How do you say your last name?
Poryes is pronounced like "glorious"
Alternative pronunciations include: Poop, yes. Porches. Por favor. Pimp-less. Pork mess. Porno... Poor? Yes.
Amanda is a Brooklyn based comedian. After her twenty-fourth birthday, she moved to New York from California because she likes walking. She studied improvisation and sketch comedy at The Groundlings and Upright Citizen’s Brigade, New York. Her Bachelor of Fine Arts, Acting is from the California State Univeristy, Fullerton.
Growing up in the Bay Area, she named her dog "Daisy" after the sexy, girlfriend dog in the Rodney Dangerfield 1991 animated classic “Rover Dangerfield”.
Content
Character reels. Real reel. Musics.
Characters @Bar
Writer/Actor
Characters @Burning Man
Writer/Actor/Shot on location in BRC
Characters @Youtube
Writer/Actor
Reel
Actor-ing only
Singing Impressions
V.O. by David C. Ebert Accompaniment by Lance Jabr
"idol"
I have an idol. It's Meryl Streep. Music & Lyrics: Amanda Poryes
Philosophy: Women in Comedy Now
UCB-NBC Diversity Scholarship for the Improvisational Arts
Click for Headshot and Resume:
Photos: Dayvid LeMmon
Besides succeeding as an unemployed actor,
Amanda works at Facebook as the Internal Catering Coordinator.
Sometimes, she sings as part of the Brooklyn duo "Imaginal Discs"
