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Amanda Michelle Seyfried (pronounced "Sigh-Frid", ; born December 3, 1985) is an American
United States

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 actress
Actor

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 and former child model
Model (person)

A model , sometimes called a mannequin, is a person who poses or who is displayed for the purpose of art, fashion, or other product s and advertising....
. She is best known for her roles as Sophie Sheridan in the feature film
Feature film

In the film industry, a feature film is a film made for initial Film distributor in Movie theater and being the "main attraction" of the screening ....
 Mamma Mia!
Mamma Mia! (film)

Mamma Mia! is a 2008 stage-to-film adaptation of the 1999 West End theatre Mamma Mia!, based on the songs of successful pop music group ABBA, with additional music also composed by ABBA member Benny Andersson....
 and as Karen in Mean Girls
Mean Girls

Mean Girls is a 2004 in film Cinema of the United States teen film comedy film, based on the book, Queen Bees and Wannabes, directed by Mark Waters and starring Lindsay Lohan....
; she has also appeared in Alpha Dog
Alpha Dog

Alpha Dog is a 2006 crime drama film written and directed by Nick Cassavetes, released on January 27, 2006. The film is based on the true story of the kidnapping and subsequent events of 15-year-old Murder of Nicholas Markowitz in 2000, and the alleged involvement of Jesse James Hollywood, a young drug dealer in California....
 and in the television shows Veronica Mars
Veronica Mars

Veronica Mars is an American television series created by Rob Thomas . The series premiered on September 22, 2004, during UPN's last two years, and ended on May 22, 2007, after a season on UPN's successor, The CW Television Network....
 and Big Love
Big Love

Big Love is an American television drama on HBO about a fundamentalist Mormon family in Utah that practices polygamy. Big Love stars Bill Paxton, Chlo? Sevigny, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Ginnifer Goodwin, Harry Dean Stanton, Amanda Seyfried, Douglas Smith , Grace Zabriskie, and Matt Ross....
.

da Seyfried was born in Allentown
Allentown, Pennsylvania

Allentown is a city located in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, in the United States. It is Pennsylvania's third most populous city, after Philadelphia and Pittsburgh....
, Lehigh County
Lehigh County, Pennsylvania

Lehigh County is a county located in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. It was formed in 1812 from parts of Northampton County, Pennsylvania. As of 2000, the population of the county is 312,090....
, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania , often colloquially referred to as PA by natives and Northeasterners, is a U.S. state located in the Northeastern United States and Mid-Atlantic States regions of the United States....
, United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
, the daughter of Ann, an occupational therapist
Occupational therapist

An occupational therapist is a health professional who is trained in the practice of occupational therapy. The role of an occupational therapist is to work with a client to help them achieve a fulfilled and satisfied state in life through the use of "purposeful activity or interventions designed to achieve functional outcomes which promote...
, and Jack Seyfried, a pharmacist
Pharmacist

Pharmacists are health professionals who practice the science of pharmacy. In their traditional role, pharmacists typically take a request for medicines from a prescribing health care provider in the form of a medical prescription and dispense the medication to the patient and counsel them on the proper use and adverse effects of that medic...
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Amanda Michelle Seyfried (pronounced "Sigh-Frid", ; born December 3, 1985) is an American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 actress
Actor

An actor or actress is a person who acting in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio programming in that capacity....
 and former child model
Model (person)

A model , sometimes called a mannequin, is a person who poses or who is displayed for the purpose of art, fashion, or other product s and advertising....
. She is best known for her roles as Sophie Sheridan in the feature film
Feature film

In the film industry, a feature film is a film made for initial Film distributor in Movie theater and being the "main attraction" of the screening ....
 Mamma Mia!
Mamma Mia! (film)

Mamma Mia! is a 2008 stage-to-film adaptation of the 1999 West End theatre Mamma Mia!, based on the songs of successful pop music group ABBA, with additional music also composed by ABBA member Benny Andersson....
 and as Karen in Mean Girls
Mean Girls

Mean Girls is a 2004 in film Cinema of the United States teen film comedy film, based on the book, Queen Bees and Wannabes, directed by Mark Waters and starring Lindsay Lohan....
; she has also appeared in Alpha Dog
Alpha Dog

Alpha Dog is a 2006 crime drama film written and directed by Nick Cassavetes, released on January 27, 2006. The film is based on the true story of the kidnapping and subsequent events of 15-year-old Murder of Nicholas Markowitz in 2000, and the alleged involvement of Jesse James Hollywood, a young drug dealer in California....
 and in the television shows Veronica Mars
Veronica Mars

Veronica Mars is an American television series created by Rob Thomas . The series premiered on September 22, 2004, during UPN's last two years, and ended on May 22, 2007, after a season on UPN's successor, The CW Television Network....
 and Big Love
Big Love

Big Love is an American television drama on HBO about a fundamentalist Mormon family in Utah that practices polygamy. Big Love stars Bill Paxton, Chlo? Sevigny, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Ginnifer Goodwin, Harry Dean Stanton, Amanda Seyfried, Douglas Smith , Grace Zabriskie, and Matt Ross....
.

Personal life

Amanda Seyfried was born in Allentown
Allentown, Pennsylvania

Allentown is a city located in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, in the United States. It is Pennsylvania's third most populous city, after Philadelphia and Pittsburgh....
, Lehigh County
Lehigh County, Pennsylvania

Lehigh County is a county located in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. It was formed in 1812 from parts of Northampton County, Pennsylvania. As of 2000, the population of the county is 312,090....
, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania , often colloquially referred to as PA by natives and Northeasterners, is a U.S. state located in the Northeastern United States and Mid-Atlantic States regions of the United States....
, United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
, the daughter of Ann, an occupational therapist
Occupational therapist

An occupational therapist is a health professional who is trained in the practice of occupational therapy. The role of an occupational therapist is to work with a client to help them achieve a fulfilled and satisfied state in life through the use of "purposeful activity or interventions designed to achieve functional outcomes which promote...
, and Jack Seyfried, a pharmacist
Pharmacist

Pharmacists are health professionals who practice the science of pharmacy. In their traditional role, pharmacists typically take a request for medicines from a prescribing health care provider in the form of a medical prescription and dispense the medication to the patient and counsel them on the proper use and adverse effects of that medic...
. Her sister, Jennifer Seyfried is a musician in the Philadelphia organ-driven band, Love City. She graduated in 2003 from Allentown's William Allen High School
William Allen High School

William Allen High School is one of two public high schools located in Allentown, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, in the United States.The school, which is located at 126 North 17th Street, serves students from the western and southern parts of the city....
 and subsequently enrolled at New York City
New York City

The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
's Fordham University
Fordham University

'Fordham University' is a private university university in the United States, with three campuses located in and around New York City. It was founded by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York in 1841 as St....
. As a teenager, she appeared on the cover of three Francine Pascal
Francine Pascal

Francine Pascal is an United States author known for creating the Sweet Valley series of novels. Her Sweet Valley High series was made into a television series....
 books. She is currently dating her Mamma Mia! costar Dominic Cooper
Dominic Cooper

Dominic Cooper is an England actor. He has worked in TV, film, theatre and radio, in productions including Mamma Mia! The Movie, The Duchess, and The History Boys....
 after ending her 2 year relationship with Jesse Merchant. Cooper and Seyfried started dating whilst filming Mamma Mia! in Greece.

Career

Seyfried started her career as a model
Model (person)

A model , sometimes called a mannequin, is a person who poses or who is displayed for the purpose of art, fashion, or other product s and advertising....
 at age eleven. From there she went on to acting uncredited in the daytime drama Guiding Light
Guiding Light

Guiding Light is an United States television program credited by the Guinness World Records as being the longest-running soap opera in production and the longest running drama in television and radio history....
. In 2000, she originated the role of Lucy Montgomery
Lucy Montgomery (ATWT)

Lucinda Marie "Lucy" Montgomery is a fictional character in the daytime soap opera, As The World Turns. The character has been played by 5 different actresses....
 on As the World Turns
As the World Turns

As the World Turns is an American television soap opera that airs each weekday on CBS.Set in the fictional town of Oakdale , the show debuted on Monday, April 2, 1956 at 1:30pm Eastern Time Zone....
. From 2002 to 2003, she played the role of Joni Stafford on ABC's All My Children
All My Children

All My Children, sometimes abbreviated by fans and the press as AMC, is an United States soap opera and drama television series that has been broadcast Monday through Friday on the American Broadcasting Company television network since January 5, 1970, and the daily episode also airs weeknights on SOAPnet....
.

In 2004, Seyfried achieved a breakthrough when she was cast as the most dimwitted of the Plastics, Karen Smith, in the popular teen film Mean Girls
Mean Girls

Mean Girls is a 2004 in film Cinema of the United States teen film comedy film, based on the book, Queen Bees and Wannabes, directed by Mark Waters and starring Lindsay Lohan....
. In Mean Girls, she initially auditioned for the role of Regina George. She became the original casting choices for both the roles of Regina George and Cady Heron. She was then cast as Regina George's sidekick, and supporting lead, Karen Smith. The other roles later went to Rachel McAdams
Rachel McAdams

Rachel Anne McAdams is a Canadian actress.Her films include Mean Girls and The Notebook both , as well as Wedding Crashers and Red Eye both ....
 and Lindsay Lohan
Lindsay Lohan

Lindsay Dee Lohan is an United States actress, fashion model and pop music singer. Lohan started in show business as a Child modeling for magazine advertisement and television commercials....
 respectively. In 2005, she played the lead character in one of the nine parts in the movie Nine Lives
Nine Lives (2005 film)

Nine Lives is a 2005 in film United States drama film written and directed by Rodrigo Garc?a. The screenplay, an example of hyperlink cinema, relates nine short, loosely intertwined tales with nine different women at their cores....
.

Continuing her television career, Seyfried was cast in UPN
UPN

United Paramount Network was a television network that broadcast in over 200 markets in the United States and that was in production for over eleven years....
's Veronica Mars
Veronica Mars

Veronica Mars is an American television series created by Rob Thomas . The series premiered on September 22, 2004, during UPN's last two years, and ended on May 22, 2007, after a season on UPN's successor, The CW Television Network....
 as the title character's murdered best friend Lilly Kane
Lilly Kane

Lilly Kane is a fictional character played by Amanda Seyfried on the UPN/CW Television Network television series Veronica Mars....
. In her role as Lilly, she appeared on the show through a series of flashbacks
Back-story

The term backstory has meaning in both fiction and nonfiction....
, dreams and visions, which portrayed her as a wild, stylish, and bubbly teenage daughter of a business executive. Lilly is sometimes compared to the character of Laura Palmer
Laura Palmer

Laura Palmer is a fictional character from the television series Twin Peaks, created by David Lynch and Mark Frost. Her death was the catalyst for the events of the series....
 of Twin Peaks
Twin Peaks

Twin Peaks was a television serial drama created by David Lynch and Mark Frost. The series follows the investigation, headed by Special Agent Dale Cooper , of the brutal murder of a popular and respected teenager and homecoming queen, Laura Palmer ....
, who also was a deceased murdered blonde teenager who had sexual activities with adults and appeared through various flashbacks as the plot unfolded. While appearing often during Mars first season, she also appeared briefly in the second season's premiere and finale. Seyfried originally auditioned for the title role on Veronica Mars, but lost the place to Kristen Bell
Kristen Bell

Kristen Anne Bell is an American actress. She has received a Satellite Award and Saturn Award, and has been nominated for a Television Critics Association Award and Teen Choice Award....
 and she ended up winning the role of Lilly Kane
Lilly Kane

Lilly Kane is a fictional character played by Amanda Seyfried on the UPN/CW Television Network television series Veronica Mars....
.

Seyfried has had minor guest roles on House, M.D.
House (TV series)

House, also known as House, M.D., is an American medical drama that debuted on the Fox Broadcasting Company network on November 16, 2004....
, Justice
Justice (TV series)

Justice was a short-lived legal drama produced by Jerry Bruckheimer that aired on Fox Broadcasting Company in the USA, on CTV Television Network in Canada, on Warner Channel in Latin America, and on the Nine Network in Australia, also on TVNZ TV2 In New Zealand....
, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit is an American drama television program about the Special Victims Unit in a fictional version of the 16th Precinct of the New York City Police Department....
 and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation is an American Police procedural television series. CSI premiered on CBS on October 6, 2000. The ninth season began airing on October 9, 2008 and currently airs in the United States of America on Thursdays at 9:00 p.m....
 and as Rebecca on Wildfire
Wildfire (TV series)

Wildfire is an United States television series that aired on ABC Family. The show premiered June 20, 2005; its fourth and final season ended on May 26, 2008....
. Seyfried also portrays a main character, Sarah Henrickson, in the series Big Love
Big Love

Big Love is an American television drama on HBO about a fundamentalist Mormon family in Utah that practices polygamy. Big Love stars Bill Paxton, Chlo? Sevigny, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Ginnifer Goodwin, Harry Dean Stanton, Amanda Seyfried, Douglas Smith , Grace Zabriskie, and Matt Ross....
.

She played supporting roles in the 2007 films Alpha Dog
Alpha Dog

Alpha Dog is a 2006 crime drama film written and directed by Nick Cassavetes, released on January 27, 2006. The film is based on the true story of the kidnapping and subsequent events of 15-year-old Murder of Nicholas Markowitz in 2000, and the alleged involvement of Jesse James Hollywood, a young drug dealer in California....
 and Solstice
Solstice (film)

Solstice is a supernatural Thriller feature film, directed by Daniel Myrick. The film was co-written by Myrick, Ethan Erwin and Martin M. Musatov....
, and had her first lead role of the bride Sophie in the film version of the musical Mamma Mia!. Her musical performance in that film is also available on Mamma Mia! The Movie Soundtrack
Mamma Mia! The Movie Soundtrack

Mamma Mia! The Movie Soundtrack Featuring the Songs of ABBA is the soundtrack album for the 2008 Universal Pictures musical film Mamma Mia! , based on the Mamma Mia!....
. Seyfried recorded a "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)
Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)

"Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! ", originally titled "Been and Gone and Done It", is one of Sweden pop group ABBA's biggest disco hits. It was recorded and released in 1979 with "The King Has Lost His Crown" as the A-side and B-side....
" music video specially for Mamma Mia!.

Seyfried has joined the cast of the dark horror film Jennifer's Body
Jennifer's Body

Jennifer's Body is a 2009 in film dark comedy and horror film written by Diablo Cody. The film, described as similar in tone to Heathers, will be directed by Karyn Kusama, and will star Megan Fox as the title character, Amanda Seyfried as her best friend Needy, and Adam Brody as the antagonist Nikolai....
 in February 2008, which filming began in March 2008, playing the title character's best friend.

Amanda Seyfried has several films in both pre and post production. Titles include "Chloe", "A Woman of No Importance", "Dear John", and "Boogie Woogie".

Filmography

Year Title Role Film or TV
2000 - 2001 As the World Turns
As the World Turns

As the World Turns is an American television soap opera that airs each weekday on CBS.Set in the fictional town of Oakdale , the show debuted on Monday, April 2, 1956 at 1:30pm Eastern Time Zone....
 		Lucy Montgomery
Lucy Montgomery (ATWT)

Lucinda Marie "Lucy" Montgomery is a fictional character in the daytime soap opera, As The World Turns. The character has been played by 5 different actresses....
 		 TV on CBS
2002 All My Children
All My Children

All My Children, sometimes abbreviated by fans and the press as AMC, is an United States soap opera and drama television series that has been broadcast Monday through Friday on the American Broadcasting Company television network since January 5, 1970, and the daily episode also airs weeknights on SOAPnet....
 		Joni Stafford TV on ABC
2004 Mean Girls
Mean Girls

Mean Girls is a 2004 in film Cinema of the United States teen film comedy film, based on the book, Queen Bees and Wannabes, directed by Mark Waters and starring Lindsay Lohan....
 		Karen SmithFilm
Veronica Mars
Veronica Mars

Veronica Mars is an American television series created by Rob Thomas . The series premiered on September 22, 2004, during UPN's last two years, and ended on May 22, 2007, after a season on UPN's successor, The CW Television Network....
 		Lilly Kane
Lilly Kane

Lilly Kane is a fictional character played by Amanda Seyfried on the UPN/CW Television Network television series Veronica Mars....
 TV on UPN 2004-2006
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit is an American drama television program about the Special Victims Unit in a fictional version of the 16th Precinct of the New York City Police Department....
 		Tandi McCain TV on NBC
2005 American Gun
American Gun

American Gun is a 2005 film movie produced by Participant Productions, IFC Films, IFC First Take, and Spirit Dance Entertainment. It was written in 2001 by Steven Bagatourian and Aric Avelino and directed by Avelino as his directorial debut....
 		MouseFilm
Nine Lives
Nine Lives (2005 film)

Nine Lives is a 2005 in film United States drama film written and directed by Rodrigo Garc?a. The screenplay, an example of hyperlink cinema, relates nine short, loosely intertwined tales with nine different women at their cores....
 		SamanthaFilm
House
House (TV series)

House, also known as House, M.D., is an American medical drama that debuted on the Fox Broadcasting Company network on November 16, 2004....
 (episode: "Detox")		 Pam TV on FOX
2006 Wildfire
Wildfire (TV series)

Wildfire is an United States television series that aired on ABC Family. The show premiered June 20, 2005; its fourth and final season ended on May 26, 2008....
 		RebeccaTV on ABC Family
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation is an American Police procedural television series. CSI premiered on CBS on October 6, 2000. The ninth season began airing on October 9, 2008 and currently airs in the United States of America on Thursdays at 9:00 p.m....
 (episode: "Rashomama
Rashomama

Rashomama is the twenty-first episode in the CSI: Crime Scene Investigation of the popular United States crime drama CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, which is set in Las Vegas, Nevada, Nevada....
") 		Lacey TV on CBS
Justice
Justice (TV series)

Justice was a short-lived legal drama produced by Jerry Bruckheimer that aired on Fox Broadcasting Company in the USA, on CTV Television Network in Canada, on Warner Channel in Latin America, and on the Nine Network in Australia, also on TVNZ TV2 In New Zealand....
 		Ann DiggsTV on FOX
Big Love
Big Love

Big Love is an American television drama on HBO about a fundamentalist Mormon family in Utah that practices polygamy. Big Love stars Bill Paxton, Chlo? Sevigny, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Ginnifer Goodwin, Harry Dean Stanton, Amanda Seyfried, Douglas Smith , Grace Zabriskie, and Matt Ross....
 		Sarah HenricksonTV on HBO 2006-present
Gypsies, Tramps & Thieves ChrissyFilm
2007 Alpha Dog
Alpha Dog

Alpha Dog is a 2006 crime drama film written and directed by Nick Cassavetes, released on January 27, 2006. The film is based on the true story of the kidnapping and subsequent events of 15-year-old Murder of Nicholas Markowitz in 2000, and the alleged involvement of Jesse James Hollywood, a young drug dealer in California....
 		Julie Beckley Film
2008 Solstice
Solstice (film)

Solstice is a supernatural Thriller feature film, directed by Daniel Myrick. The film was co-written by Myrick, Ethan Erwin and Martin M. Musatov....
 		Zoe Film
Mamma Mia!
Mamma Mia! (film)

Mamma Mia! is a 2008 stage-to-film adaptation of the 1999 West End theatre Mamma Mia!, based on the songs of successful pop music group ABBA, with additional music also composed by ABBA member Benny Andersson....
 		Sophie Sheridan Film
2009 Boogie Woogie
Boogie Woogie (film)

Boogie Woogie is an upcoming comedy film set in the contemporary London art world. It is based on the book of the same name written by Danny Moynihan....
 		Paige Prideaux Film
Jennifer's Body
Jennifer's Body

Jennifer's Body is a 2009 in film dark comedy and horror film written by Diablo Cody. The film, described as similar in tone to Heathers, will be directed by Karyn Kusama, and will star Megan Fox as the title character, Amanda Seyfried as her best friend Needy, and Adam Brody as the antagonist Nikolai....
 Needy Lesnicky Film
Dear John
Dear John (novel)

Dear John is a 2006 novel written by American author Nicholas Sparks , explores the common romance theme of love after loss. Sparks has written both The Notebook and A Walk to Remember, which have been made to into films....
 		Savannah Lynn Curtis Film
2010 A Woman of No Importance
A Woman of No Importance

A Woman of No Importance is a play by Ireland playwright Oscar Wilde. The play premi?red on 19 April 1893 at London's Haymarket Theatre. It is a testimony of Wilde's wit and his brand of dark comedy....
 		Hester Worsley Film
Chloe Chloe Film
Sucker Punch
Sucker Punch (film)

Sucker Punch is an all-female cast upcoming action-drama thriller produced by Warner Brothers. The film is currently in production and filming starts in June 2009....
 		 Babydoll Film


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