Amanda Barker Biography
Amanda J. Barker is an American, Canadian, and Italian comedic and dramatic actress, writer, director, and producer. She is best and widely known for her roles in The Handmaid’s Tale, Ginny and Georgia, Mayor of Kingstown, American Gods, and Murdoch Mysteries.
Amanda Barker Height
The star stands at a height of 5 feet 3 inches tall.
Amanda Barker Early Life
Barker was born to Daniel Barker who is a drummer and cymbal maker, and Valerie Gibson Barker who is a dance and performing arts teacher, in Hanover, Massachusetts. After high school, she attended Mount Allison University graduating with a double major as an English Literature, Drama, and a minor in Canadian Studies. Later after her graduation, Amanda worked and lived in Monaco and later as an English teacher in Seoul.
She moved to Toronto to pursue acting in 2000, after a stint working for Royal Caribbean International. The Canadian actress began working as major league baseball’s only female mascot, Diamond, with the Toronto Blue Jays until she left to work at the Second City.
Is Amanda Barker married? – Husband
The actress met her future husband Marco Timpano performing in Tony n’ Tina’s Wedding and eventually performed with Second City’s Touring Company and then eventually for Norwegian Cruise Lines. The couple married in 2010.
Amanda Barker Career
In 2012, Barker was a writer and star in the hit show Release the stars: The Ballad of Randy and Evi Quaid at the Toronto fringe festival which brought the controversial title pair out of a year of hiding with their surprise attendance. In 2015, the Amanda began working full time on air for Sirius XM for Humble & Fred after a year of filling in for former co-host Eileen Ross and would continue in that role until 2020. In 2018 her musical Little Black Dress, co-authored with Christopher Bond, Natalie Tenenbaum, and Danielle Trczinski, began touring North America.
In 2019 her play Clotheswap opened at the Textile Museum of Canada which garnered buzz in Toronto for its interactive component as both a show and a Clothing swap. Still the same year, Barker won the Canadian Comedy Award for best comedic performance for the webseries A Gay Victorian Affair. Amanda and husband Marco Timpano host and produce The Insomnia Project podcast for Acast with over 2 million downloads.
In the spring of 2023, it was announced that she would be in Thanksgiving, a film directed by Eli Roth. In the summer of 2023, Barker was shooing a new feature with Lily Singh.
Amanda Barker Net Worth
She has a net worth of $5 million.
Amanda Barker Movie
2013 – The Case for Christmas
2013 – Blood Empires
2015 – Zoom
2015 – 88
2015 – St. Mary
2018 – Paper Year
2023 – Thanksgiving
2023 – Doin’ It
2023 – Flint Strong
2023 – Relax, I’m from the Future
2023 – Strangers in a Room
2023 – Six Days to Die
Amanda Barker TV Shows
2007 – Get Set for Life
2014 – Video on Trial
2015 – Harper Puppet Pals
2016 – Women are From Mars
2017 – Saving Hope
2017 – Star Falls
2018 – Designated Survivor
2021 – Mayor of Kingstown
2021 – Ginny & Georgia
2021 – American Gods
2022 – Murdoch Mysteries
