Amanda Jane Cooper

{{Short description|American actress}}

Amanda Jane Cooper (born June 15, 1988) is an American actress and singer who played the role of Glinda in Wicked{{cite web |title=Amanda Jane Cooper, Justin Keyes, Daniel J. Maldonado Star in Irish Rep's The Streets of New York, Opening December 14 |url=https://playbill.com/article/amanda-jane-cooper-justin-keyes-daniel-j-maldonado-star-in-irish-reps-the-streets-of-new-york-beginning-december-4 |website=playbill.com}}{{cite web |title=Wicked's Amanda Jane Cooper Will Make Feinstein's/54 Below Debut This Spring |url=http://www.playbill.com/article/wickeds-amanda-jane-cooper-will-make-feinsteins-54-below-debut-this-spring |website=Playbill |accessdate=10 February 2019}} and the guest role of Susan Channing on Jessie.

Cooper grew up in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. She graduated from Great Valley High School in Malvern, Pennsylvania, and received her BFA from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh.{{cite web |title=Amanda Jane Cooper |url=https://www.broadway.com/buzz/stars/amanda-jane-cooper/profile/ |website=Broadway Buzz |accessdate=5 February 2019}} She played the character of Brooke in Smart People while attending college. She first debuted in New York theatres in BUNKED! A New Musical, and while playing as Glinda at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, she performed for First Lady Michelle Obama.{{Cite web |title=About |url=https://www.amandajanecooper.com/about-1 |access-date=2024-11-15 |website=AJC |language=en-US}} She has previously discussed her struggles with an eating disorder.{{Cite web |title=Broadway Star Amanda Jane Cooper Shares Her Story from Struggle to Hope in New I Am Second Film |url=https://www.alarryross.com/i-am-second-news/2019/6/11/broadway-star-amanda-jane-cooper-shares-her-story-from-struggle-to-hope-in-new-i-am-second-film |access-date=2024-11-15 |website=A. Larry Ross Communications |language=en-US}}

She met her husband, Andrew Bell, at church. They had originally planned to get married on April 29, 2020. Due to COVID-19 lockdowns, they had a courthouse wedding on March 18, 2020, and a Zoom ceremony for friends and family on April 4, 2020.{{Cite web |title=Congratulotions! Broadway's Amanda Jane Cooper Ties the Knot in Zoom Ceremony |url=https://www.broadway.com/buzz/199199/congratulotions-broadways-amanda-jane-cooper-ties-the-knot-in-zoom-ceremony/ |access-date=2024-11-15 |website=Broadway.com |language=en}} Cooper and Bell renewed their vows on September 19, 2021.{{Cite web |title=Instagram |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CxYtYztJwWU/?img_index=1 |access-date=2024-11-15 |website=www.instagram.com}} On November 2, 2023, Cooper publicly announced she was expecting her first child with Bell.{{Cite web |title=Instagram |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CzJ81AzJ2zG/ |access-date=2024-11-15 |website=www.instagram.com}}