Amanda Laura Bynes was born on April 3, 1986, in Thousand Oaks, California, the youngest of three children of Lynn (Organ), a dental assistant, and Richard Bynes, a dentist. Her father is of Lithuanian, Irish, and Polish descent, and her mother is from an Ashkenazi Jewish family from Toronto. ...

Severe mental instability that has made headlines for the past two years, with a string of arrests, involvement with drugs, and disturbing tweets/tirades on social media. The exact diagnosis of Bynes has not been made public as of 2014, though she has showed signs of psychosis, severe paranoia and delusional thinking leading to speculation she has either schizophrenia or bipolar disorder.