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Amanda Kirby
Amanda Kirby in Jurassic Park III
Appearances	Jurassic Park III
Species	Human
Gender	Female
Portrayed by	Téa Leoni
Status	Alive
Family	Paul Kirby (ex-husband) Ben Hildebrand (boyfriend; deceased) Eric Kirby (son)

Amanda Kirby is the wife of Paul Kirby and former girlfriend of Ben Hildebrand. She, along with Paul, tricked Alan Grant and Billy Brennan to travel to Isla Sorna in order to find their young son, Eric Kirby, who disappeared on the island two months prior along with Ben.

History

Background

Amanda lived in Enid, Oklahoma and was married to Paul Kirby. They had a son, named Eric, but overtime they grew apart, constantly bickering and being unable to agree on anything. Amanda had eventually divorced Paul just over a year before the events of Jurassic Park III. Sometime afterwards, she had begun dating Ben Hildebrand. Her favorite Simpson character is Homer and she enjoys hugging, donuts.^{[citation needed]} Her favorite kiddie ride is "Stuart Little".^{[citation needed]}

Jurassic Park III

After Eric and Ben's disappearance on Isla Sorna, Amanda had pretended to still be married to her ex-husband, posing as a millionaire thrill-seeker, in order to trick Dr. Alan Grant, unaware that, he had only traveled to Isla Nublar, into accompanying them to Isla Sorna to act as a guide, hoping he would be able to help them find her son. Upon landing on the island, Amanda began using a megaphone to call out to Eric, despite Dr Grant's protests that, this would attract too much attention. He was, proved right, when a Spinosaurus had attacked the group moments later, attracted, by Amanda's shouting. Amanda had narrowly escaped, with the rest of the group. Throughout the film, Amanda had often argued, with Paul and had ignored Alan's advice against, making loud noises, shouting for Eric in her desperation and also screaming in terror, when they encountered predatory dinosaurs. She was distraught, when the group discovered Ben's corpse, especially, when she became tangled in Ben's parachute, causing her to temporarily run off. When Paul had tried to comfort her, Amanda had admitted that, she was more concerned for Eric's welfare than Ben's death, as it, meant that, their son was now all alone on Isla Sorna. She was greatly relieved, when she had discovered that, Eric was alive and they were reunited.

By the end of the ordeal, Amanda began taking Alan's advice more, becoming less impulsive. She also grew closer to her ex-husband again, with the two of them sharing some affectionate moments, including Amanda commenting on Paul losing weight and saying he "looks good" and Amanda embracing Paul after finding Ben's corpse. When confronted, by the Raptor pack from who's Billy had stolen the eggs from, the alpha raptor approaches Amanda, believing that, she was the one, who had taken them, this is never fully explained, though one theory is that, the raptors believed Amanda to be the alpha of her own "pack", due to her being the only female. Amanda had managed to stay calm, asking Paul to give her the eggs, which she then returns to the raptors. After the raptors depart, Amanda, along, with the others, tries to warn the man standing on the beach with the megaphone to stop, no doubt remembering her own experience, with, making too much noise. Shortly after, Amanda is rescued from the island, by the navy.

In a deleted scene, Amanda and Paul kiss after being rescued by the US navy.

It is implied tha,t Amanda and Paul got back together after they were rescued, because her final line in the film is; "i dare them to nest in Enid, Oklahoma". She and Paul then smile at each other.

Production and development

The first drafts of Jurassic Park III had two female characters: a naturalist named Simone and an unnamed business partner, who was also the bride of a truly wealthy man named Paul Roby. Most likely, these two characters have merged later in the final script as Amanda Kirby.

Amanda Kirby from LEGO Jurassic World.

Trivia

• Amanda appeared to be a reckless driver once as it was revealed in a conversation, with Paul that, she had wrecked three vehicles in three years. But Paul had revealed that, one of the vehicles, a Buick, was not completely wrecked and that, he only, made the claim that, it was in order to an SUV. It is also revealed that, Paul is a more careful driver as he drives five miles less than the speed limit.