Amanda Anka is an American actress, who is perhaps best known as the wife of “Arrested Development” star Jason Bateman. Amanda also came into the limelight after accusing Andre Balazs, one of New York’s wealthiest hoteliers, of sexual harassment in 2017.
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Early life and family
Amanda Katherine Anka was born on December 10, 1968 in New York, United States. Her zodiac sign is therefore Sagittarius and she holds American citizenship. Amanda was born the second daughter of Paul Anka and Anne de Zogheb. Paul Anka, Amanda’s father, is a well-known Canadian musician and songwriter who became an American citizen in 1990. His most popular songs are “Lonely Boy” (1959) and “Diana” (1957). In 2005, Paul’s name was inducted into Canada’s Walk of Fame.
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Anne de Zogheb born to a Lebanese father and an English mother, and made the cover of French Elle when she was only 17; Helmut Newton, Bert Stern and Richard Avedon, the most renowned photographers of the time, fought for the right to work with Anne, and she became one of the most photographed models of the 60s.
Amanda’s parents divorced in 2001; his father took the house they lived in, while his mother took the collections of masterpieces she accumulated over her lifetime. In 2008, Paul Anka married Anna Åberg, an American actress and model, while Anne Anka did not remarry and died in 2017.
Amanda’s Talented Sisters
Amanda has four sisters: Alexandra born in 1966, Alicia (1970), Anthea (1971) and Amelia in 1977. Alexandra Anka was a production assistant on the miscellaneous team, working on the adventure comedy “Troop Beverly Hills” in 1989 , starring Craig T. Nelson, Shelley Long and Betty Thomas. Anthea Anka is an experienced screenwriter, who has worked on films such as “Alleycats” (2016) and “Battlecreek” (2017).
Schooling
Amanda graduated from her local high school in New York in 1986. She has never shared details of which college she attended (if at all).
Career
First steps in acting
In 1991, Amanda made her debut as a background actress in the sci-fi comedy “Frankenstein: The College Years”, and soon began to get more roles, appearing in TV movies such as “Buffy vs. Vampires” (1992) (not to be confused with the popular TV series starring Sarah Michelle Gellar), “The Last Job” (1993) and “Citiescrapes: Los Angeles” (1994).
In 1994, she landed the role of Patti in the “Teen Angel” episode of the “Renegade” series. In 1996, she appeared as Barbara in three episodes of the original series of “Beverly Hills, 90210”, and later appeared in television series such as “Diagnosis Murder”, “Totally Spies!” and “ER”. On the film side, she landed the role of Deputy Mina in “Cherry Falls” (2000), the role of Venus in “Bob’s Video” (2000) and the role of Tramp in “Sol Goode” (2003).
Later and recent works
Developing her acting career, Amanda strove to get noticed by modern directors with successful projects, but only landed supporting roles in relatively mediocre films. In 2004, she played an officer in Tim Story’s “Taxi,” which received mostly negative reviews, compared to Luc Besson’s original film. In 2006, Amanda portrayed a publicist on “The TV Set”, then landed the voice-over role of Smoke in the series “Batman” in 2007. From 2007 to 2008, she only appeared in a few episodes of series such as “Notes from the Belly” and “Bones”. In 2010, she played Louisa in “Ingenious”, then landed the role of Marge in “Somewhere” by Sofia Coppola, with Elle Fanning and Stephen Dorff.
From 2012 to 2014, she worked as a voiceover for the television series “The Greatest Event in Television History”, and her last role was the role of Belinda in “The Fosters” in 2014. After that, the Amanda fans couldn’t help but surprise her on “The Morning Show,” an episode of which she co-produced in 2019, titled “In the dark night of the soul, it’s always 3:30 in the morning.”
Amanda Anka accused hotelier Andre Balazs of sexual harassment
In 2017, The New York Times published Amanda’s accusations that André Balazs groped her in 2014. Owner of luxury hotels such as the Chateau Marmont, Mercer and Standard, all in New York, André Balazs organized a dinner and among others inviting actors such as Charlie Day, Jason Sudeikis, Jennifer Aniston and many others – Amanda Anka was invited together with her husband Jason Bateman.
However, her husband’s presence did not protect Amanda from having Andre put his hand under Amanda’s skirt and groped her crotch, as she walked up the stairs. Amanda immediately complained to her husband about these actions and Jason allegedly spat his gum in the hotelier’s face, immediately leaving the party. Charles Day’s wife Mary Elizabeth Ellis saw the whole incident and shared her thoughts later: “I witnessed some inappropriate and offensive behavior by Andre Balazs.” Amanda wasn’t the first to accuse Andre of sexual harassment; his former employee, who asked The New York Times to keep her name a secret, shared that she was a victim of his offensive and abusive behavior. Elodie Trouche, Mr Balazs’ former personal assistant, also witnessed his offensive acts against other women in 2011.
Personal life, husband Jason Bateman
Amanda Anka dated American actor, director and producer Jason Bateman for two years, before he proposed to her in 2000, and the couple married on July 3, 2001. On October 28, 2006, Amanda gave birth to their first daughter, Francesca Nora Bateman, and on February 10, 2012, the couple welcomed their second daughter, Maple Sylvie Bateman.
Amanda is said to influence Jason a lot, as he was apparently a drug and alcoholic. Jason started his career early and couldn’t help but try all the new things he came across in his life, not thinking too much about whether they were good or bad. When Amanda realized their relationship was serious, she gave him an ultimatum to stop drinking and attend Alcoholics Anonymous meetings.
She also added that she didn’t ask him to stop going to parties or never drink again, but that she begged him to stop drinking so much. Jason later admitted that Amanda saved his career because he didn’t believe he could let go of his bad habits without her help: “You do certain things in your twenties that just aren’t appropriate in your thirties and definitely not appropriate in your thirties. quarantine. Eventually you even the scales and it’s time to move on and be an adult and start working hard again and going to bed a little earlier,’ Jason shared in one of his interviews.
Who is Jason Bateman?
Amanda’s husband Jason Kent Bateman was born on January 14, 1969 in Rye, New York, United States.
Jason began his acting career at the age of 12, landing the role of James Cooper Ingalls in the popular television series “Little House on the Prairie” in 1981. Due to his busy work schedule, Jason has skipped a lot of classes, as his next projects “Silver Spoons”, “Just a Little More Love” and “Teen Wolf Too” took all his time, so Jason never graduated from his high school, but continued his acting career and has never been sorry for his choice. He is most famous for starring in “Arrested Development,” in which he landed the role of Michael Bluth, “Bad Words,” and “Juno.” As for his most recent works, he can be seen as Terry Maitland in the series “The Outsider” and as Martin “Marty” Byrde in Netflix’s “Ozark”.
Appearance, style of dress
Amanda has long dark brown hair and brown eyes. She is 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) tall and weighs approximately 58 kg (127 lb); his vital stats are not available at this time. As for her style of dress, she likes to wear high heels and blazers; she sticks to elegant outfits most of the time.
I don’t know how Shinola makes it look good AND sound good. pic.twitter.com/EeDK1EDicc
—Jason Bateman (@batemanjason) November 22, 2017
As of 2020, Amanda’s net worth is reputed to be over $1 million, but is normally tied to her husband Jason Bateman’s wealth which is estimated to be over $30 million. In 2013, Amanda and Jason bought a house in Beverly Hills for $3 million, which was previously inhabited by popular American actor Ernest Borgnine. Within five years, Amanda and Jason bought another home near their mansion for just under $2 million.
