Amanda Pays


Amanda Pays is an English interior designer, actress, and television presenter.
She is known for her television series roles as Theora Jones in Max Headroom and as Tina McGee in The Flash and the 2014 series of the same name. As an interior designer, Pays hosts the show Breathing Room on Fine Living Network.

Early life

Pays was born on 6 June 1959 in London, the daughter of actors Jan Miller and Howard Pays. Her aunt is the former child actress Mandy Miller.

Career

Pays made her film debut in The Cold Room. She then acted in Oxford Blues and she played a French nun, Sister Nicole, in Off Limits with Willem Dafoe, Gregory Hines and Fred Ward. Pays also had a guest role as Phoebe Green in the episode "Fire" of The X-Files, in the episode "Cindy Plumb" of Nip/Tuck, and in the episode "Black and Tan: A Crime of Fashion" of Psych, opposite her husband Corbin Bernsen.
She also appeared in early 1980s music videos, including those for "Love Shadow" by Fashion and "Smooth Operator" by Sade.
Pays is an interior designer and hosts Fine Living Network's Breathing Room.
She made her television debut in the dual role of Carla Martin and Christa Bruckner in the 1984 cable film The Cold Room, portrayed Sarah in the 1985 miniseries AD, and narrated the 1988 documentary Computer Dreams. She also appeared in the low-budget 1987 horror film The Kindred and 1989's Leviathan.
File:Corbin Bernsen and Amanda Pays Emmy Awards Ball 1990.png|thumb|Amanda Pays with husband Corbin Bernsen at the Emmy Awards Governor's Ball, August 1990
In 1985 she played Nikki South in the television film Minder on the Orient Express, alongside Dennis Waterman and George Cole.
Pays was cast in the 2014 The Flash series to play a reimagined version of the character she played in the first series.

Personal life

From 1984 until her 1987 divorce, Pays was married to Peter Kohn, the son of producer John Kohn and the grandson of producer Sam Jaffe. On 19 November 1988, Pays married American actor Corbin Bernsen, with whom she has four sons. Her mother-in-law was The Young and the Restless actress Jeanne Cooper.

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1984The Cold RoomCarla Martin/Christa Bruckner
1985ADSarah5 episodes
1985Thirteen at DinnerGeraldine Marsh
1985Dempsey and MakepeaceTiffany Grace1 episode
1985Mr. and Mrs. EdgehillVivienne
1984Minder on the Orient ExpressNikki SouthTelevision film
1985Max Headroom: 20 Minutes into the FutureTheora JonesTelevision film
1987–1988Max HeadroomTheora Jones
1988CBS Summer PlayhouseAlexandra Greer1 episode
1990Parker KaneSarah Taylor
1990–1991The FlashChristina "Tina" McGeeSome episodes were edited into films and released on videocassette as
  • The Flash
  • The Flash II: Revenge of the Trickster
  • Flash III: Deadly Nightshade
1991Dead on the MoneyJennifer Ashford
1993Age of TreasonHelena
1993Sade – Life Promise Pride LoveGangster's Girlfriend
1993The X-FilesPhoebe GreenEpisode: "Fire"
1994I Know My Son is AliveKatherine Elshant
1997Hollywood ConfidentialJoan Travers
1996–1998Thief TakersAnna Dryden
1999Vengeance UnlimitedGail DawsonEpisode: "Vendetta"
19997th HeavenEmily GrantEpisode: "Sometimes That's Just the Way It Is"
1999It's Like, You Know...Angela Blendal1 episode
1999Martial LawDr. Broderick1 episode
1999Any Day NowHelen1 episode
2000GrapevinePaulina1 episode
2002Breathing RoomHost
2002The Santa TrapDoris Spivak
2006Nip/TuckInterior Designer1 episode
2008PsychSusan B1 episode: "Black and Tan: A Crime of Fashion"
2014–2016The FlashDr. Christina "Tina" McGee5 episodes
YearTitleRole
1996Privateer 2: The DarkeningAssassin #3