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Birth name: Amanda Lee Rogers
Date of birth: January 31, 1973
Birthplace: Geelong, Victoria, Australia
Amanda Lee Rogers was born on January 31, 1973. She is an Australian actress, best known for her roles as lawyer Nelle Porter on the television series Ally McBeal and as Lindsay Bluth Fünke on the sitcom Arrested Development. She currently portrays Veronica on the ABC sitcom Better Off Ted.Her first significant role was playing a young and impressionable model in the Australian 1994 film Sirens. Soon afterwards she moved to Los Angeles and had guest roles on several TV shows, and a permanent role in Nick Freno: Licensed Teacher, before landing a role in the film Scream 2.