Amanda Greer
Biography
Mini Bio
Amanda graduated from the American Musical and Dramatic Academy of both Los Angeles and New York City in the Fall 2010. She swiftly obtained the lead role in “Scorned: Love Kills,” a television series aired on Discovery. Her achievement affirmed a purpose rooted in her since childhood. Throughout Amanda’s youth, in sunny Corpus Christi, Texas, she inspired her peers through positive energy and ballet performances. She quickly realized a passion for holding people’s interest and bringing joy to their lives by entertaining. This heartening quality followed her into adulthood, particularly regarding her career path. In fact, her success in helping others discover happiness goes hand-in-hand with her professional accomplishments.
Amanda portrayed a controversial role in the independently produced stage-to-screen “Walt Whitman Never Paid for It” (2012), a project that received an outpour of support from prestigious film festivals in New York City and in Los Angeles, and ultimately, premiered at Tribeca Cinema. It has now earned the Official Selection for the Richmond International Film Festival in 2014, winning the Audience Choice Award. Through her collaboration on the original motion picture “Eventually Yours,” Amanda developed a lifelong professional kinship that continues with “Simple Things,” a pulp/noir/thriller forthcoming web series starring Amanda Greer as Aerial. “I become a character and actively bring in the viewers,” Amanda articulated. Additional screen credits include Paramount Pictures comedy “Staten Island Summer” with SNL cast, she portrays the Hot German Woman and “Making The Cut,” where she has been nominated for Best Supporting Actress in My Final Shot Film Festival in NYC. Amanda’s latest film, “Long Shot Louie,” earned the 2013 Official Film Selection of the SoHo Film Festival. As a member of the Creative Coalition, Amanda graced the red carpet for the 57th Presidential Inauguration Ball in 2013.
Amanda Greer (Breasts) in WALT WHITMAN NEVER PAID FOR IT (2012)
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A force of nature. Powerful, mysterious and seductive, yet with great humanity. While Amanda Greer possesses a great ferocity, her greatest power lies in her love of life, her sense of joy, empathy, and humor. With a profound attention to detail and inventive mind, she’s talented and darker than anyone realizes, her superior describes her as his “secret weapon” in the professional world. Personally, her long-standing habit of cycling through boyfriends continues, you might say she has some commitment issues. Strong language and physical skills are essential. She is someone who is very at ease and activated in her body.
In the brief time she has lived in NYC, Amanda has had an irresistible hold on people’s imagination and affection. Blessed with both striking physical beauty and natural dramatic ability not to mention her intensity, strong character and desire to succeed she has raised the bar to heights of excellence, be it on stage or on set, that will surely allow Miss Greer to attain star quality status.
She was raised in that Sparkling City by the Sea, Corpus Christi, Texas. Born to accomplished dancer, Richard Greer of The Corpus Christi Concert Ballet; early recognition of her talents can be traced to the tender age of 5 being entered into an art contest, she was granted automatic admission to the highly respected Chula Vista Academy of Fine Arts.
With a background in dance, Amanda performed in productions such as The Nutcracker and Swan Lake. She competed in various beauty pageants and winning the title of Miss Padre Island. This accolade led her to a modeling contract with Infinity Modeling. She appeared in commercials for local department stores and representing Wal-Mart.
Thanks to her mother (Patricia Thomas) who forcefully convinced her by dragging her to the open call, where she was immediately cast and discovered by director Bill Tinney of Sendera Productions for the principal role in the short ‘The Gift’ entered for the 1st Annual Corpus Christi Film Festival. This prompted her audition and acceptance to the prestigious American Musical and Dramatic Academy of both Los Angeles and New York, graduating Fall of 2010.
She swiftly obtained the lead role in “Scorned: Love Kills,” a television series aired on Discovery. Her achievement affirmed a purpose rooted in her since childhood.
Throughout Amanda‘s youth, in sunny Corpus Christi, Texas, she inspired her peers through positive energy and ballet performances. She quickly realized a passion for holding people’s interest and bringing joy to their lives by entertaining. This heartening quality followed her into adulthood, particularly regarding her career path. In fact, her success in helping others discover happiness goes hand-in-hand with her professional accomplishments.
Amanda portrayed a controversial role in the independently produced stage-to-screen “Walt Whitman Never Paid for It” (2012), a project that received an outpour of support from prestigious film festivals in New York City and in Los Angeles, and ultimately, premiered at Tribeca Cinema. It has now earned the Official Selection for the Richmond International Film Festival in 2014, winning the Audience Choice Award. Through her collaboration on the original motion picture “Eventually Yours,” Amanda developed a lifelong professional kinship that continues with “Simple Things,” a pulp/noir/thriller forthcoming web series starring Amanda Greer as Aerial. “I become a character and actively bring in the viewers,” Amanda articulated.
Additional screen credits include Paramount Pictures comedy “Staten Island Summer” with SNL cast, she portrays the Hot German Woman and “Making The Cut,” where she has been nominated for Best Supporting Actress in My Final Shot Film Festival in NYC.
Amanda‘s latest film, “Long Shot Louie,” earned the 2013 Official Film Selection of the SoHo Film Festival. As a member of the Creative Coalition, Amanda graced the red carpet for the 57th Presidential Inauguration Ball in 2013.
Amanda Greer recently starred in the new original play ‘Another Famous Dead Artist’ by award winning playwright/director Anthony Marinelli. She portrayed a controversial role in the independently produced stage-to-screen Walt Whitman Never Paid for It, honored with the Audience Choice Award at the Richmond International Film Festival 2014. After graduating from the American Musical and Dramatic Academy, Amanda swiftly obtained the lead role in Scorned: Love Kills, a television series that aired on Discovery. Additional screen credits include Paramount Pictures comedy, Staten Island Summer, with an all-star cast featuring comedians from SNL. Other films include Making the Cut, where she was nominated for Best Supporting Actress (2014 Final Shot Film Festival, NYC). Amanda’s latest film, Desire in New York is nominated for three awards in the upcoming Int’l Filmmaker Festival of World Cinema 2016.
Co-starring in new original series Exiled Out East premiering Friday June 10 @ 2:00, at TCL Chinese Theatres + IMAX
Trivia
Her Father is Irish and Mother is Mescalero Apache, Cherokee Indian and German.
Amanda Greer was featured in Millennium Magazine’s July ’11 issue, after receiving great reviews was asked to become their official spokesmodel. Now representing the Magazine as Miss Millennium, she is attending events, interviewing celebrities, fashion designers and promoting animal charities.