Amanda Pays

Amanda Pays (born 6 June 1959) is an English interior designer, actress, and television presenter.

She is known for her television series roles as Theora Jones in Max Headroom and as Tina McGee in The Flash and the 2014 series of the same name. As an interior designer, Pays hosts the show Breathing Room on Fine Living Network. Early life Pays was born on 6 June 1959 in London, the daughter of actors Jan Miller and Howard Pays. Her aunt is the former child actress Mandy Miller.

Career Pays made her film debut in The Cold Room. She then acted in Oxford Blues (1984) and she played a French nun, Sister Nicole, in Off Limits (1988 film) with Willem Dafoe, Gregory Hines and Fred Ward. Pays also had a guest role as Phoebe Green in the episode "Fire" (1993) of The X-Files, in the episode "Cindy Plumb" (2006) of Nip/Tuck, and in the episode "Black and Tan: A Crime of Fashion" (2008) of Psych, opposite her husband Corbin Bernsen.

She also appeared in early 1980s music videos, including those for "Love Shadow" by Fashion and "Smooth Operator" by Sade.

Pays is an interior designer and hosts Fine Living Network's Breathing Room.

She made her television debut in the dual role of Carla Martin and Christa Bruckner in the 1984 cable film The Cold Room, portrayed Sarah in the 1985 miniseries AD (known as Anno Domini in some releases), and narrated the 1988 documentary Computer Dreams. She also appeared in the low-budget 1987 horror film The Kindred and 1989's Leviathan.

Pays was cast in the 2014 The Flash series to play a reimagined version of the character she played in the first series.

Personal life From 1984 until her 1987 divorce, Pays was married to Peter Kohn, the son of producer John Kohn and the grandson of producer Sam Jaffe. On 19 November 1988, Pays married American actor Corbin Bernsen, with whom she has four sons. Her mother-in-law was The Young and the Restless actress Jeanne Cooper.

Filmography +Film Year Title Role 1984 Oxford Blues Lady Victoria Wingate 1986 The Frog Prince 1987 The Kindred Melissa Leftridge 1988 Off Limits Nicole 1989 Leviathan Elizabeth "Willie" Williams 1991 A Grande Arte Mariet 1995 Solitaire for 2 Katie Burrough 1996 Subterfuge Alex 1997 Spacejacked Dawn 2001 Ablaze Jennifer Lewis 2020 Mary for Mayor Olivia 2020 Wake Up To Love Claudia Brady

+Television Year Title Role Notes 1984 The Cold Room Carla Martin/Christa Bruckner 1985 AD Sarah 5 episodes 1985 Thirteen at Dinner Geraldine Marsh 1985 Dempsey and Makepeace Tiffany Grace 1 episode 1985 Mr. and Mrs. Edgehill Vivienne 1984 Minder on the Orient Express Nikki South Television film 1985 Max Headroom: 20 Minutes into the Future Theora Jones Television film 1987–1988 Max Headroom Theora Jones 1988 CBS Summer Playhouse Alexandra Greer 1 episode 1990 Parker Kane Sarah Taylor 1990–1991 The Flash Christina "Tina" McGee Some episodes were edited into films and released on videocassette as The Flash (1990) The Flash II: Revenge of the Trickster (1991) Flash III: Deadly Nightshade (1992) 1991 Dead on the Money Jennifer Ashford 1993 Age of Treason Helena 1993 Sade – Life Promise Pride Love Gangster's Girlfriend (segment "Smooth Operator") 1993 The X-Files Phoebe Green Episode: "Fire" 1994 I Know My Son is Alive Katherine Elshant 1997 Hollywood Confidential Joan Travers 1996–1998 Thief Takers Anna Dryden 1999 Vengeance Unlimited Gail Dawson Episode: "Vendetta" 1999 7th Heaven Emily Grant Episode: "Sometimes That's Just the Way It Is" 1999 It's Like, You Know... Angela Blendal 1 episode 1999 Martial Law Dr. Broderick 1 episode 1999 Any Day Now Helen 1 episode 2000 Grapevine Paulina 1 episode 2002 Breathing Room Host 2002 The Santa Trap Doris Spivak 2006 Nip/Tuck Interior Designer 1 episode 2008 Psych Susan B 1 episode: "Black and Tan: A Crime of Fashion" 2014–2016 The Flash Dr. Christina "Tina" McGee 5 episodes

+Video game Year Title Role 1996 Privateer 2: The Darkening Assassin #3