Work
A career, in chronological order.
Television, film, and producing credits across two decades. Curated, not exhaustive.
Filmography by decade
2020s
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Shed
Ruth
Top billing in an independent psychological horror feature directed by Mila Vilaplana, written by and starring Valerie Jane Parker, with William Mapother as Dr. Levin and Spencer Locke as Gemini. A woman's unresolved grief begins haunting her from inside her own body. Produced by the female-owned Preacher's Daughter Pictures and Dipsomania; shot in Nashville and premiering there, an Official Selection in Tennessee Features at the 57th Nashville Film Festival, September 24 to 30, 2026.
Official Selection, Nashville Film Festival 2026 (Tennessee Features). Its single screening sold out.
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Relentless
Leah Aldonici
Australian martial-arts drama from writer-director Bren Foster, shot in Western Sydney in late 2025. Foster plays Connor Aldonici, a former soldier pulled back into an underground fighting arena after a cancer diagnosis; Amanda plays Leah, the wife holding the family together against the clock, and takes first billing on the teaser one-sheet. Germany's Spirit Media holds worldwide rights (Australia and New Zealand through Radioactive Pictures); introduced to buyers at the European Film Market in Berlin, February 2026. In post-production.
Worldwide distribution with Spirit Media; screened for buyers at EFM Berlin 2026.
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Scarpetta Featured role
Dorothy Farinelli (past)
The younger Dorothy Farinelli, sister to Kay Scarpetta, drawn from the Patricia Cornwell novels. With Nicole Kidman, Jamie Lee Curtis, and Bobby Cannavale. A study in mannerism-matching: Amanda built her Dorothy from the inside out by watching the older incarnation Curtis was implementing on set. Season 1 premiered March 11, 2026 (8 episodes); Season 2 is in production.
Past-timeline counterpart to Jamie Lee Curtis's Dorothy, opposite Nicole Kidman. Season 1 premiered March 11, 2026 on Prime Video; Season 2 began production in Nashville in spring 2026.
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“A treat amid all the narrative disarray is watching Mr. Parrish and Amanda Righetti (the younger Dorothy) mirror the mannerisms and vocal tics of their older selves. Unlike so much here, their technique is both subtle and effective.”
The Wall Street Journal · Review by John Anderson, March 2026A performance note inside a review that was broadly critical of the series.
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“A dream come true, the characters have come alive.”
Patricia Cornwell · APProject-level, author of the source novels on the adaptation
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Reagan Featured role
Nelle Reagan
Nelle Reagan, the President's mother, opposite Dennis Quaid and Penelope Ann Miller. A small-town Illinois Christian woman whose faith and resilience shape the film's portrait of the man who became the President. Period-appropriate in costume, posture, and bearing.
Theatrical biopic with Dennis Quaid.
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Far Haven Featured role
Lilly Rayne
Lead in an indie drama about return, loss, and a woman recovering her own footing in a small coastal town.
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Showdown at the Grand
100% Fresh on Rotten TomatoesLynn
Supporting role as Lynn in a love-letter-to-cinema indie about an old-school theater under threat from corporate redevelopment.
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Family Friends
Sienna Hart
Guest turn as Sienna Hart.
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Christmas at the Ranch
100% Fresh on Rotten TomatoesKate
Lead in a holiday-romance feature opposite Laur Allen and Lindsey Gort, a city-versus-ranch comedy of return, with Kate negotiating family land, expectation, and an unexpected reckoning of her own life.
Holiday romance.
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Queer Fish in God's Waiting Room
Misty
Producer credit and a cast role in an independent short, through Fish Out of Water Productions.
Producer + cast (short).
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Deranged Granny
Kendall Thompson
Lead in a Lifetime thriller opposite Wendie Malick (as Barbara). Kendall, a young mother contending with a grandmother whose attachment slides toward menace.
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L.A.'s Finest
Beverly Gamble
Recurring role across the Spectrum Originals procedural, opposite Gabrielle Union and Jessica Alba, a contained, complicating presence in the lead detectives' caseload.
2010s
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Pastalight
Susanna Lenzi
Supporting role in a short.
Short.
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Colony Featured role
84% Fresh on Rotten TomatoesMaddie Kenner
Two seasons as Maddie Kenner, sister to Sarah Wayne Callies's Katie, opposite Josh Holloway, a woman navigating a city under occupation, where survival forces her into accommodations she once would not have considered. Among the most morally tangled work in her catalog.
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Love at the Shore
Jenna
Lead in a Hallmark Channel original opposite Peter Porte, a romantic-comedy beat with the network's signature warmth.
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Cats Dancing on Jupiter
Josephine Smart
Lead and co-producer (Bliss Sinema) on an indie ensemble piece, a stage-y, character-driven film whose making was as much hers as her on-screen performance.
Lead and co-producer through Bliss Sinema.
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Chicago Fire / Chicago P.D.
8.0 / 10Dr. Holly Whelan
Crossover guest arc as Dr. Holly Whelan threading the One-Chicago franchise, episodes opposite Jesse Spencer, Taylor Kinney, and Jason Beghe.
Crossover arc.
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Shadow of Fear
Casey Cooper
Thriller lead opposite Anthony Michael Hall.
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Captain America: The First Avenger Featured role
80% Certified Fresh on Rotten TomatoesS.H.I.E.L.D. Agent
An MCU-era S.H.I.E.L.D. agent in the Captain America origin film, opposite Chris Evans, Hayley Atwell, and Tommy Lee Jones, a small but visible thread connecting her to the early Marvel theatrical roster.
Marvel Cinematic Universe.
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The Chateau Meroux
Jennifer
Indie drama lead.
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Wandering Eye
Maren Abbott
Indie lead.
2000s
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The Mentalist Featured role
8.1 / 10Grace Van Pelt
Grace Van Pelt, junior agent on the Patrick Jane unit, then a senior one, opposite Simon Baker, Robin Tunney, Tim Kang, and Owain Yeoman across the run of the series. Six seasons as a regular and a return for the seventh-season finale, carrying a character across most of a network procedural's 151-episode run without losing the human in the procedure.
Series regular S1–S6; returned for the S7 finale arc.
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Friday the 13th Featured role
Whitney Miller
Whitney Miller, final-girl lead of the 2009 theatrical relaunch of the franchise, opposite Jared Padalecki, Danielle Panabaker, and Derek Mears as Jason. A physical role: long night shoots, full-immersion stunt and chase work, and the genre disciplines of horror anchoring.
Theatrical reboot.
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Role Models
77% Fresh on Rotten TomatoesIsabel
Supporting role in the Paul Rudd / Seann William Scott / Christopher Mintz-Plasse comedy.
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K-Ville
A.J. Gossett
Recurring role on Fox's post-Katrina New Orleans police drama opposite Anthony Anderson and Cole Hauser.
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Pipeline
Jocelyn
Indie lead and her first producer credit, through Bliss Sinema.
Also producer.
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Return to House on Haunted Hill
Ariel Wolfe
Lead in the direct-to-video horror sequel, opposite Cerina Vincent, Tom Riley, and Erik Palladino, a treasure-hunt-meets-haunted-house thriller picking up the original's threads.
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Entourage
8.4 / 10Katrina
Guest turn on the Adrian Grenier / Jeremy Piven / Kevin Connolly ensemble (the “Aquamom” episode). Reported to have been one of President Obama’s favorite shows during the 2008 campaign trail (TV Guide).
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Reunion
Jenna Moretti
Series-regular Jenna Moretti on Fox's serialized drama opposite Will Estes, Alexa Davalos, Sean Faris, and Chyler Leigh, a friendship-and-secrets ensemble told across decades of life events.
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North Shore
Tessa Lewis
Series-regular Tessa Lewis, a Hawaii-set primetime drama opposite Kristoffer Polaha, Brooke Burns, and James Remar where she got the early run of a working-actor's discipline: full season, full pages, week after week.
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The O.C. Featured role
Hailey Nichol
Hailey Nichol, older half-sister of Mischa Barton's Marissa, in the Newport Beach social order alongside Adam Brody, Benjamin McKenzie, and Peter Gallagher. Her first recurring on a network hit.
Recurring across seasons 1–2.
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“I love The O.C. I used to rewatch it before new seasons.”
Emma Roberts · PeopleProject-level fan endorsement
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Greg the Bunny
Debbie Fishman
Early-career guest turn on the Seth Green / Eugene Levy / Sarah Silverman comedy.
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CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
7.7 / 10Riding Teen
Her first credited role, a guest spot on the original CSI with William Petersen and Marg Helgenberger.
