Amanda Seyfried
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Biography
Amanda Michelle Seyfried (born December 3, 1985) is an American actress, singer and model. She is the recipient of various accolades, including two Satellite Awards, a ShoWest Award, and nominations for an Academy Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, a Critics' Choice Movie Award and a Saturn Award.
Born and raised in Allentown, Pennsylvania, she began modeling at age eleven and ventured into acting at age 15 with recurring roles as Lucy Montgomery on the CBS soap opera As the World Turns (1999–2001) and Joni Stafford on the ABC soap opera All My Children (2003). Seyfried came to prominence following her feature film debut in the teen comedy Mean Girls (2004) and her recurring role as Lilly Kane on the UPN television series Veronica Mars (2004–2006) and Sarah Henrickson on the HBO drama series Big Love (2006–2011).
Seyfried has appeared in a number of successful films, including Mamma Mia! (2008) and its sequel Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again (2018), Jennifer's Body (2009), Chloe (2009), Dear John (2010), Letters to Juliet (2010), Red Riding Hood (2011), In Time (2011), Gone (2012), Lovelace (2013), A Million Ways to Die in the West (2014), Ted 2 (2015), and First Reformed (2017). She has also occasionally done voice-over work in animation films, such as Epic (2013) and Scoob! (2020). In 2022, she portrayed Elizabeth Holmes in the Hulu limited series The Dropout.
For her portrayal of Cosette in Tom Hooper's musical film Les Misérables (2012), Seyfried was nominated for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture. She received critical acclaim for playing Marion Davies in David Fincher's Mank (2020), which earned her nominations for the Academy Award, Golden Globe Award, and Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Supporting Actress.
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Known For
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
The Simpsons
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
The Kelly Clarkson Show
The Graham Norton Show
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Family Guy
The Oscars
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
House
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Twin Peaks
MTV Movie & TV Awards
American Dad!
Wildfire
Veronica Mars
The Art of Racing in the Rain
Scoob!
Mean Girls
Big Love
Gringo
Les Misérables
The Magic of the Movies: Behind the Scenes of David Fincher's Mank
Ted 2
A Million Ways to Die in the West
Alpha Dog
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again
Epic
First Reformed
Mank
Jennifer's Body
Mamma Mia!
Anon
In Time
You Should Have Left
The Crowded Room
Red Riding Hood
Chloe
The Dropout
Dear John
Seven Veils
Things Heard & Seen
Letters to Juliet
Long Bright River
Production Credits
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