Amanda Peterson
Amanda Peterson (born
July 8,
1971 in
Greeley,
Colorado) is an
actress who gained much fame during the late
1980s, when she portrayed Cindy Mancini, a
Tucson, Arizona high-school student, in the movie
Can't Buy Me Love.
Peterson and co-star
Patrick Dempsey obtained
teen idol status after the release of the
1987 movie. Prior to that, Peterson had a starring role in
Explorers, and she also acted with
Robert De Niro. Amanda Peterson and Patrick Dempsey subsequently appeared on covers of
teen magazines such as
Tiger Beat,
Teen Beat and many others for a considerable amount of time.
Peterson went on to make other movies, none of which have achieved the box-office success of
Can't Buy Me Love. She has acted in about 16 different movies and
television shows. Today she is happily married and resides in the beautiful Napa Valley with her husband, David Hartley, and their son, Jonathan, and daughter, Katie.
