Amanda was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She is recognized from Spinning Out (Netflix) starring as Jenn Yu. Other work includes Handmaid's Tale, Hudson and Rex, IT: Chapter 2, Rabid, Blood and Water. Influenced by her grandmother,
Xuan Zhou, an actress during the jazz era in Shanghai (soundtrack "Blooming Flowers and the Full Moon" used in
Crazy Rich Asians (2018)), Amanda eventually began formal acting training both on stage and on camera.