Amanda Payton

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Amanda Payton
Born
Santa Monica, California, U.S.
Alma mater Carnegie Mellon School of Drama
OccupationActor
Years active2008–present

Amanda Payton is an American actor. She is best known for playing Nina Rudolph on the NBC sitcom Trial & Error , Dr. Alison Parfit on the Sky Comedy/Peacock police comedy-drama Code 404 , and Holly in the CBS sitcom United States of Al . [1] [2]

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Early life

Payton was born in Santa Monica, California. She was educated at Los Angeles County High School for the Arts, and later attended Carnegie Mellon School of Drama, graduating with honors earning a Bachelor of Fine Arts. [3] [4]

Career

In 2008, Payton began her on-screen television career in an episode of the CBS crime drama Numbers . She has also starred in episodes of other television series including, Southland , CSI: Cyber , Game Shakers , The Big Bang Theory , Workaholics , Animal Kingdom , NCIS , Modern Family , Grey's Anatomy , and Young Sheldon . Payton had small roles in the feature films The Perfect Host and Beginners , both released in 2010.

In 2018, Payton joined the second season of the NBC sitcom Trial & Error , playing Nina Rudolph, a podcast host who moves to the series' fictional town of East Peck, South Carolina from New York to follow the trial of Lavinia Peck Foster (played by Kristin Chenoweth), and ends up in a love triangle with the characters, Josh and Carol. [5]

In 2020, Payton joined the Sky Comedy British police procedural comedy-drama Code 404 , playing American scientist Dr. Alison Parfit, who leads an artificial intelligence project to revive a killed Detective Inspector using AI. [6] The third season of the series premiered on August 4, 2022. [7]

In 2021, Payton had a recurring role in the sitcom United States of Al playing Holly, the girlfriend of former Marine combat veteran, Riley Dugan. Also in 2021, Payton played the protagonist, Sawyer, in the Lifetime Christmas film A Fiancé for Christmas, which premiered on December 9, 2021. [8] [9] From 2021 to 2022, Payton had a two-episode role on the NBC police action drama Chicago P.D. , as Celeste Nichols, Officer Kevin Atwater girlfriend.

In January 2022, it was announced that Payton would star in the upcoming NBC drama Unbroken as Ella, a winemaker at a Californian ranch who tries to keep her family together since her mother's passing. [10]

Filmography

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2008 Numbers Tipsy ChickEpisode: "Jack of All Trades"
2011 Southland Young WomanEpisode: "Cop or Not"
2015The BarEllie7 episodes
Web series
2015 CSI: Cyber Nicole GainesEpisode: "Brown Eyes, Blue Eyes"
2016 Game Shakers JackieEpisode: "Shark Explosion"
2016 The Big Bang Theory AinsleyEpisode: "The Line Substitution Solution"
2017 Workaholics MeganEpisode: "Faux Chella"
2017 Animal Kingdom Dana2 episodes
2017 NCIS Misty BoxlarterEpisode: "Double Down"
2018 Trial & Error Nina RudolphMain role [5]
2018 Modern Family LauraEpisode: "On the Same Paige"
2018 Grey's Anatomy Dr. Daphne LopezEpisode: "Let's All Go to the Bar"
2020 Young Sheldon MeredithEpisode: "Pasadena"
2020–present Code 404 Dr. Alison ParfitMain role [6]
2021 Shameless FlaviaEpisode: "The Fickle Lady Is Calling It Quits"
2021 Hacks Jackie2 episodes
2021–2022 Chicago P.D. Celeste Nichols2 episodes [11]
2021–2022 United States of Al HollyRecurring role
TBAUnbrokenEllaMain role [10]

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2010 The Perfect Host Girl at Party
2010 Beginners Party Person
2012Broom and RosesFosse Dancer / Lover GirlShort film
2012Guitar FaceCinnamon KittyShort film
2017Miss Me This ChristmasHolly
2018Find What You Love and Let It Kill YouHeatherShort film
2020Half HusbandMelanieShort film
2021Daddy Isn't Here Right NowAngelaShort film
2021A Fiancé for ChristmasSawyer [8]
TBAThe GuardianThe Guardian
TBAThe MorgAllison Baker

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References

  1. ↑ Reporting for duty tonight on United States Of Al | By Amanda Payton | Facebook , retrieved 2022-09-12
  2. ↑ Holmes, Martin. "'United States of Al' Canceled After Two Seasons". TV Insider. Retrieved 2022-09-12.
  3. ↑ Kramer, Bryna (July 26, 2018). "Exclusive Interview with Trial and Error's Amanda Payton". Talk Nerdy With Us. Retrieved August 24, 2022.
  4. ↑ "Chillin' with Amanda Payton". Chilled Magazine. September 4, 2018. Retrieved August 24, 2022.
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