Amanda LaRusso (Neé Steiner) was born on February 27 in Ohio to Joanne and Mr. Steiner, she was very close with her cousin, Jessica Andrews. As Amanda neared the end of high school, her parents marriage began to deteriorate, causing her to act out. It all came to a head when she caught her father having an affair with the tutor, where she smashed the tutor's car with a baseball bat and got arrested. Elizabeth-Anne Rooney nicknaned her "Babe Ruthless" which is what made her decide to move to Los Angeles, where she met Daniel LaRusso, who she dated, married, opened LaRusso Auto group with and had two children. Sam in 2002 and Anthony in 2005.