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Amanda Righetti
Amanda Righetti attending Maxim Magazine's 10th Annual Hot 100 Celebration, Santa Monica, CA on May 13, 2009
Born	April 4, 1983 (1983-04-04) (age 26) St. George, Utah, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1995 – present

Amanda Righetti (born April 4, 1983) is an American actress and film producer. She is best known for her roles in The Mentalist, Friday the 13th and The O.C..

Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Screen credits 3.1 Filmography 4 Television 4.1 Video Games 5 References 6 External links

Early life

She was born in St. George, Utah¹ and raised in Overton, NV, 60 miles from Las Vegas, Nevada, subsequently moving to Los Angeles to seek further acting opportunities. She married film director Jordan Alan on April 29, 2006.

Career

Working as a film producer, Righetti oversaw production on numerous TV commercials and short films. She also has appeared in many commercials like Fruit Gushers, which involved her head morphing into a giant slice of watermelon. After securing a role in the pilot No Place Like Home, Righetti caught the eye of Fox executives. She played a regular guest character Hailey Nichol in the American teen drama The O.C. In the season finale of Season 2 of The O.C., her ex-boyfriend Jimmy Cooper jokes about life on the North Shore, the show she formerly starred in after the series was canceled after one season, playing the role of Tessa Lewis.

In late 2005, Righetti starred in Fox's Reunion as Jenna Moretti.

Righetti appears on the cover of the November 2005 issue of FHM magazine. She was ranked #59 and #84 on the FHM 100 Sexiest Women of 2005² and 2006,³ respectively.

In 2006, Righetti signed on to star as the main female lead in Return to House on Haunted Hill as Ariel Wolfe. The film is the sequel to the successful 1999 horror remake film House on Haunted Hill. The film was released straight to DVD worldwide on October 2007 and received mixed reviews.⁴

In April 2008, she was cast as the lead female role Whitney in the long awaited reboot of Friday the 13th. Production ended in June 2008 and the film was released in theaters on Friday, February 13, 2009. The film was a box office success bring in over $91 million worldwide but met with negative reviews. The DVD was released on the June 16, 2009.

Since September 23, 2008, Righetti is a regular on the CBS series The Mentalist where she appears as Grace Van Pelt together with Simon Baker as Patrick Jane. The series has launched Righetti back to fame and has become one of the most successful 2008 television débuts.

Righetti recently appeared on the covers of LAX, Maxim, and Vegas Magazine.

Screen credits

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2009	Friday the 13th	Whitney Miller
2008	Role Models	Isabel
2007	Pipeline	Jocelyn
2007	Return to House on Haunted Hill	Ariel
2002	Angel Blade	Samantha Goodman
1996	Kiss & Tell	Little One
1995	Love and Happiness	Charlie's kid sister

Information provided by The Internet Movie Database⁵

Television

Year	Programme	Role	Episodes
2008-Present	The Mentalist	Grace Van Pelt	Season 1: 23 episodes Season 2: 23 episodes
2007	K-Ville	A.J. Gossett	3 episodes
2007	Marlowe (2007)	Jessica Reede	N/A
2006	Entourage	Katrina	1 episode
2006	Enemies	Kelly Callaway	1 episode (Pilot)
2005	Reunion	Jenna Moretti	13 episodes
2005	Romy and Michele: In the Beginning	Friendly Girl	1 episode
2004-05	North Shore	Tessa Lewis	20 episodes
2003-05	The O.C.	Hailey Nicol	12 episodes
2003	No Place Like Home	N/A	N/A
2001	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Riding Teen	1 episode

Information provided by The Internet Movie Database⁵

Video Games

Year	Game	Role	Notes
2006	Scarface: The World Is Yours	N/A	Voice only

Information provided by The Internet Movie Database⁵

References

External links

• Official website
• Amanda Righetti at the Internet Movie Database
• Amanda Righetti at Allmovie
• Amanda Righetti at TV Guide
• Amanda Righetti at TV.com