Amanda Vale
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| Home and Away character | |||||||||||||||
| Portrayed by | Holly Brisley | ||||||||||||||
| Duration | 2005–2009 | ||||||||||||||
| First appearance | 30 June 2005 | ||||||||||||||
| Last appearance | 11 August 2009 | ||||||||||||||
| Introduced by | Julie McGauran (2005–2007) Cameron Welsh (2008–2009) |
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| Classification | Former; regular | ||||||||||||||
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| Occupation | Actress Drama teacher Topless model Head of project 56 Movie producer Gym owner |
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| Home | Sydney | ||||||||||||||
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| Mother | Kitty Landsdowne |
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| Sisters | Kelli Vale |
| Husband |
Dan Baker (1998–2005) Graham Walters (2005–2006) Peter Baker (2007–) |
| Sons | Ryan Baker |
| Daughters | Belle Taylor |
| Stepsons | Drew Curtis |
| Stepdaughters | Beth Hunter |
Amanda Baker (also Vale and Walters) is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera Home and Away, played by Holly Brisley. She made her first screen appearance during the episode broadcast on 30 June 2005 and departed in 2007. Brisley later reprised the role for brief guest appearances in 2008 and 2009.
Brisley reprised her role of Amanda in October 2007. She said "My character only moved to the city so she can flit in and flit out". In June 2009, it was announced that Brisley would be returning to Home and Away to take part in a secretive storyline. Brisley's real-life pregnancy was written in to the scripts. On her return Brisley said "People still recognise me as Amanda or send me mail, but their response is always positive – even when she was at her worst I think people responded well to her as she spiced things up a bit and she wasn't afraid to stand up for herself.
Amanda is described as the "ultimate attention-seeker", who manipulates people to get what she wants. Amanda has the ability to use a person's weaknesses to exploit them. She has a desire for attention, which led her to become an actress.
Amanda arrives in Summer Bay ahead of her ex-husband, Dan Baker (Tim Campbell) wedding to Leah Patterson (Ada Nicodemou) bringing their son, Ryan (Issac Gorman) and is seemingly pleasant to Leah. However, it emerges that Amanda has been secretly trying to sabotage the wedding by cancelling the caterers. Dan's brother, Peter (Nicholas Bishop) exposes Amanda's antics at the reception and Dan and Leah order her to leave. The next month, Amanda takes a job at Summer Bay High as a drama teacher to pay off mounting debts owed to Leo Simms (Johann Wahlvaran). She tries to pay Leo off with the money she has but it is not enough and he attacks her and tries to flee. After a tussle, Leo is killed after hitting his head and Amanda panics, dumps the body and plants her jewellery on him. After an investigation, the case is closed.
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