While most teens spent their time with friends, Amanda spent her formative years dominating Hollywood. But her successful career in television and film came with a price, one she is still paying to this day. Amanda was the third and final addition to the happy Bynes family. Her mom, Lynn Organ, was a dental assistant, and her father, Rick Bynes, was a dentist. Amanda had the early childhood of the average American kid, but when she started reading her older sister's lines for the school play at the age of 3, her parents knew that Amanda was a talented girl. But where would this spark take her?

Bynes was a child star

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Amanda Bynes was one of Hollywood's most beloved child stars , but it's been a long time since we've seen her on our screens. The actress was placed under a temporary conservatorship in after a string of mental health and substance abuse issues. Now, it has been revealed a judge decided her conservatorship should be extended until at least According to court documents obtained by multiple outlets , a judge decided Bynes should remain under the protection of the court for another two years. Organ submitted a status report in July, Though she hasn't had a film or TV credit in the last 11 years, the actress rose to fame in the late '90s as a child star on Nickelodeon's sitcom All That before jumping on her own series, The Amanda Show — hosting and starring in a series of sketches alongside other stars like Drake Bell and Josh Peck. She announced an indefinite hiatus from acting that same year due to several personal issues.
She faced legal troubles and mental health issues
Child star Amanda Bynes — who was recently spotted out and about for the first time in six months — has had a rocky road to recovery over the past few years. The insider told E! Back on track and doing well!
Now, however? Well, things have definitely gotten a bit terrifying for the star. Much like Britney Spears, Bynes was under a conservatorship with her mother. Unlike Britney, however, Amanda Bynes was supposed to be released from the conservatorship in August Bynes, apparently, tweeted her whole ordeal from a mystery Twitter.