Amanda Louise Holden 1971 in Bishop's Waltham, Hampshire); is an English actress. She made her television debut as an unsuccessful contestant on the long-running ITV series Blind Date. Amanda trained at the Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts. Her first television role was in the BBC soap opera EastEnders in 1994, but she is perhaps best known for playing Mia Bevan in the BAFTA Award-nominated drama series Cutting It from 2002 to 2004.

Amanda Holden has appeared in several stage musicals and in 2004 was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her performance in the West End production of Thoroughly Modern Millie. On November 19, 2004 she appeared on the BBC's Children in Need charity appeal singing Aretha Franklin's "(You Make Me Feel Like); A Natural Woman". On that night also, she announced her engagement to record boss Chris Hughes.