Amanda Congdon, born 1981 New York City, is the co-producer and host of a weekly vidcast for ABC. She has a independent videoblog called Starring Amanda Congdon. She is also co-president of Oxmour Entertainment along with Mario Librandi and was the host of Amanda Across America before it concluded. However, she is probably best known for hosting the daily news show Rocketboom (which Salon described as "one of the most popular video blogs on the Web."), which she hosted and produced until June 23, 2006. She is still the co-owner (49%) of Rocketboom but a controversial discrepancy between her and the 51% shareholder Andrew Baron has resulted in her no longer hosting or producing the show. She also co-scripted and was the co-executive producer of Rocketboom's sister channel The JetSet Show.

Congdon was born and raised in Manhattan and graduated Magna Cum Laude from Northwestern University. Once she graduated she took a job at Saatchi & Saatchi, an advertising agency. She had leading roles in Waafrika (Red Room Theater) and Independence (Manhattan Theatre Source) and, during the second season, appeared as the coat check attendant on Rocco's The Restaurant. She has also appeared on CSI, The Chris Rock Show (on HBO), a Showtime pilot and Cake Presents. She can be seen in a Northstar music video which aired on MTV2, FUSE and VH1's My Coolest Years.

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