ACTOR
Amanda Seyfried
- Known for
- Jennifer's Body (2009), Red Riding Hood (2011), First Reformed (2017), The Big Wedding (2013)
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Amanda Seyfried is an actor best known for Jennifer's Body, Red Riding Hood and First Reformed.
All facts (43)
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Amanda Seyfried studied classical opera for two years and worked under a Broadway vocal coach for nearly five years. In 2010 she took acoustic guitar lessons.
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Amanda Seyfried has dealt with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), anxiety and panic attacks.
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One of the songs on the Dear John (2010) soundtrack was written by Amanda Seyfried.
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Amanda Seyfried admitted to David Letterman that she gets nervous during television interviews and usually steadies herself beforehand with a drink, often whiskey.
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Amanda Seyfried auditioned for the lead role in Veronica Mars (2004) during the 2004 pilot casting stage, but the production chose Kristen Bell for the part. Executive producer Rob Thomas later cast Seyfried as Lilly Kane, a character originally designed as a deceased former partner with limited screen time. Strong performance reviews and feedback from the network led the writing team to expand her presence through recurring flashback scenes throughout the first season.
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Amanda Seyfried beat out many actresses for the role of Sophie Sheridan in Mamma Mia! (2008). One of those actresses was her Mean Girls (2004) co-star Rachel McAdams, who in that film had beaten Seyfried for the role of Regina George.
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If she had not gone into acting, Amanda Seyfried would have loved to study meteorology. She admits she is affected by the weather. Her special skills and interests include dancing, singing, painting and tennis.
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Amanda Seyfried deferred her enrollment at Fordham University in New York City to make it easier to take part in principal photography on Mean Girls (2004). The production was shot primarily in Toronto, Ontario, between March and May 2003, creating a logistical conflict with the university's academic calendar.
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Amanda Seyfried has two children with her husband Thomas Sadoski: a daughter, Nina Sadoski (Nina Seyfried Sadoski), born on 21 March 2017, and a son, Thomas Seyfried Sadoski, born in 2020.
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The role in the drama film Nine Lives (2005) was written specifically for Amanda Seyfried.
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Amanda Seyfried had a relationship with Dominic Cooper, whom she met on the set of Mamma Mia! (2008), from October 2007 to May 2010.
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Amanda Seyfried was considered for the roles of Regina George and Cady Heron in Mean Girls (2004). The roles ultimately went to Rachel McAdams and Lindsay Lohan, respectively.
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Once Amanda Seyfried secured the role of Karen Smith in the production of Mean Girls (2004), her attendance at university declined.
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Amanda Seyfried auditioned for the lead role of Mikaela Banes in Michael Bay's blockbuster Transformers (2007), which went to Megan Fox.
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Amanda Seyfried began her career as a child model in 1996. The production of her first portfolio was handled by the Image International Agency in Allentown, Pennsylvania. She later moved to the Pro Model Agency in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, before signing with the Wilhelmina Agency in New York City. Her modeling work included major appearances in national print campaigns and commercial photography for retail catalogs, notably for the Limited Too brand alongside Leighton Meester. Her physical transition from modeling to acting came at age 17, coinciding with her move into television production for daytime soap operas.
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Amanda Seyfried used a stunt double for the shower scene in the mystery thriller Gone (2012).
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While living in Allentown, Pennsylvania, Amanda Seyfried had the chance to see musicals in Manhattan such as "Cats" and "Les Miserables," her all-time favorite musical.
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Amanda Seyfried grew up in Allentown, Pennsylvania, where she attended William Allen High School.
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Amanda Seyfried's father, Jack, is a pharmacist, and her mother, Ann, is an occupational therapist.
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During an interview with W magazine, Amanda Seyfried inadvertently revealed that she and her husband — then her fiancé — Thomas Sadoski were expecting a baby boy.
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After a six-month engagement, Amanda Seyfried married her boyfriend of one year, Thomas Sadoski.
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Amanda Seyfried had a relationship with Ryan Phillippe (October 2010–May 2011).
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Amanda Seyfried was said to have the "Sexiest lips" on Victoria's Secret's What Is Sexy list.
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Amanda Seyfried auditioned for the role of Alexandra King in Alexander Payne's film The Descendants (2011) but lost out to Shailene Woodley.
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Amanda Seyfried had a relationship with actor Justin Long (October 2013–September 2015).
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Amanda Seyfried has an Australian shepherd dog named Finn, who has his own Twitter account.
- #027
Amanda Seyfried lost the role of Babydoll in Sucker Punch (2011) because she had committed to the HBO drama series Big Love (2006). The role went to Emily Browning.
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Amanda Seyfried has German ancestry, along with smaller amounts (in varying degrees) of English, Scottish, Welsh, Swiss-German and Scots-Irish / Northern Irish ancestry.
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Amanda Seyfried attended William Allen High School in Allentown, Pennsylvania. The production of her early career commitments, including the daytime dramas Guiding Light (1952) and As the World Turns (1956), resulted in her accumulating 70 absences in her final year. She completed her secondary education and graduated in 2003.
- #030
Amanda Seyfried played two characters named Sophie: Sophie Sheridan in Mamma Mia! (2008) and its sequel Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again (2018), and Sophie Hall in Letters to Juliet (2010).
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Amanda Seyfried was named one of People magazine's 100 Most Beautiful People (in both 2009 and 2010).
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Amanda Seyfried appeared in two films nominated for the Best Picture Oscar: Les Misérables (2012) and Mank (2020).
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Following their work together on the film American Gun (2005), Amanda Seyfried has maintained a personal friendship with Nikki Reed.
- #034
Amanda Seyfried auditioned for the lead role of Kelli Presley in Black Christmas (2006) but lost out to Katie Cassidy. The producers stated they turned her down because they did not want two Mean Girls (2004) actresses, Seyfried and Lacey Chabert, appearing in the horror film.
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When Amanda Seyfried finished filming First Reformed (2017), she was eight months pregnant with her daughter, Nina Sadoski. She returned to work two months after giving birth to Nina to film the dark comedy Gringo (2018).
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Amanda Seyfried was included in the Time 100 list, Time magazine's ranking of the world's 100 most influential people.
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Amanda Seyfried ranked 4th on People magazine's Most Beautiful 2009 – Beautiful at Every Age list.
- #038
People online compare Amanda Seyfried to Princess Rapunzel from the animated comedy Tangled (2010).
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Amanda Seyfried ranked 41st on AskMen's 2012 list of the top 99 "most desirable" women.
- #040
Both Amanda Seyfried and her Mean Girls (2004) co-star Rachel McAdams have appeared in romantic films with Channing Tatum. Seyfried and Tatum starred in Dear John (2010), while McAdams and Tatum starred in The Vow (2012).
- #041
Amanda Seyfried is very good friends with Jennifer Carpenter, Lindsay Lohan and Michael B. Jordan.
- #042
Amanda Seyfried dated Desmond Harrington from July 2012 to April 2013.
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Amanda Seyfried is the second wife of actor Thomas Sadoski.
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