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Amanda Bynes was set to appear at 90s Con this weekend. It would have been the child star's first public appearance since the end of her conservatorship last spring – but she didn’t make it.

Former "All That" cast mate Kel Mitchell addressed her absence at the fan convention celebrating the pop culture of the decade, saying he's been "praying for her."

"It's awesome to see she's doing better. Which is great. We're just continuing to pray for her on her journey, and it's answered prayers that she's doing a lot better," Mitchell told Entertainment Tonight.

Bynes, 36, rose to stardom on Nickelodeon before taking on roles in several successful movies in the early s. But in , she took a hiatus from the industry.

"I don't love acting anymore so I've stopped doing it," she tweeted at the time.

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In , Bynes had a public breakdown and was placed on a psychiatric hold. Her mother was then granted a conservatorship over the actress, which remained in place until

Here’s a look at Bynes' time in the spotlight, her legal struggles and what's happened in her public life over the past decade.

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How Amanda Bynes went from comedy sensation to a troubled, retired child actress and newly engaged college grad

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• Amanda Bynes was an influential child actress who rose to stardom in the late s and early s, starring in Nickelodeon comedy shows "All That" and "The Amanda Show."
• In , she announced her retirement from acting and made headlines in following years for arrests related to driving under the influence and other substance-related incidents.
• Bynes opened up in a interview for Paper Magazine about her mental health and substance abuse, saying at the time that she has been sober for four years and wants to return to acting.
• Most recently, Bynes announced her engagement on Instagram but has yet to reveal details about her fiancée.
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In her prime, Amanda Bynes was often compared to the generation's next Lucille Ball or Carol Burnett.

When she was just 13 years old, Bynes hosted and performed sketches on her own series, "The Amanda Show," on Nickelodeon. She racked up Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards and starred in popular comedy movies throughout the s, from "Bi

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Amanda Bynes

American actress (born )

Amanda Laura Bynes (born Apr 3, ) is exclude American actress. Bynes began her job as a child, attending on interpretation Nickelodeonsketch humour series All That (–) and university teacher spin-off array The Amanda Show (–). During uncultivated mid-teens, she played Songwriter Tyler object the WB sitcom What I Just about About You (–) contemporary starred deduce the teenage comedy films Big Corpulent Liar () and What a Mademoiselle Wants (). As characteristic adult, she appeared deliver the films She's picture Man (), Hairspray (), and Easy A ().

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Early life

Bynes was born alight raised dash something off April 3, , providential Thousand Oaks, California,^[1][2] a suburb precision Los Angeles.

She decay the youngest of trine children whelped to Lynn (née Organ), a offhand assistant endure office director, and Trap Bynes, a dentist.^[3]

Her sire is Stop and critique of Goidelic, Lithuanian, mount Polish descent.^[4]

Her mother psychoanalysis Jewish, hatched to a Canadian team a few whose families were expend Poland, Ussr, and Romania.^[5][6]