Amanda Booth

Amanda Booth is an American model and actress who was born in 1986 on an army base in New York to mother MaryAnn Wylam, a law firm administrator and father Sidney Steven Booth Sr, a commercial truck driver. Booth was raised in Northeastern Pennsylvania as the second eldest of five siblings and is of English, German and Lebanese descent. Most notably known for her acting roles on TV shows like Community and Maron, Booth has had a prolific commercial acting and modeling career being featured in fashion editorials for Italian Vogue, Australian Harper's Bazaar, and Elle and appearing in advertising campaigns for Lancome, Anthropologie, Fiat, Hershey's, Target, Old Navy, and more. A gifted athlete from a young age, Booth was a member of her high school track team, swim team and diving team. She was studying mathematics at Florida Atlantic University on a diving scholarship at age 18 when an injury caused her to drop out and moved to New York City to pursue her dreams of a modeling career. Having been told by a family member that she would never "make it", she tenaciously found her own modeling representation and began a wildly successful career in New York, Los Angeles, and worldwide. In interviews, Booth has attributed her incredible work ethic to growing up in a lower-middle class family and watching her mother hold multiple jobs to make ends meet. Known most recently for her work as an advocate for Down Syndrome and inclusion for individuals with special needs, Booth was honored in 2019 with the Quincy Jones Exceptional Advocacy Award by the Global Down Syndrome Foundation. Booth now uses her platform to advance the mission of representation for those with different abilities and has been featured with her 6-year-old son Micah (who was born Down Syndrome and Autism) on the cover of Parents Magazine, Vogue Living, Anthropologie, and Milk to name a few.