Amanda Dillon

Infobox soap character
series = All My Children
name = Amanda Dillon



caption1 = Chrishell Stause as Amanda Dillon (2007)
first = May 14 1992 (birth)
parents = Trevor Dillon (father; deceased)
Janet Dillon (mother)
siblings = Timothy Dillon (adoptive brother/cousin)
grandparents = Wilma Marlowe (maternal grandmother)
aunts/uncles = Arlene Vaughan (paternal aunt) Natalie Marlowe Dillon (maternal aunt, deceased)
cousins = Hayley Vaughan (paternal cousin) Lorenzo Santos (paternal first cousin once removed)
residence = Wildwind, Pine Valley, Pennsylvania, with Del Henry, Julia Santos and Aidan Devane.
Formerly the Chandler Mansion.
Formerly Denver, Colorado.
Formerly at The Dillon House, 312 Pine Street
occupation = Cocktail waitress at ConFusion nightclub
Former personal assistant at Fusion Cosmetics
Former personal assistant at New Beginnings
romances = Jamie Martin (fling)
Jonathan Lavery (ex-lover)
J.R. Chandler (ex-lover)
Jake Martin (dating)
portrayer = Chrishell Stause
color = #C80815

Amanda Dillon is a fictional character from the American daytime "All My Children". She is currently portrayed by actress Chrishell Stause (May 4 2005 to present).

Amanda Dillon is the daughter of Trevor Dillon and ex-convict Janet Green Dillon. Amanda is conceived when Janet is posing as her sister Natalie. The Dillon family (Trevor, Janet, Amanda, Tim, and Harold the Dog) later moves to Colorado. Amanda returns to Pine Valley on May 4 2005 to attend school and reconnect with childhood friends J.R. Chandler and Jamie Martin.

Sly, cunning and manipulative, yet charming and trustworthy, Amanda is an ever-changing fixture on the show.

History

Amanda/J.R./Jamie

Amanda made her way back to Pine Valley to attend summer school at Pine Valley University. She had fallen asleep in JR’s bed after driving all the way from Colorado. JR thought she was a prostitute hired to incriminate him, until Tad reminded her who she was. Amanda plotted to incriminate new nanny Di Kirby by stealing money from the Chandler safe. JR confronted her, and she came up with a story of how she didn’t have any money because Janet was back to her old ways and Trevor wasn’t working worrying about her. JR saw through her sob story, and instead decided to use Amanda in his plot for revenge against Jamie and his ex-wife Babe Carey. Once Amanda saw how Jamie had grown up, she was happy to oblige.

But all of JR and Amanda’s plotting lead Amanda to have true feelings for Jamie. Her job was simplified when Phoebe Tyler Wallingford died and left her estate to Jamie on the criteria that he broke up with Babe. Babe broke off her relationship with Jamie, but warned Amanda to keep her scheming hands off of him.

Amanda pursued Aidan Devane while his girlfriend, Anita Santos, was out of town. A young blonde girl continuously stood in her way when it came to flirting with Aidan. One day, she went off on the girl, only to find it she was Lily Montgomery, Laurel’s daughter. Lily told Amanda she had changed. It was her greatest fear, was she turning into her mother?

But nothing was standing between Amanda and Jamie. She was prepared to go as far as to drug Jamie into marrying her. When Jamie found out, he was determined to send Amanda packing. Amanda had a break down and admitted she could never go home. Janet was back to her old self, and Amanda was the target of her insanity. Jamie promised to protect Amanda, but told her she needed to get Janet help.

J.R., Jamie and Babe all eventually turned on Amanda, although it took Jamie longer than the others. Unfortunately for Amanda, Babe informed Jamie that she had planned to drug him and marry him to get her hands on the Wallingford money. Jamie washed his hands of her, but it didn't last long. He was soon back in her life, although she had no idea that Jamie was trying to get the goods on her. She got a new job working for Josh Madden and Erica Kane at New Beginnings, but then she began experiencing blackouts. When horrible things started happening to the residents of Pine Valley during her blackouts, Amanda began to worry that she was the one hurting people.

Downfall

When drunken J.R. hits Amanda with his car, Babe Carey takes the blame for J.R., so that Amanda believes Babe is responsible for hitting her, only adding to the enmity between them. Amanda begins experiencing blackouts, and during these times, odd events begin occurring: Babe is pushed down a flight of stairs, the Chandlers' Thanksgiving soup is poisoned, Little Adam Chandler is kidnapped. Amanda secretly fears that she is responsible for these events. She can't remember if she caused them, all the while defending herself against Babe and J.R.'s accusations. Jamie, himself suspecting Amanda, plays her champion to get information.

Amanda confesses her blackouts to Josh. Josh begins to sabotage Erica, even going so far as drugging her, and frames Amanda. By this time, Amanda realizes that Janet is responsible for the crimes she is accused of around Pine Valley, but Amanda protects her mother out of maternal loyalty. As Amanda tries to convince her mother to seek counseling, she is thrown in prison for drugging Erica. Her innocence later proven, Amanda realizes her mother is planning on blowing up a charity event and rushes to stop her. Amanda is unable to, and people die in the explosion.

After kidnapping Babe, Janet is caught, but Amanda learns that in her madness, Janet had killed Trevor Dillon. Amanda, depressed and ostracized for protecting Janet for so long, is given a job by Dr. Greg Madden. Greg, a fertility doctor, convinces a vulnerable Amanda to become a surrogate mother, secretly motivated by his own nefarious intentions. However, Greg is buried in the park and dies before he can even get Amanda fertilized with an egg.

Amanda soon focuses her attention on keeping Lily Montgomery, her one-time stepsister and Jonathan Lavery, Lily's new husband, together. Jonathan, who has mentally suffered from the removal of a brain tumor for months, regains his mentality back. However, he begs Amanda to keep it a secret when she finds out because he doesn't want to hurt the autistic Lily. However, Lily finds out and soon dumps Jonathan, breaking his heart, while Amanda realizes she has fallen for Jonathan. She eventually seduces him, the start of their romantic relationship. Their romantic mingling eventually ends, however, due to Amanda realizing that Jonathan will never love her as deeply as he loves Lily and she cannot continue to be a "friend with benefits".

Rebound

Amanda's life rebounded in recent months, securing a job at ConFusion and renewing her friendship with Babe. She is also living at Wildwind at Julia Santos' invitation. Amanda becomes involved in an intimate relationship with J.R. Chandler; Kendall Hart Slater and Aidan Devane warn her not to get involved with him. When J.R. tells Amanda that he is broke, she pushes him in the lake. They soon break up. Amanda later secures a job at the Fusion Cosmetics office working under Babe.

Kidnapping and Blackmail

After being kidnapped, Amanda and J.R. reconnect. The two come together and she later discovers that J.R. was behind their kidnapping. In order to keep her silent, J.R. promises to pay her a large sum of money. The two agree to work together to con Adam Chandler, but the kidnapping goes astray when Zach Slater interfers. Amanda later blackmails Adam with a tape of J.R. confessing to his crimes which includes a timestamp in order to get him out of jail for a hit-and-run. She obtains the yacht that J.R. was living in (which was once sold to Adam by Erica Kane) and a sum of money. With the money, Amanda says she will put her mother in a better institution where she get treated better. Since her blackmailing of J.R.'s freedom, Amanda's relationship with Babe has weakened.

Current Happenings

Amanda was arrested in June 2008 for prostitution while helping Babe get information from a prostitute. Amanda was released when she got to the police station. Since then, she and Babe have launched a new perfume for Fusion, called Bella. She has also started a relationship with Jake Martin and befriended Taylor Thompson, an Iraqi war veteran.