Amanda Kate Brooks was born in New York and has lived a transatlantic life between there and London. Amanda is best known for playing Sharon Tate in a season long arc on NBCs
Aquarius (2015), the scheming reporter Mackenzier Rhodes on
Nashville (2012), and Dana Miller, the love interest of Sheriff Wade Houghton (
Thomas M. Wright) on WGNs critically acclaimed
Outsiders (2016). Amanda was also a Series Regular in the
Untitled Lena Waithe Project (2016) for Showtime, recurred on ABC's
Mistresses (2013) and guest starred on Hulu's
Castle Rock (2018), NBC's
Timeless (2016) & SyFy's
The Magicians (2015).