Amanda Fuller Bio
Amanda Fuller (born August 27, 1984) is an American actress best known for portraying Kristin Baxter on the ABC and Fox sitcom Last Man Standing. Active since 1993, Fuller has built a steady career across television and independent film and has expanded her credits to include directing for stage and television.
Early Life and Background
Amanda Fuller began working professionally as a child and young actor, launching a screen career that would span television guest work and independent features. Public records provided do not list a place of birth or formal training, but her earliest credits date to the early 1990s and reflect a steady progression from small roles to recurring television work.
Fuller’s early screen experiences included roles that exposed her to a variety of dramatic and genre projects, preparing her to move between television drama and comedy. These formative years established her as a reliable performer capable of guest and recurring work on established series.
Path to Celebrity
Fuller’s career developed through frequent guest appearances and supporting roles across network television, where she worked on long-running procedural and family dramas as well as single-episode parts on high-profile shows. She appeared in established series such as Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, NCIS and That 70s Show, gaining experience in multiple production environments.
Alongside television work, Fuller appeared in independent films including Red White & Blue and Creature and took roles in studio and indie features that broadened her screen résumé. Her early mixture of episodic television and indie film helped position her to step into a recurring series role and later a main-cast television part.
Amanda Fuller Career
Early Career (1993–2011)
From the start of her professional career in 1993, Amanda Fuller accumulated numerous guest-starring and supporting credits across American television. She played a variety of parts on dramas and family shows including 7th Heaven, Judging Amy, Boston Public, The Division, Touched by an Angel, Malcolm in the Middle, The Practice and Without a Trace, demonstrating range and reliability in single-episode and short-arc roles.
In genre television Fuller took a notable part in the final season of Buffy the Vampire Slayer as Eve, one of the potential slayers, a role that placed her within a widely watched and culturally prominent series. Film work in this period included small but memorable roles in features and independent films such as ‘Til There Was You and Askari, where she worked opposite Marlee Matlin.
Breakthrough (2012–2019)
Fuller’s career took a significant turn when she joined the cast of the Tim Allen–starred sitcom Last Man Standing in 2012, stepping into the role of Kristin Baxter after the series’ first season. Fuller became the second actress to portray Kristin Baxter and continued in the role when the series moved from ABC to Fox, becoming widely recognized for the character on a long-running network sitcom.
During this period Fuller also expanded into recurring dramatic television work, including a multi-season appearance as Madison “Badison” Murphy in the final two seasons of Orange Is the New Black from 2018 to 2019. That role placed her in a high-profile streaming series during its concluding seasons and exposed her work to a broader streaming audience.
Fuller broadened her professional scope by directing for the stage and for television. She directed a Los Angeles production of Kenneth Lonergan’s This Is Our Youth, and she made her television directorial debut on Last Man Standing with the season 8 episode “Garage Band,” marking a formal expansion of her creative roles beyond acting.
Notable Works and Milestones
Signature credits for Amanda Fuller include her long-running portrayal of Kristin Baxter on Last Man Standing and her recurring role on Orange Is the New Black. Her work spans procedural television, family dramas, network sitcoms and independent films, and her directorial credits for stage and television represent key milestones as she diversified her career.
Amanda Fuller Award Nominations
There are no verified public records of major award nominations in the provided sources. Available records focus on Fuller’s steady body of work across television and film rather than on award recognition.
Amanda Fuller Awards Won
There are no verified records of major awards won in the supplied materials. Fuller’s public profile is shaped by long-term television roles and directorial work rather than by documented award wins in the sources provided.
Amanda Fuller Family
Amanda Fuller is married to Matthew Bryan Feld. Public accounts indicate the couple live in Los Angeles, California, and they have one child together. Specific details about Fuller’s parents and extended family are not listed in the provided materials.
Personal Life
Fuller resides in Los Angeles and is publicly married to Matthew Bryan Feld. The couple announced a pregnancy in July 2019 after Fuller’s publicly shared history with endometriosis; the available records indicate they have one child, and Fuller has spoken publicly about health challenges that preceded the birth.
Fuller maintains a professional profile that balances on-screen acting with directing for stage and television, and she continues to work in both film and episodic television. Publicly available biographical material focuses on her career and family life while respecting details that are not documented or are kept private.