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{{Short description|British actress}}
{{Use British English|date=October 2017}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2017}}
{{Infobox person
| name               = Amanda Pays
| image              = Amanda Pays (44769366005) (cropped).jpg
| caption            = Pays in 2018
| birth_date         = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1959|6|6}}
| birth_place        = London, England
| occupation         = {{hlist|Actress|interior designer}}
| years_active       = 1984–present
| death_date         = 
| spouse             = {{plainlist|
* {{marriage|Peter Kohn|1984|1987|end=divorce}}
* {{marriage|[[Corbin Bernsen]]|1988}}
}}
| children           = 4
| parents            = {{ubl|[[Howard Pays]]|[[Jan Miller (actress)|Jan Miller]]}}
| relatives          = [[Mandy Miller]] (aunt)
| birth_name         = 
| other_names        = 
| website            = 
}}

'''Amanda Pays''' (born 6 June 1959) is an English interior designer, actress, and television presenter.

She is known for her television series roles as [[Theora Jones]] in ''[[Max Headroom (TV series)|Max Headroom]]'' and as [[Tina McGee]] in ''[[The Flash (1990 TV series)|The Flash]]'' and the 2014 [[The Flash (2014 TV series)|series of the same name]]. As an interior designer, Pays hosts the show ''Breathing Room'' on [[Fine Living (European TV channel)|Fine Living Network]].
==Early life==
Pays was born on 6 June 1959<ref>[https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2022/06/06/Famous-birthdays-for-June-6-Ashley-Park-Sandra-Bernhard/5481654464308/ Famous birthdays for June 6]. UPI. Accessed 2023-01-01.</ref> in London, the daughter of actors [[Jan Miller (actress)|Jan Miller]] and [[Howard Pays]].<ref>[http://www.filmreference.com/film/69/Amanda-Pays.html "Amanda Pays Biography (1959–)"]. Film Reference.</ref><ref>
{{citation |last=Buchanan |first=Jason |title=Howard Pays |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/person/187699/Howard-Pays/biography |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130411133911/http://movies.nytimes.com/person/187699/Howard-Pays/biography |url-status=dead |archive-date=11 April 2013 |department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref><ref name=var>{{cite web |title=Howard Pays |website=Variety |date=21 May 2002 |url=https://variety.com/2002/scene/people-news/howard-pays-1117867334/ |access-date=16 January 2023}}</ref> Her aunt is the former child actress [[Mandy Miller]].<ref name="maxford">{{cite book |last=Maxford |first=H. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lfp1DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA559 |title=Hammer Complete: The Films, the Personnel, the Company |publisher=McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers |year=2019 |isbn=978-1-4766-2914-8 |page=559 |access-date=16 January 2023}}</ref>

==Career==
Pays made her film debut in ''[[Oxford Blues]]'' (1984) and she played a French nun, Sister Nicole, in ''[[Off Limits (1988 film)|Off Limits]]'' (1988 film) with [[Willem Dafoe]], [[Gregory Hines]] and [[Fred Ward]].<ref name=bfi>{{cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba35695a5|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190203030333/https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba35695a5|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 February 2019|title=Amanda Pays|website=BFI}}</ref> Pays also had a guest role as Phoebe Green in the episode "[[Fire (The X-Files)|Fire]]" (1993) of ''[[The X-Files]]'', in the episode "Cindy Plumb" (2006) of ''[[Nip Tuck|Nip/Tuck]]'', and in the episode "[[Black and Tan: A Crime of Fashion]]" (2008) of ''[[Psych]]'', opposite her husband [[Corbin Bernsen]].<ref name="Amanda Pays - TV Guide">{{cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/amanda-pays/credits/139306|title=Amanda Pays - TV Guide|website=TVGuide.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aveleyman.com/ActorCredit.aspx?ActorID=13549|title=Amanda Pays|website=www.aveleyman.com}}</ref>

She also appeared in early 1980s music videos, including those for "Love Shadow" by [[Fashion (band)|Fashion]] and "[[Smooth Operator]]" by [[Sade (singer)|Sade]].

Pays is an interior designer and hosts [[Fine Living (European TV channel)|Fine Living Network]]'s ''Breathing Room''.<ref name="Amanda Pays - TV Guide"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://magazinec.com/decor/home-made-2|title=Home Made|website=C Magazine|access-date=2 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190203085340/https://magazinec.com/decor/home-made-2|archive-date=3 February 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref>

She made her television debut in the dual role of Carla Martin and Christa Bruckner in the 1984 cable film ''[[The Cold Room]]'', portrayed Sarah in the 1985 miniseries ''[[A.D. (miniseries)|AD]]'' (known as ''Anno Domini'' in some releases), and narrated the 1988 documentary ''[[Computer Dreams]]''. She also appeared in the low-budget 1987 horror film ''[[The Kindred (1987 film)|The Kindred]]'' and 1989's ''[[Leviathan (1989 film)|Leviathan]]''.<ref name=bfi/>

[[File:Corbin Bernsen and Amanda Pays Emmy Awards Ball 1990.png|thumb|[[Corbin Bernsen]] and wife Amanda Pays at the [[Emmy Awards]] Governor's Ball, August 1990]] 
In 1985 she played Nikki South in the television film ''[[Minder on the Orient Express]]'', alongside [[Dennis Waterman]] and [[George Cole (actor)|George Cole]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/minder-on-the-orient-express-v138109|title=Minder on the Orient Express (1985) - Francis Megahy - Cast and Crew|website=AllMovie}}</ref>

Pays was cast in the 2014 ''[[The Flash (2014 TV series)|The Flash]]'' series to play a reimagined version of the character she played in the first series.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://comicbook.com/2014/09/15/original-flash-actress-amanda-pays-to-play-dr-tina-mcgee-again-i/|title=Original Flash Actress Amanda Pays To Play Dr. Tina McGee Again In The CW's Flash|website=Comicbook.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/artist/amanda-pays-p55614|title=Amanda Pays - Biography, Movie Highlights and Photos|website=AllMovie}}</ref>

==Personal life==
From 1984 until her 1987 divorce, Pays was married to Peter Kohn, the son of producer [[John Kohn]] and the grandson of producer [[Sam Jaffe (producer)|Sam Jaffe]]. On 19 November 1988, Pays married American actor [[Corbin Bernsen]], with whom she has four sons. Her mother-in-law was ''[[The Young and the Restless]]'' actress [[Jeanne Cooper]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usanetwork.com/psych|title=Psych TV Show - Watch Psych Online|date=13 May 2013|website=USA Network}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fineliving.com/fine/host_bios/article/0,,FINE_1400_972746,00.html|title=Fine Living TV|access-date=1 November 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090518092315/http://www.fineliving.com/fine/host_bios/article/0,,FINE_1400_972746,00.html|archive-date=18 May 2009|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+Film
! Year
! Title
! Role
|-
| 1984
| ''[[Oxford Blues]]''
| Lady Victoria Wingate
|-
| 1986
| ''[[The Frog Prince (1986 film)|The Frog Prince]]''
|
|-
| 1987
| ''[[The Kindred (1987 film)|The Kindred]]''
| Melissa Leftridge
|-
| 1988
| ''[[Off Limits (1988 film)|Off Limits]]''
| Nicole
|-
| 1989
| ''[[Leviathan (1989 film)|Leviathan]]''
| Elizabeth "Willie" Williams
|-
| 1991
| ''[[A Grande Arte]]''
| Mariet
|-
| 1995
| ''Solitaire for 2''
| Katie Burrough
|-
| 1996
| ''[[Subterfuge (1996 film)|Subterfuge]]''
| Alex
|-
| 1997
| ''[[Spacejacked]]''
| Dawn
|-
| 2001
| ''[[Ablaze (2001 film)|Ablaze]]''
| Jennifer Lewis
|-
| 2020
| ''Mary for Mayor''
| Olivia
|- 
| 2020
| ''Wake Up To Love''
| Claudia Brady
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+Television
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 1984
| ''[[The Cold Room]]''
| Carla Martin/Christa Bruckner
|
|-
| 1985
| ''[[A.D. (miniseries)|AD]]''
| Sarah
| 5 episodes
|-
| 1985
| ''[[Thirteen at Dinner (film)|Thirteen at Dinner]]''
| Geraldine Marsh
|
|-
| 1985
| ''[[Dempsey and Makepeace]]''
| Tiffany Grace
| 1 episode
|-
| 1985
| ''Mr. and Mrs. Edgehill''
| Vivienne
|
|-
| 1984
| ''[[Minder on the Orient Express]]''
| Nikki South
| Television film
|-
| 1985
| ''[[Max Headroom: 20 Minutes into the Future]]''
| Theora Jones
| Television film
|-
| 1987–1988
| ''[[Max Headroom (TV series)|Max Headroom]]''
| Theora Jones
|
|-
| 1988
| ''[[CBS Summer Playhouse]]''
| Alexandra Greer
| 1 episode
|-
| 1990
| ''Parker Kane''
| Sarah Taylor
|
|-
| 1990–1991
| ''[[The Flash (1990 TV series)|The Flash]]''
| [[Tina McGee|Christina "Tina" McGee]]
| Some episodes were edited into films and released on videocassette as
* ''The Flash'' (1990)
* ''The Flash II: Revenge of the Trickster'' (1991)
* ''Flash III: Deadly Nightshade'' (1992)
|-
| 1991
| ''Dead on the Money''
| Jennifer Ashford
|
|-
| 1993
| ''Age of Treason''
| Helena
|
|-
| 1993
| ''Sade – Life Promise Pride Love''
| Gangster's Girlfriend (segment "Smooth Operator")
|
|-
| 1993
| ''[[The X-Files]]''
| Phoebe Green
| Episode: "[[Fire (The X-Files)|Fire]]"
|-
| 1994
| ''I Know My Son is Alive''
| Katherine Elshant
|
|-
| 1997
| ''[[Hollywood Confidential]]''
| Joan Travers
|
|-
| 1996–1998
| ''[[Thief Takers]]''
| Anna Dryden
|
|-
| 1999
| ''[[Vengeance Unlimited]]''
| Gail Dawson
| Episode: "Vendetta"
|-
| 1999
| ''[[7th Heaven (TV series)|7th Heaven]]''
| Emily Grant
| Episode: "Sometimes That's Just the Way It Is"
|-
| 1999
| ''[[It's Like, You Know...]]''
| Angela Blendal
| 1 episode
|-
| 1999
| ''[[Martial Law (TV series)|Martial Law]]''
| Dr. Broderick
| 1 episode
|-
| 1999
| ''[[Any Day Now (TV series)|Any Day Now]]''
| Helen
| 1 episode
|-
| 2000
| ''[[Grapevine]]''
| Paulina
| 1 episode
|-
| 2002
| ''[[Breathing Room]]''
| Host
|
|-
| 2002
| ''The Santa Trap''
| Doris Spivak
|
|-
| 2006
| ''[[Nip/Tuck]]''
| Interior Designer
| 1 episode
|-
| 2008
| ''[[Psych]]''
| Susan B
| 1 episode: "Black and Tan: A Crime of Fashion"
|-
| 2014–2016
| ''[[The Flash (2014 TV series)|The Flash]]''
| Dr. Christina "Tina" McGee
| 5 episodes
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+Video game
! Year
! Title
! Role
|-
| 1996
| ''[[Privateer 2: The Darkening]]''
| Assassin #3
|}

==References==
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==External links==
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*{{IMDb name|005301|Amanda Pays}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20100505212433/http://www.fineliving.com/fine/breathing_room/0,1663,FINE_1556,00.html FINE LIVING's ''Breathing Room'']

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