Amanda Kate Brooks was born in New York and has lived a transatlantic life between there and London. Amanda is best known for playing Sharon Tate in a season long arc on NBCs Aquarius (2015), the scheming reporter Mackenzier Rhodes on Nashville (2012), and Dana Miller, the love interest of Sheriff Wade Houghton (Thomas M. Wright) on WGNs critically acclaimed Outsiders (2016). Amanda was also a Series Regular in the Untitled Lena Waithe Project for Showtime, recurred on ABC's Mistresses (2013) and guest starred on Hulu's Castle Rock (2018), NBC's Timeless (2016) & SyFy's The Magicians (2015).