Amanda Bynes grew six inches while on Nickelodeon from 1996 to 2002. "We went through seven or eight stunt doubles," she told the New York Times in 2002. "They couldn't keep up."
Birthday: April 03, 1986
As the funny everygirl on Nickelodeon's sketch comedy series All That and her self-titled spin-off, Amanda Bynes was hailed as a young Lucille Ball, Gilda Radner and Carol Burnett mixed together. But as she blossomed into adolescence, it became apparent that Bynes not only had comedic chops but the leggy looks of a star. After leaving The Amanda Show in 2002, the California native moved to primetime with Jennie Garth in the WB sitcom What I Like About You. After four successful seasons, Bynes left with a film career on the up. She headlined teen hits What a Girl Wants and She's the Man before playing Penny Lou Pingleton in the blockbuster movie-musical Hairspray with Zac Efron and Queen Latifah....
