Amanda Aday

Amanda Lee Aday (born January 21, 1981) is an American actress. She is best known for her recurring role as Dora Mae Dreifuss on the first season of the HBO series Carnivàle (2003–05).

Early life and family Born in New York City, Aday is the daughter of singer and actor Meat Loaf and Leslie Aday, and half-sister of singer Pearl Aday. She attended Stagedoor Manor, a summer theatre/dance camp in the Catskill Mountains in the Appalachians (New York), from 1990 through 1996, and then graduated from Idyllwild Arts Academy, a private school located in Idyllwild (Riverside County, California). She then majored in theatre at the California Institute of the Arts, a private university located in Valencia (Santa Clarita, California). In 2020, Aday started a cooking channel on YouTube called All Access Eats.

Acting career Aday's film roles include Crazy in Alabama, Mummy an' the Armadillo, South Dakota: A Woman's Right to Choose and The Trials of Cate McCall. In addition to her work on Carnivàle, she has guest starred on the hit TV shows Boston Public, ER, Private Practice, and My Name Is Earl.

Filmography Year Title Role Notes 1995 To Catch a Yeti 1999 Crazy in Alabama Assistant at Bewitched 2000 Meat Loaf: To Hell and Back Clerk 2002 Boston Public Carrie Jenkins 2003 Carnivàle Dora Mae Dreifuss Guest star, episodes: "Milfay" "After the Ball Is Over" "Tipton" "Black Blizzard" "Babylon" "Pick a Number" 2004 Mummy an' the Armadillo Bevers 2006 National Lampoon's Pledge This! Maxine Picker 2008 South Dakota: A Woman's Right to Choose Jane ER Pregnant Waitress Guest star, episode: "Let It Snow" My Name Is Earl Tammy Guest star, episode: "Orphan Earl"2009 Restoration Dogs Lady Long Tongue 2011 Private Practice Patty Guest star, episode: "God Bless the Child" Rizzoli & Isles Female Dockworker Guest star, episode: "Gone Daddy Gone"2013 The Trials of Cate McCall Dorrie Booth 2014 Shangri-La Suite Gladys Presley (Elvis' Mother) Madtown Madison 2017 South Dakota Jane 2022 Window with a View Sister Bernadette