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Amanda Seyfried
Amanda Seyfried in Sweden, 2008
Born	Amanda Michelle Seyfried December 3, 1985 (1985-12-03) (age 23) Allentown, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1996–present

Amanda Michelle Seyfried (pronounced /ˈsaɪfrɪd/ "sigh-frid"; born December 3, 1985) is an American actress and former child model. She is best known for her roles as Sophie Sheridan in the feature film Mamma Mia! and as Karen Smith in Mean Girls; she has also appeared in Alpha Dog and in the television shows Veronica Mars, Big Love, and House.

Contents 1 Personal life 2 Career 3 Filmography 4 References 5 External links

Personal life

Amanda Seyfried was born in Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, United States, the daughter of Ann, an occupational therapist, and Jack Seyfried, a pharmacist. Her sister, Jennifer Seyfried is a musician in the Philadelphia organ-driven band, Love City.¹² Amanda graduated in 2003 from Allentown's William Allen High School³ and subsequently enrolled at New York City's Fordham University. As a teenager, she appeared on the cover of three Francine Pascal books. She is currently dating her Mamma Mia! costar Dominic Cooper after ending her two year relationship with Jesse Merchant. Cooper and Seyfried started dating while filming Mamma Mia! in Greece.

Career

Seyfried started her career as a model at age eleven. From there she went on to acting uncredited in the daytime drama Guiding Light. In 2000, she originated the role of Lucy Montgomery on As the World Turns. From 2002 to 2003, she played the role of Joni Stafford on ABC's All My Children.

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. 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.^{citation needed} She was then cast as Regina George's sidekick, and supporting lead, Karen Smith. The other roles later went to Rachel McAdams and Lindsay Lohan, respectively. In 2005, she played the lead character in one of the nine parts in the movie Nine Lives.

Continuing her television career, Seyfried was cast in UPN's Veronica Mars as the title character's murdered best friend Lilly Kane. In her role as Lilly, she appeared on the show through a series of flashbacks, 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 of Twin Peaks, who was also 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 and she ended up winning the role of Lilly Kane.

Seyfried has had minor guest roles on House, M.D., Justice, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and as Rebecca on Wildfire. Seyfried also portrays a main character, Sarah Henrickson, in the series Big Love.

She played supporting roles in the 2007 films Alpha Dog and Solstice, and had her first lead role as 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. Seyfried recorded a "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)" music video specially for Mamma Mia!.

Seyfried joined the cast of the dark horror film Jennifer's Body in February 2008, which began filming in March 2008, playing the title character's best friend.⁴ Seyfried has several films in post-production. Titles include "Chloe", "Dear John", and "Boogie Woogie". “Chloe” is a remake of the French film Nathalie, and also stars Liam Neeson and Julianne Moore.⁵ Seyfried was scheduled to play the lead in Zack Snyder's new film Sucker Punch, but had to drop out due to scheduling conflicts with Big Love.

She is slotted to star in the both the forthcoming film version of A Woman of No Importance and Gary Winick's Letters To Juliet, which she's shooting in the italian city of Verona, where the tragical story of Romeo and Juliet was set by William Shakespeare.

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2000–2001	As the World Turns	Lucy Montgomery	CBS soap
2004	Mean Girls	Karen Smith
	Law & Order: SVU: "Outcry"	Tandi McCain	NBC series
2004–2006	Veronica Mars	Lilly Kane	UPN series
2005	Nine Lives	Samantha
	House: "Detox"	Pam	Fox series
	American Gun	Mouse
2006	Alpha Dog	Julie Beckley
	Wildfire	Rebecca	ABC Family,five episodes
	CSI: "Rashomama"	Lacey	CBS
	Gypsies, Tramps & Thieves	Chrissy
	Justice: "Pretty Woman"	Ann Diggs	FOX
2006—	Big Love	Sarah Henrickson	HBO series
2008	Solstice	Zoe
	Mamma Mia!	Sophie Sheridan
	Official Selection	Emily	short film
	American Dad!: "Escape from Pearl Bailey"	Amy (voice)	FOX
2009	Boogie Woogie	Paige Prideaux
	Chloe	Chloe
	Jennifer's Body	Needy Lesnicky
2010	Dear John	Savannah Lynn Curtis
	Letters to Juliet	TBA
2011	A Woman of No Importance	Hester Worsley

References

External links

• Amanda Seyfried at the Internet Movie Database
• Amanda Seyfried at TV.com
• Amanda Seyfried at NNDB
• Amanda Seyfried at Famous Why
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Persondata
NAME	Seyfried, Amanda
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Manda
SHORT DESCRIPTION	American actress and model
DATE OF BIRTH	December 3, 1985 (24 Years Old)
PLACE OF BIRTH	Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH