Amanda Pays

Amanda Pays

Pays and husband Corbin Bernsen at 1990 Emmy Awards Governor's Ball
Born Amanda J. Pays
(1959-06-06) 6 June 1959
London, England
Occupation Actress
Years active 1984–present
Spouse(s)

Peter Kohn (m. 1984)

Corbin Bernsen (m. 1988)
Children 4[1]

Amanda Pays (born 6 June 1959) is an English actress.

Personal life

Pays was born in London, England, the daughter of Jan (née Miller), an actress, and Howard Pays, a talent agent and former actor.[2] She is the niece of former child actress Mandy Miller, after whom she is named. Her first marriage, from 1984 to 1987, was to Peter Kohn, who later went on to be the production manager for Pirates of the Caribbean.[3] Following her divorce, Pays married American actor Corbin Bernsen on 19 November 1988, with whom she has four sons. Her mother-in-law was long-time The Young and the Restless actress Jeanne Cooper.[4]

Career

Pays made her film debut in Oxford Blues (1984) and she played a French nun, Sister Nicole, in Off Limits (1988 film) with Willem Dafoe and Gregory Hines. She is known for her roles as Theora Jones in the film and television series Max Headroom and as Christina "Tina" McGee in The Flash. Pays also had a guest role as Phoebe Green in episode "Fire" (1993) of The X-Files, in the episode "Cindy Plumb" (2006) of Nip/Tuck and in the episode "Black and Tan: A Crime of Fashion" (2008) of Psych, opposite husband Corbin Bernsen.

She also appeared in some early 1980s music videos, including the video for "Love Shadow" by Fashion.

Pays is an interior designer and hosts Fine Living's Breathing Room.

She made her debut in the dual role of Carla Martin and Christa Bruckner in the 1984 cable film The Cold Room, played Sarah in the 1985 miniseries A.D. (known as Anno Domini in some releases) and narrated the 1988 documentary Computer Dreams. She also appeared in the low-budget 1980s horror film The Kindred and 1989s Leviathan.

In 1985 she played the part of Nikki South in the television film Minder on the Orient Express, alongside Dennis Waterman and George Cole.

In 2014, Pays was cast in the 2014 version of The Flash to play a reimagined version of the same character that she played in the original 1990 Flash series.[5]

TV and filmography

References

  1. ↑ "Fine Living TV". Retrieved 2008-11-01.
  2. ↑ "Amanda Pays Biography (1959–)". Film Reference.
  3. ↑ "Amanda Pays". SuperiorPics.com. Retrieved February 15, 2013.
  4. ↑ "Corbin Bernsen's Biography"
  5. ↑ http://comicbook.com/2014/09/15/original-flash-actress-amanda-pays-to-play-dr-tina-mcgee-again-i/

External links

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