Amanda Seyfried Bio
AMANDA SEYFRIED
Date of Birth: December 3, 1985
Amanda Seyfried grew up in Allentown, Pennsylvania and began modeling at 11. She attended William Allen High School and while in her teenage years started acting on daytime television. The wide-eyed actress starred as Lucinda Marie in As the World Turns in 2000 and as Joni Stafford in All My Children from 2002 to 2003.
Following high school graduation, Seyfried was to attend Fordham University in New York; however, she put her education on hold when she landed her breakthrough role as Karen Smith, a member of the ditsy "plastics" in Mean Girls (2004). Seyfried starred opposite
Following Mean Girls, this rising star had another leading role in Nine Lives (2005), a movie based on nine interwoven storylines.
After making appearances on the big screen, Seyfried returned to TV where she had recurring roles as Lilly Kane on Veronica Mars and as Sarah Henrickson on Big Love and guest appearances on House, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.
Returning to the movies, Seyfried has been seen in supporting roles as Julie Beckley in Alpha Dog (2007) and as Zoe in Solstice (2007). Seyfried acted opposite Meryl Streep and
In 2009 she played Needy Lesnicky in Jennifer's Body (2009)screenwriter Diablo Cody's follow up to Juno (2007) then played Savannah Curtis in the box office hit Dear John (2010). She starred opposite Robert De Niro and Diane Keaton in The Big Wedding (2013) and she then starred in A Million Ways to Die in the West (2014).
More recently, she starred in Pan (2015), the drama Fathers & Daughters (2015) with Russell Crowe and Aaron Paul, the comedy Love the Coopers (2015) with Diane Keaton and Steve Martin, and the Sundance comedy The Last Word (2017) with Shirley MacLaine.
Filmography
The Last Word (2017)Fathers & Daughters (2015)
Love the Coopers (2015)
Pan (2015)
Ted 2 (2015)
While We're Young (2015)
A Million Ways to Die in the West (2014)
Lovelace (2013)
The Big Wedding (2013)
Les Misérables (2012)
Gone (2012)
The End of Time (2012)
In Time(2011)
Red Riding Hood (2011)
A Bag of Hammers (2011)
Letters to Juliet (2010)
Dear John (2010)
Chloe (2009)
Jennifer's Body (2009)
Boogie Woogie (2008)
Mamma Mia! (2008)
Alpha Dog (2006)
American Gun (2005)
Mean Girls (2004)