Amanda Bynes has shed her child star image by posing in a sexy photo shoot for lads' magazine Maxim. The 23-year-old actress is pictured on the cover of the February issue. Bynes, who made her start in Nickelodeon children's show All That, says: 'Some people still see me as a kid, but I'm a 23-year-old woman now.'

The actress also says that her parents asked her if the bold move meant she was going to take on more risqué roles. 'I want to show people who I am,' Bynes says. 'My parents were like: 'Does this mean you're gonna do sexy movies now?'

'I said: 'Well, if they're done the right way, then maybe!' I mean, I'm not gonna do porn, but if it's a Leonardo DiCaprio movie or whatever...then I wouldn't mind. 'Point is, it's time for me to start making my own decisions.'The California native has been in showbiz for 13 years, getting her break at the tender age of 10. 'I had taken a class at the Laugh Factory [a comedy club on Sunset Boulevard],' she says, 'and producers from All That were in the audience at the graduation show. That's where it all began.'