Amanda Rothman (played by Judy Taylor) is a minor character from the first season of Smallville. She appears in flashback scenes of the episode "Zero".
Three years before the events of the series, Amanda was engaged to marry Jude Royce. Some time before her wedding was due, her friend Lex Luthor took her to Club Zero in Metropolis and there they found Jude in the company of other women. Amanda was devastated and Jude became enraged at Lex. As Lex and Amanda made their way out of the club, Jude followed and attacked Lex with a knife. Lex's bodyguard Max Kasich drew a gun but Jude knocked it away. Amanda then picked up the gun and shot Jude.
Amanda was never convicted for shooting Jude as Lex and Max made arrangements with detective Sam Phelan to have the incident written up that Max had fired the gun defending Lex and Amanda. However, as time went on, Amanda's guilt over what she had done destroyed her and she committed suicide. This would drive her brother Roy into pursuing revenge against Lex in 2002.