years_active birth_place birth_date birthname image article_title name occupation
1995 -- present new york city 21 january 1981 amanda lee aday amanda aday 1.jpg amanda aday
 amanda aday actress
amanda aday

amanda lee aday -lrb- born january 21 , 1981 -rrb- is an american actress .
born in new york city , aday is best known for her recurring role as dora mae dreifuss on the first season of the 2003 -- 2005 hbo series `` carnivàle '' .
aday is the daughter of actor/musician meat loaf and leslie aday and sister of singer pearl aday .
she attended stagedoor manor , a summer theatre/dance camp in the catskill mountains in new york , from 1990 through 1996 , and then graduated from the prestigious idyllwild arts academy in california .
she then majored in theatre at the california institute of the arts .
amanda 's film roles include crazy in alabama , the mummy an ' the armadillo , south dakota , & `` 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 '' .
she will appear in the upcoming films `` the shangri-la suite '' -lrb- as gladys presley , elvis ' mother -rrb- and `` madtown '' .
