Amanda Michelle Seyfried
(/ ˈsaɪfrɛd / SY-fred; born December 3, 1985) is an American actress, singer and model. Born and raised in Allentown, Pennsylvania, she began modeling at age eleven, and at age 15 went on to star in recurring roles in the CBS soap opera As The World Turns (1999-2001) as Lucy Montgomery and Joni Stafford on the ABC soap opera All. My Children (2003). Seyfried rose to prominence after playing the role of Lily Kane in the teen comedy Mean Girls (2004) and the UPN television series Veronica Mars (2004-2006) and Sarah Henriksen in the HBO drama series Big Love (2006-2006). 2011).
Seyfried has appeared in several successful films, including Mamma Mia! (2008) and its sequel Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again (2018), Jennifer's Body (2009), Dear John (2010), Letters to Juliet (2010), Red Riding Hood (2011), In Time (2011), Les Miserables (2012), A Million Ways to Die in the West (2014), Ted 2 (2015), and First Reformed (2017).
Seyfried received critical acclaim for her role as Marian Davis in David Fincher's Biopic Monk (2020), earning nominations for the Academy Award and the Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress. The praise for Elizabeth Holmes continued in the drama miniseries The Dropout (2022).
Amanda Mitchell Seyfried was born on December 3, 1985 in Allentown, Pennsylvania. [1] [2] Her mother Ann Seyfried (nee Sander) is an occupational therapist and her father, Jack Seyfried, a pharmacist. [2] [3] Seyfried is mostly of German descent, with a small number of English, Scots-Irish and Welsh descendants. [4]
He graduated from William Allen High School in Allentown in 2003. [5] Seyfried has an older sister, Jennifer Seyfried, a musician for the Philadelphia rock band Love City. [2] Seyfried attended Fordham University in New York City in the fall of 2003, but did not attend after landing her role in Mean Girls.
1996–2005: Early work
During her modeling with Seyfried, she appeared in clothing ads for clothing companies including Layton Meister, Limited Two, and appeared on three covers of the Sweet Valley High novel series. [2] [7] She stopped modeling when she was 17, [2] and worked as a waitress in the retirement community. [8] Seyfried took vocal lessons, studied opera and trained with a Broadway instructor as a teenager. He began to star in the daytime television series Guiding Light. [9] From 2000 to 2001, she portrayed the recurring character Lucy Montgomery on the CBS soap opera As The World Turns. She played Joni Stafford on the ABC soap All My Children from 2002 to 2003.
In 2003, Seyfried auditioned to play Regina George in Mean Girls; The role eventually went to Rachel McAdams. She was initially considered the lead role of Cady Heron, played by Lindsay Lohan, and the film's producers decided that Seyfried would play Regina's sloppy "plastic" friend and sidekick Karen Smith. The film was a box office success, grossing $ 129 million on its theatrical run. [10] Seyfried's performance in the film won the MTV Movie Award in the "Best On-Screen Team" category with Lohan, Lacey Chabert and McAdams. Seyfried auditioned for the title role in UPN's television series Veronica Mars. [9] The character eventually went to Kristen Bell, and portrayed Lily Kane, a close friend of Seyfried Veronica's murdered friend. [9] Her character was only shown in flashbacks. [9] The show's creator, Rob Thomas, portrayed Sephride as Lily Kane, who was so wonderful that she used him on the show more than originally planned for the first season.
In 2005, Seyfried played the main character, Samantha, a character specifically written for her by director Rodrigo Garcia, in which nine shorts with different themes and ensemble cast are combined in one of the nine episodes of Nine Lives. For her performance, Seyfried, along with the other female heroines of the film, won the award for Best Actress from the Locarno International Film Festival. That same year he played the supporting role of Mouse in the independent film American Gun. In 2006, Seyfried appeared as Rebecca in five episodes of Wildfire, and played the lead role of writer-director Andrea Janakus as Chrissy in the short film Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves. Seyfried also contributed a small role as Julie Beckley in Alpha Dog. From 2004 to 2006 Seyfried made multiple guest appearances on television series including House, Justice, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, American Dad! And CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. [9]