Born in 1979 and originally from Charleston, South Carolina, Amanda received her degree in business marketing at the University of South Carolina before breaking into a television career. She is the daughter of D. F. Keels Baker and Laura Baker, and has a sister, Candy. She has co-starred in a number of made-for-television movies, including
Hello Sister, Goodbye Life (with Lacey Chabert) and
The Dead Will Tell (with Anne Heche), and has appeared in the series
One Tree Hill and
General Hospital: Night Shift before landing the contract role of Babe Carey on
All My… More Children in 2007, replacing the departing Alexa Havins.