Character

Amanda De Santa

Voiced by Vicki van Tassel

Alive12 missions

Amanda De Santa turns up in 12 of the 77 story missions, first in Prologue and last in The Time's Come.

Turns up in the story without fitting any of the other labels.

Role: Other characters
Voice actor: Vicki van Tassel
Status: Alive
Occupation: Stripper, Housewife
Affiliations: Eva, Carlos, Kyle Chavis, Fabien LaRouche, Jesse, Andy Moon

Player notes

Amanda Townley works as a stripper at her mother's club in the early 1990s when she meets bank robber Michael Townley and Trevor Philips. She begins a relationship with Michael, marries him and has Jimmy and Tracey. The family lives in a Midwest trailer until Michael arranges his 2004 escape with FIB agent Dave Norton. Amanda knows of the plan, attends Michael's staged funeral after the Ludendorff robbery and moves with the children to Los Santos, where they take the De Santa name.

In Los Santos, Amanda spends freely and clashes with Michael over their children and their failing marriage. After discovering Michael with a stripper, she begins seeing other men, including tennis coach Kyle Chavis. Franklin Clinton first sees her with Kyle while repossessing Jimmy's car from the De Santa Residence. Michael later catches Amanda and Kyle in the bedroom, then pursues Kyle with Franklin. The chase ends with Michael demolishing the wrong house, leaving him exposed to Martin Madrazo's demands.

Amanda argues with Michael after he finds Jimmy's marijuana, and Fabien LaRouche arrives for a yoga appointment. Trevor's sudden return interrupts the household, and he and Michael leave to stop Tracey's Fame or Shame appearance. Amanda is later arrested for shoplifting, and Michael can collect her from the police. When Fabien returns for another session, Michael joins their yoga class, attacks Fabien after misreading a pose and falls into the pool. Amanda leaves Michael, taking Jimmy and Tracey to live with Fabien.

Michael eventually confronts Fabien and asks Amanda to return. She agrees, and the family gathers Tracey before attending a session with Dr. Isiah Friedlander. Their arguments continue in the therapist's office, but Amanda returns to the De Santa Residence with Michael, Jimmy and Tracey. She attends Michael's Meltdown premiere with the family. Amanda remains alive in Los Santos through The Time's Come, still married to Michael and living with her family at the De Santa Residence.

Trivia

◆She may be inspired by Carmela Soprano, a character from the HBO crime drama The Sopranos, due to her husband seeing a psychiatrist and her being involved in numerous affairs. Her GTA Online appearance also resembles Carmela.
◆The number plate for Amanda's Sentinel is 'KRYST4L'. 'KRYST4L' is leet-speak for 'Krystal', which was Amanda's stripper name.
◆Amanda appears to have a drinking problem, and also appears to be a kleptomaniac.
◆While switching back to Michael, there is a chance he'll walk in on Amanda in their bedroom while she's masturbating; she'll throw away a dildo, saying she thought the door was locked, and goes to sleep. If the player is playing as Trevor/Franklin and sneaks into the house and catch her on the act, they can see her continuing with the masturbation.
◆Amanda's favorite radio stations are most likely Space 103.2 and The Lowdown 91.1, as they are the default radio stations of her Sentinel.
◆Despite the fact that she uses Michael's affairs as ammunition in her arguments with him, she herself has had affairs with Fabien LaRouche, Kyle Chavis, a juice seller, a dog-walker, Jimmy's third grade teacher, a rubbish collector, Michael's proctologist, Carlos, Jesse, and Andy Moon. She, Jimmy, and Tracey all refer to these liaisons quite casually in the mission Reuniting the Family.
◆On the Hush Smush website, the player has the possibility of running into a page with a user dubbed foxymama21 that very clearly indicates that it is her, even though it is never explicitly said. In her description, she indicates that she "has the mind and body of a girl half [her] age" (she is 43, according to her info), but her husband ignores her and he spends his time drinking by the pool, and is looking for someone to satisfy her in her "prime". It also mentions that she loves yoga.
◆Looking through the game files of the PC version, an unused image for foxymama21 reveals that she is Amanda. This also implies that she owns an iFruit phone.
◆Trevor and Amanda's dialogue, when playing tennis at the house, indicates they might have been friends, before Michael's "death".
◆When playing as Franklin and/or Trevor and the player injures Michael; or if playing as Michael followed by getting knocked out by either Franklin and/or Trevor for stalking, Amanda will sometimes text either of the two on Michael's behalf in an infuriated manner.
◆During an activity with Michael, if the player gets drunk, Amanda will say she liked one of his old friends. A shocked Michael will then exclaim "Trevor?", but Amanda will respond "No, the other one", most likely refers to Brad Snider.
◆During an activity with Michael, Amanda will mention to him that her mother was right about him. He will retort with that Amanda's mother put her daughters on stage at the strip joint and was a manipulative pimp.
◆During an activity with Michael, Amanda tells him that she wishes to teach yoga and tennis to the homeless, a heavily edited dream that she only settles on after Michael scoffs at simply teaching the activities, commenting that there are "far too many" of both in Los Santos already.
◆If Franklin or Trevor steals Amanda's Sentinel, Michael will text one of two things, either: "Amanda knows you have her car, and she is on the warpath." or "Piss me off, man. But you do NOT want to get on the wrong side of Amanda."
◆In The Diamond Casino Heist update for Grand Theft Auto Online, Jimmy mentions that Amanda is creeped out by Lester Crest.
◆In The Contract update for Grand Theft Auto Online, Amanda is indirectly referenced by Franklin to the when he says that some rich people's wives may be having affairs with their tennis coach.