeck
(8 episodes)
- Episode 1x08: Coming to America ()
- Episode 1x07: The Paper Chase ()
- Episode 1x06: Arms Akimbo ()
- Episode 1x05: Out of Africa ()
- Episode 1x04: Basic Instinct (Jun 27, 2000)
- Episode 1x03: French Connection (Jun 20, 2000)
- Episode 1x02: Boys in the Band (Jun 13, 2000)
- Episode 1x01: The Bad Seed (Jun 6, 2000)