Amanda J. Barker is a

Canadian Canadians (french: Canadiens) are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of ...

comedic and dramatic

actress An actor or actress is a person who portrays a Character (arts), character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek ...

. Amanda Barker was born in Hanover, Massachusetts and at the age of 13, moved to

New Brunswick New Brunswick (french: Nouveau-Brunswick, , locally ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is one of the three Maritime provinces and one of the four Atlantic provinces. It is the only province with both English and ...

with her family. After high school, she studied English and Theater at

Mount Allison University Mount Allison University (also Mount A or MtA) is a Canadian primarily undergraduate liberal arts university located in Sackville, New Brunswick, founded in 1839. Like other liberal arts colleges in North America, Mount Allison does not parti ...

. She moved to Toronto and began working as major league baseball's only female mascot, Diamond, with the

Toronto Blue Jays The Toronto Blue Jays are a Canadian professional baseball team based in Toronto. The Blue Jays compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) East division. Since 1989, the team has played its home games ...

until she left to join the

Second City National Touring Company The Second City is an improvisational comedy enterprise and is the oldest ongoing improvisational theater troupe to be continually based in Chicago, with training programs and live theatres in Toronto and Los Angeles. The Second City Theatre op ...

. In 2012, she was a writer and star in the hit show ''Release the Stars: The Ballad of Randy and Evi Quaid'' at the Toronto fringe festival. Recent television credits include '' Video on Trial'', ''

The Jon Dore Show ''The Jon Dore Television Show'' is a Canadian mockumentary-style comedy television series, created by Jon Dore and John Brunton. The show stars Canadian actor and comedian Jon Dore, of recent ''Canadian Idol'' co-host fame. The Comedy Networ ...

'', and ''Separation''. In 2013, she starred as ''EBJ'' in ''

Spank! The Fifty Shades Parody ''Spank! The Fifty Shades Parody'' is an unauthorized musical satire of E.L. James' ''Fifty Shades of Grey'' created by Mills Entertainment. The show is currently touring Canada, United States, and Australia. The production was directed by ...

''.

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* Canadian film actresses Canadian television actresses Living people Year of birth missing (living people) People from Hanover, Massachusetts Actresses from Massachusetts Actresses from New Brunswick Mount Allison University alumni 21st-century Canadian actresses 21st-century American women {{Canada-actor-stub