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BIO

Amanda Quaid is an accomplished actress with a diverse career in theater, film, and television. Born in Los Angeles, California, Quaid grew up in a family of actors, including her father Randy Quaid and her uncle Dennis Quaid.



Quaid attended Vassar College and later earned her MFA in Acting from the University of California, San Diego. She began her career in theater, performing in numerous productions on and off-Broadway. Some of her notable stage credits include "Equus" at the John Drew Theater, "Cock" at the Duke on 42nd Street, and "Pericles" at the Public Theater.

In addition to her work on stage, Quaid has also made a name for herself in film and television. She has appeared in several independent films, including "The Happy Sad," "The Breakup Girl," and "The Lennon Report." On television, Quaid has had guest roles on shows such as "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit," "Elementary," and "The Good Wife."

Quaid has also worked in the music industry, performing in the off-Broadway production of "The Lysistrata Jones" and the national tour of "Avenue Q." In 2012, she released her debut EP, "Home."

Quaid's most recent work includes her role as Lulu in the off-Broadway production of "The Moors" at the Playwrights Realm. She also appeared in the independent film "The Mimic," which premiered at the 2017 Austin Film Festival. With her talent and versatility, Amanda Quaid is sure to continue making a name for herself in the entertainment industry.

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STAGE CREDITS

Nassim Nassim
[Off-Broadway]
Barrow Street Theatricals Off-Broadway Production, 2018
Performer
The Weir The Weir
[Off-Broadway]
Irish Repertory Off-Broadway Production, 2015
Valerie
The (Curious Case of the) Watson Intelligence The (Curious Case of the) Watson Intelligence
[Off-Broadway]
Playwrights Horizons Production, 2013
Eliza
Luck of the Irish Luck of the Irish
[Off-Broadway]
Lincoln Center Theater LCT3 Production, 2013
Performer
Cock Cock
[Off-Broadway]
Original Off-Broadway Production, 2012
W
Galileo Galileo
[Off-Broadway]
Classic Stage Company, 2012
Performer
Happy Hour Happy Hour
[Off-Broadway]
Atlantic Theater Company Production, 2011
Performer
The Illusion The Illusion
[Off-Broadway]
Signature Theatre Company Production, 2011
Performer
The Witch of Edmonton The Witch of Edmonton
[Off-Broadway]
Red Bull Theater Production, 2011
Katherine
The Yeats Project
[Off-Broadway]
2009
Performer
Equus Equus
[Broadway]
Broadway Revival, 2008
Jill Mason (Standby)
Nurse (Standby)

Productions

Crumbs From The Table of JoyCrumbs From The Table of Joy
 
[Off-Broadway, 2023]
Dialect Coach
The Butcher BoyThe Butcher Boy
 
[Off-Broadway, 2022]
Dialect Coach

Movies

Non-Stop
[ 2014 ] Emily Norton
The Girl Who Got Away
[ 2021 ] Linda Fields

Awards and Nominations

The Lortels - 2013 - Outstanding Featured Actress

Amanda Quaid, Luck of the Irish

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HEISENBERG Comes to the Chain Theatre Next Month Photo
HEISENBERG Comes to the Chain Theatre Next Month
by Stephi Wild - Apr 4, 2025

New Music Theatre Project & Rapeteta Theatre Company will present Heisenberg, a new play, by Simon Stephens, directed by Tony and Oscar award-winning Mercedes Ruehl in her directorial debut.
GLASS. KILL. WHAT IF IF ONLY. IMP. Extends at The Public Photo
GLASS. KILL. WHAT IF IF ONLY. IMP. Extends at The Public
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 27, 2025

The Public Theater will begin previews for GLASS. KILL. WHAT IF IF ONLY. IMP., a quartet of inventive new works written by playwright Caryl Churchill. The production has been extended! Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.
Photos: GLASS. KILL. WHAT IF IF ONLY. IMP Rehearsals at The Public Photo
Photos: GLASS. KILL. WHAT IF IF ONLY. IMP Rehearsals at The Public
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 17, 2025

You can now get a first look inside rehearsals for The Public Theater’s production of GLASS. KILL. WHAT IF IF ONLY. IMP. Learn more about the production and see how to purchase tickets.
Deirdre O'Connell & More to Star in GLASS. KILL. WHAT IF IF ONLY. IMP. at The Public Photo
Deirdre O'Connell & More to Star in GLASS. KILL. WHAT IF IF ONLY. IMP. at The Public
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 5, 2025

The Public Theater has revealed the complete cast for GLASS. KILL. WHAT IF IF ONLY. IMP., a quartet of inventive new works written by groundbreaking playwright Caryl Churchill and directed by Obie Award winner James Macdonald. Learn more.
Emily Swallow & Geoffrey Arend to Star in Newest Audio Play From L.A. Theatre Works Photo
Emily Swallow & Geoffrey Arend to Star in Newest Audio Play From L.A. Theatre Works
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 4, 2025

Emily Swallow and Geoffrey Arend head the cast of the newest addition to the L.A. Theatre Works catalogue of state-of-the-art audio theater. Learn more and listen to the play now!
Neil Simon's Pulitzer Prize-Winning LOST IN YONKERS Opens Palm Beach Dramaworks'   Photo
Neil Simon's Pulitzer Prize-Winning LOST IN YONKERS Opens Palm Beach Dramaworks'  
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 19, 2024

Palm Beach Dramaworks ushers in its 25th Anniversary Season on November 1 (7:30pm) with Neil Simon's most celebrated play, Lost in Yonkers.
Review: BOEING BOEING at Barrington Stage Company Photo
Review: BOEING BOEING at Barrington Stage Company
by Marc Savitt - Jul 23, 2024

At a time when headlines are ominous, dew points are uncomfortable if not oppressive, and very little is what it appears to be on the surface, a lighthearted romp, fraught with silliness and laughter seems very appropriate. BOEING BOEING continues on the Boyd-Quinson Stage at Barrington Stage Company in Pittsfield through August 3
Video: Go Inside Rehearsals For Barrington Stage's BOEING BOEING Photo
Video: Go Inside Rehearsals For Barrington Stage's BOEING BOEING
by Joshua Wright - Jul 9, 2024

Go inside rehearsals for Boeing Boeing at Barrington Stage in this all-new video. Marc Camoletti's hilarious 1960 French farce, Boeing Boeing, translated by Beverley Cross & Francis Evans, won a new generation of fans with a critically acclaimed, award-winning Broadway production in 2008.
Casts Set for BOEING BOEING, NEXT TO NORMAL, A TENDER THING & FORGIVENESS at Barringt Photo
Casts Set for BOEING BOEING, NEXT TO NORMAL, A TENDER THING & FORGIVENESS at Barrington Stage
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 6, 2024

Barrington Stage Company has revealed the casts for BOEING BOEING, NEXT TO NORMAL, A TENDER THING, and FORGIVENESS. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.
Heartbeat Opera Announces Titles for SPRING FEST 2024 Photo
Heartbeat Opera Announces Titles for SPRING FEST 2024
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 1, 2024

Heartbeat Opera returns to Baruch Performing Arts Center with its Spring Festival from April 2-14, 2024. 
Heartbeat Opera Reveals Lineup For 10th Anniversary 2023-24 Season Photo
Heartbeat Opera Reveals Lineup For 10th Anniversary 2023-24 Season
by Stephi Wild - Oct 2, 2023

New York's Heartbeat Opera has announced its Tenth Anniversary Season in 2023-24. Learn more about the full upcoming season here!
Playing On Air Reveals Summer 2023 Season Of Audio Plays Featuring John Patrick Shanl Photo
Playing On Air Reveals Summer 2023 Season Of Audio Plays Featuring John Patrick Shanley, Debra Messing & More
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 3, 2023

Playing on Air has revealed its Summer 2023 podcast season, featuring an exciting lineup of nine audio plays curated and produced by Founder and Consulting Director Claudia Catania.
JANE ANGER, Starring Michael Urie, Will Stream For Two Weeks This Month Photo
JANE ANGER, Starring Michael Urie, Will Stream For Two Weeks This Month
by Stephi Wild - Jun 9, 2022

The off-Broadway production of Jane Anger or The Lamentable Comedie of JANE ANGER, that Cunning Woman, and also of Willy Shakefpeare and his Peasant Companion, Francis, Yes and Also of Anne Hathaway (also a Woman) Who Tried Very Hard, will stream for two weeks this month.
André De Shields to Receive Matador Award for Achievement in Classical Theater at RE Photo
André De Shields to Receive Matador Award for Achievement in Classical Theater at REVELRY Benefit Gala
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 13, 2022

Red Bull Theater today announced that André De Shields will be honored with the Matador Award for Extraordinary Achievement in Classical Theater at REVELRY, its benefit event on Monday June 13th at 6pm.
Ensemble Studio Theatre & the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Announce the 2022 First Ligh Photo
Ensemble Studio Theatre & the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Announce the 2022 First Light Festival
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 25, 2022

ENSEMBLE STUDIO THEATRE along with The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation have announced the lineup for the 2022 First Light Festival, part of the EST/Sloan Project to develop plays exploring science and technology.  
Photos: Backstage at JANE ANGER With Michael Urie, Ryan Spahn, and More! Photo
Photos: Backstage at JANE ANGER With Michael Urie, Ryan Spahn, and More!
by Bruce Glikas - Mar 21, 2022

BroadwayWorld has exclusive photos from backstage at Talene Monahon's JANE ANGER or The Lamentable Comedie of JANE ANGER, that Cunning Woman, and also of Willy Shakefpeare and his Peasant Companion, Francis, Yes and Also of Anne Hathaway (also a Woman) Who Tried Very Hard at Bobos.
Photos: JANE ANGER Celebrates Opening Night Photo
Photos: JANE ANGER Celebrates Opening Night
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 2, 2022

Jennifer Campos Productions celebrated the opening of Talene Monahon's JANE ANGER or The Lamentable Comedie of JANE ANGER, that Cunning Woman, and also of Willy Shakefpeare and his Peasant Companion, Francis, Yes and Also of Anne Hathaway (also a Woman) Who Tried Very Hard at Bobos. 
Heartbeat Opera Announces 2021-2022 Season Photo
Heartbeat Opera Announces 2021-2022 Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Aug 10, 2021

HEARTBEAT OPERA will return to the in-person stage for its eighth season this year.  Heartbeat's 2021-22 season kicks off in September with a free outdoor screening of BREATHING FREE, their visual album that connects Beethoven's Fidelio with the work of Black composers and lyricists such as Harry T. Burleigh, Langston Hughes, and Anthony Davis.
Sixth Annual New York Opera Fest Featuring 20+ Companies to be Presented by The New Y Photo
Sixth Annual New York Opera Fest Featuring 20+ Companies to be Presented by The New York Opera Alliance
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Apr 19, 2021

The New York Opera Fest will celebrate its sixth season with both virtual and in-person performances by 20+ local, New York City-based opera companies. Presented by the New York Opera Alliance, with support from OPERA America, this annual festival runs for two months May-June 2021 starting with a special kick-off event April 29th.
Ensemble Studio Theatre Announces EST/Sloan Science & Technology Project 2021 First L Photo
Ensemble Studio Theatre Announces EST/Sloan Science & Technology Project 2021 First Light Festival
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 12, 2021

Since 1998, the EST/Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Science & Technology Project has developed hundreds of new plays that question and broaden the view of science in the popular imagination. Each play’s life onstage begins with the First Light Festival, an annual presentation of new readings, workshops and productions.
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and Outstanding Featured Actress (The Lortels) for Luck of the Irish.

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