Amanda Aday
Born
Amanda Lee Aday

(1981-01-21) January 21, 1981
New York City, U.S.
OccupationActress
Years active1995–present
Parent(s)Meat Loaf
Leslie Aday
RelativesPearl Aday (half-sister)

Amanda Lee Aday (born January 21, 1981) is an American actress, best known for her recurring role as Dora Mae Dreifuss on the first season of the HBO series Carnivàle (2003–05).[1]

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.[2]

Acting career

Aday's film roles include Crazy in Alabama, The 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.[3]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1995To Catch A Yeti
1999Crazy in AlabamaAssistant at Bewitched
2000Meat Loaf: To Hell and BackClerk
2002Boston PublicCarrie Jenkins
2003CarnivàleDora Mae DreifussGuest star, episodes:
"Milfay"
"After The Ball Is Over"
"Tipton"
"Black Blizzard"
"Babylon"
"Pick A Number"
2004The Mummy An' The ArmadilloBevers
2006National Lampoon's Pledge This!Maxine Picker
2008South Dakota: A Woman's Right To ChooseJane
ERGuest star, episode: "Let It Snow"
My Name Is EarlTammyGuest star, episode: "Orphan Earl"
2009Restoration DogsLady Long Tongue
2011Private PracticePattyGuest star, episode: "God Bless The Child"
Rizzoli & IslesFemale DockworkerGuest star, episode: "Gone Daddy Gone"
2013The Trials of Cate McCallDorrie Booth
2014Shangri-La SuiteGladys Presley (Elvis' Mother)
MadtownMadison
2017South DakotaJane
2022Window with a ViewSister Bernadette

[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Amanda Aday: HBO: Carnivàle". Archived from the original on February 28, 2009.
  2. ↑ "All Access Eats". YouTube. Retrieved August 27, 2022.
  3. 1 2 Amanda Aday at IMDb
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