Amanda Seyfried Wiki, Age, Biography, Height, Husband, Family, Images, And More

American actress Amanda Michelle Seyfried was born on December 3, 1985. Her recurrent appearances 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) came at ages 11 and 15, respectively. She was born and reared in Allentown, Pennsylvania. She gained notoriety for her performance as Lilly Kane in the 2004 teen comedy Mean Girls and for her recurring parts as Sarah Henrickson on the HBO drama series Big Love (2006–2011) and as Lilly Kane on the CW/Hulu television series Veronica Mars (2004–2006).

In addition to Mamma Mia! (2008) and Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again (2018), Seyfried has also starred in Jennifer's Body (2009), Dear John (2010), Letters to Juliet (2010), Red Riding Hood (2011), In Time (2011), Les Misérables (2012), A Million Ways to Die in the West (2014), Ted 2 (2015), and First Reformed (2017).

She was nominated for an Academy Award and a Golden Globe for her portrayal of Marion Davies in David Fincher's biopic Mank (2020), which earned positive reviews from critics. She received a Golden Globe and Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress for her portrayal of Elizabeth Holmes in the drama miniseries The Dropout (2022). In 2022, Time magazine listed her as one of the 100 most important persons in the world.

Early life

On December 3, 1985, Amanda Michelle Seyfried was born in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Her father, Jack Seyfried, is a pharmacist, and her mother, Ann Seyfried (née Sander), is an occupational therapist. Her background is primarily German, with minor percentages of English, Scots-Irish, and Welsh. Jennifer Seyfried, her elder sister, plays guitar in the Philadelphia rock group Love City.

Seyfried graduated in 2003 from William Allen High School in Allentown. She then began classes at Fordham University in New York City in the fall of 2003, although she later decided against going there after being offered a part in the Mean Girls movie in 2004.

Career

1996–2005: earliest work

Seyfried started modeling while she was a student at William Allen High School in Allentown, Pennsylvania. She was featured on three covers of the Sweet Valley High book series and appeared in various print advertisements for apparel retailers, including Limited Too with Leighton Meester. She stopped modeling when she was 17 and began working as a waiter in a retirement community. She studied opera, took vocal lessons, worked with a Broadway coach while still a youngster, and started her her career as an extra in the daytime program Guiding Light. She portrayed the recurrent Lucy Montgomery on the CBS serial opera As the World Turns from 2000 to 2001, as well as Joni Stafford on the ABC soap All My Children from 2002 to 2003.

Regina George was supposed to be played by Seyfried in Mean Girls in 2003, but Rachel McAdams ultimately won the part. The decision was made by the movie's producers to cast Seyfried as Karen Smith, Regina's dim-witted "plastic" friend and sidekick, even though she was originally considered for the major part of Cady Heron, which was ultimately played by Lindsay Lohan. Over $130 million was made by the movie throughout its theatrical run, making it a box office hit. Along with Lohan, Lacey Chabert, and McAdams, Seyfried received an MTV Movie Award for "Best On-Screen Team" for her work in the movie.

Then Seyfried tried out for the role of Veronica Mars on the UPN television program. In the end, Kristen Bell was cast in the part, and Amanda Seyfried played Lilly Kane, Veronica's deceased best friend. Only flashbacks were used to depict her character. She starred as Samantha, the main character in one of the nine segments of the 2005 film Nine Lives, a collection of nine short films with various topics and an ensemble cast, in a role created by director Rodrigo Garca especially for her. Seyfried and the other female stars in the movie shared the Best Actress prize at the Locarno International Film Festival for their work. She acted as Mouse, a supporting role, in the independent film American Gun that same year. She played Rebecca in five episodes of Wildfire in 2006, and she also played Chrissy, the main character, in Andrea Janakas's short film Gypsies, Tramps & Thieves. She also made a little contribution to Alpha Dog as Julie Beckley. She appeared on numerous television shows as a guest star from 2004 to 2006, including House, Justice, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, American Dad!, and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.

2006–2010: Innovation

Big Love, an HBO drama television series about a fictional fundamentalist Mormon family in which Seyfried plays Sarah Henrickson, Bill and Barb's first daughter who battles with her family's polygamous faith, significantly raised Seyfried's career as an actress. The American premiere of Big Love took place on March 12, 2006. HBO announced in December 2009 that Seyfried would return for the fourth season of the show, but that it would be her final appearance since she wanted to start focusing on her acting career and other impending projects.

After Big Love, Seyfried appeared as Zoe in the 2008 horror drama Solstice and acted alongside Meryl Streep in the romantic comedy Mamma Mia!, which was a film adaptation of the 1999 musical of the same name. The fifth-highest-grossing movie of 2008 and the 159th-highest-grossing movie of all time, as of February 2021, was Mamma Mia!, which featured Seyfried in her debut leading role. The soundtrack for the movie Mamma Mia! featured five songs from her musical performance. Seyfried recorded a music video for the song "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)" as part of the marketing for the movie and its soundtrack.

In the comedy-horror movie Jennifer's Body, Seyfried played Anita "Needy" Lesnicki, the title character's best friend. On September 18, 2009, the movie was released in theaters after having its world premiere at the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival. She was chosen for the independent comedy-drama film Boogie Woogie that same year. In the ensemble film, she portrayed Paige Oppenheimer, one of the main characters. The film had its world premiere on June 26, 2009, at the Edinburgh International Film Festival before being released in theaters on April 25, 2010. Seyfried performed and gave a speech during the 81st Academy Awards ceremony on February 22, 2009. Seyfried was first cast as Baby Doll in Sucker Punch by director Zack Snyder in early March 2009, however she was forced to leave the project owing to scheduling issues with Big Love.

In Dear John, the movie adaptation of Nicholas Sparks' book of the same name, Seyfried co-starred with Channing Tatum. The movie, which debuted on February 5, 2010, garnered mostly unfavorable reviews. One of the Dear John soundtracks included "Little House," a song that Seyfried penned and recorded. Seyfried gives the role and her relationship everything she has, but she can't carry out all the grunt work, according to Kirk Honeycutt of The Hollywood Reporter. Since the relationship is extremely one-sided, you can't really blame her for choosing another path for her life. Despite the unfavorable reviews, Dear John broke Avatar's box office dominance as the number one movie in the United States, earning $80 million domestically and $115 million internationally.

The sensual thriller Chloe, which was released by Sony Pictures Classics on March 26, 2010, featured Seyfried as its lead. In September 2009, Chloe had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival. In the movie, Seyfried's role is an escort hired to verify a husband's loyalty after his wife decides that she cannot trust him to be faithful. Chloe was a commercial triumph and turned into Atom Egoyan's most successful movie. Seyfried's portrayal in the movie earned positive reviews from critics, which helped her win praise from the industry and open up more opportunities to play a variety of parts.

Later in 2010, Seyfried starred in Letters to Juliet, a romantic comedy adapted on a book by Lise and Ceil Friedman. Despite receiving mediocre reviews upon its premiere, Letters to Juliet was a box office hit, earning $80 million globally. Seyfried received the title of "Showest Breakthrough Female Star of The Year" for her performance. She was nominated for Best Female Performance at the 2010 MTV Movie Awards for her role in Dear John and received the "Scared-As-S**T" award for her work in Jennifer's Body. Additionally in 2010, Seyfried was named one of Forbes' "17 Stars To Watch" and was nominated for three Teen Choice Awards, including Choice Movie Actress Drama and Choice Movie Chemistry with Channing Tatum for their work in the film Dear John. Letters to Juliet earned Seyfried a nomination for Choice Movie Actress Romantic Comedy.

2011–present: Additional film roles

Seyfried was scheduled to appear in the Oscar Wilde comedy A Woman of No Importance adaption by Myriad Pictures at the end of January 2009. The movie, whose release date was set for 2011, ran into financial difficulties. She was scheduled to star in the 2009 movie Albert Nobbs, but she pulled out due to scheduling issues; Mia Wasikowska ultimately took her place. The lead character of Valerie in Catherine Hardwicke's Red Riding Hood was the second part that Seyfried played. Despite receiving generally unfavorable reviews after its March 11, 2011, release, the movie made $90 million worldwide on a $42 million budget. She also co-starred alongside Justin Timberlake from the film Alpha Dog in the starring role of Sylvia Weis in Andrew Niccol's In Time, which was released in October 2011 to generally negative reviews but made more than $172 million globally. A spokesperson and model for the Japanese beauty brand Cle de Peau Beaute, Seyfried joined the company in 2011.

Early in 2012, Seyfried starred in the suspenseful film Gone. She portrayed Cosette in the movie version of the musical Les Misérables later that year. Critics praised the movie and her performance, and it earned $440 million worldwide and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture.

In 2013's comedies The Big Wedding and Epic, Seyfried provided the voice of one of the characters. She portrayed Linda Lovelace in the movie Lovelace, for which she received high praise from critics. In the 2013 drama The End of Love, she made an appearance. She was also cast to play Ann Burden in the dramatization of Robert O'Brien's post-apocalyptic novel Z for Zachariah, but Margot Robbie took her place after the filming of the movie was delayed. She was selected to represent Givenchy in 2013.

She starred as Peter Pan's mother in the 2015 film Pan and co-starred with Mark Wahlberg and Seth MacFarlane in the comedy Ted 2. She co-starred with Clive Owen in the Netflix original movie Anon as a future visual hacker, and she returned to the character of Sophie Sheridan in the sequel to Mamma Mia!, Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again, which was released in July. The Art of Racing in the Rain, a comedic drama based on the best-selling book of the same name, starring Seyfried as Eve in 2019.

In the movie Scoob in 2020, Seyfried provides the voice of Daphne Blake. She also played alongside Kevin Bacon in David Koepp's psychological horror film You Should Have Left. She drew praise for her performance as actress Marion Davies in David Fincher's Mank, which led to nominations for the Golden Globe and the Oscar. She received more praise for her portrayal of Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes in the limited series The Dropout, for which she was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress and received another mention for Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series.

Public Perception

People magazine has given Seyfried multiple honors, placing her first in an article titled "25 Beauties (and Hotties) at 25" in 2011. Seyfried was also listed in the publication's annual beauty list in 2009 and 2010. She also had an appearance in the 2012 piece "Beautiful at Every Age" in the magazine. In addition to being profiled in Vanity Fair's "Bright Young Hollywood" story in 2008, she shared the magazine's cover alongside many other actresses in 2010.

Seyfried was chosen as the brand's muse, ambassador, and representative for French-Japanese luxury skincare company Clé de Peau Beauté in 2010. She was chosen as the international face of Givenchy's Very Irresistible Fragrance in May 2013. Along with Taylor Hill, Anna Ewers, Mayowa Nicholas, Rose Hanbury, and others, Seyfried was named the worldwide face of the Miu Miu Fall Winter 2016 Collection Campaign in June 2016.

Since 2019, Seyfried has served as the worldwide ambassador for Lancôme. She also serves as the brand ambassador for Swiss luxury watchmaker Jaeger-LeCoultre.

Seyfried has admitted in her personal life that she suffers from anxiety, OCD, and panic attacks. She also experienced stage fright, which prevented her from appearing in plays until 2015.

From 2008 to 2009, Seyfried had a sporadic relationship with actor Dominic Cooper, and from 2013 to 2015, she dated actor Justin Long. Dexter actor Desmond Harrington was another person she dated from July 2012 until April 2013.

Early in 2016, she started dating Thomas Sadoski, who played her co-star in The Last Word. On September 12, 2016, they announced their engagement; they wed in March 2017. They are parents to a son and a daughter.

Seyfried serves on the board of INARA, an organization that offers medical care to children injured in conflict zones with a particular emphasis on Syrian refugee children affected by the Syrian civil war.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2004	Mean Girls	Karen Smith
2005	Nine Lives	Samantha
2005	American Gun	Mouse
2006	Alpha Dog	Julie Beckley
2006	Gypsies, Tramps & Thieves	Chrissy	Short film
2008	Solstice	Zoe
	Mamma Mia!	Sophie Sheridan
	Official Selection	Emily	Short film
2009	Boogie Woogie	Paige Oppenheimer
	Jennifer's Body	Anita "Needy" Lesnicki
	Chloe	Chloe Sweeney
2010	Dear John	Savannah Lynn Curtis
2010	Letters to Juliet	Sophie Hall
2011	Red Riding Hood	Valerie
	A Bag of Hammers	Amanda
	In Time	Sylvia Weis
2012	Gone	Jill Conway
2012	Les Misérables	Cosette
2013	The End of Love	Amanda	Cameo
	The Big Wedding	Missy O'Connor
	Epic	Mary Katherine "M.K." Bomba	Voice
	Lovelace	Linda Lovelace
2014	A Million Ways to Die in the West	Louise
	Dog Food	Eva	Short film
	While We're Young	Darby Massey
2015	Ted 2	Samantha Leslie Jackson
	Unity	Narrator	Documentary
	Pan	Mary
	Love the Coopers	Ruby
	Fathers and Daughters	Katie Davis
2017	The Last Word	Anne Sherman
	The Clapper	Judy
	First Reformed	Mary Mensana
2018	Gringo	Sunny
	Anon	The Girl
	Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again	Sophie Sheridan
	Holy Moses	Mary	Short film
2019	The Art of Racing in the Rain	Eve Swift
2020	Scoob!	Daphne Blake	Voice
	You Should Have Left	Susanna
	Mank	Marion Davies
2021	Things Heard & Seen	Catherine Claire
2021	A Mouthful of Air	Julie Davis

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1999–2001	As the World Turns	Lucinda "Lucy" Montgomery	Series regular
2003	All My Children	Joni Stafford	3 episodes
2004	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Tandi McCain	Episode: "Outcry"
2004–2006	Veronica Mars	Lilly Kane	11 episodes
2005	House	Pam	Episode: "Detox"
2006	Wildfire	Rebecca	5 episodes
	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Lacey Finn	Episode: "Rashomama"
	Justice	Ann Diggs	Episode: "Pretty Woman"
2006–2011	Big Love	Sarah Henrickson	44 episodes
2008	American Dad!	Amy (voice)	Episode: "Escape from Pearl Bailey"
2014	Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey	Marie Tharp (voice)	Episode "The Lost Worlds of Planet Earth"
2017	Twin Peaks	Becky Burnett	4 episodes
2018	Family Guy	Ellie (voice)	Episode: "Boy (Dog) Meets Girl (Dog)"
2022	The Dropout	Elizabeth Holmes	Lead Role
2023	The Crowded Room	Rya	Main role

Discography

Discography
Year	Title	Certifications	Album
2008	"Honey, Honey"	BPI: Silver	Mamma Mia! The Movie Soundtrack
	"Our Last Summer"	BPI: Silver
	"Lay All Your Love on Me"	BPI: Silver
	"Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)"	BPI: Silver
	"The Name of the Game"
	"Slipping Through My Fingers"	BPI: Silver
	"I Have a Dream"
	"Thank You for the Music"
2010	"Amanda's Love Song"		PostTheLove
2010	"Little House"		Dear John
2011	"Li'l Red Riding Hood"		Red Riding Hood
2012	"In My Life"		Les Misérables: Highlights from the Motion Picture Soundtrack
	"A Heart Full of Love"
	"One Day More"
	"A Heart Full of Love – Reprise"
	"Suddenly – Reprise"
2018	"One of Us"	BPI: Silver	Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again: The Movie Soundtrack
2018			Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again: The Movie Soundtrack

Quick bio

Nickname	Minge
Gender	Female
Age	37 years old (in 2023)
Date of Birth	December 3, 1985
Full Name	Amanda Michelle Seyfried
Profession	Actress
Nationality	American
Birthplace	Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States
Religion	Christianity
Zodiac Sign	Sagittarius
College	William Allen High School Fordham University
Profession	Actress
Net Worth	$10 million

Height, Weight & Physical Stats

Body Measurements	36-26-35 inches
Height	5 ft, 2 inches (1.59 m)
Weight	58 kg (128 lbs)
Waist	26 inches
Hair Color	Blonde
Eye Color	Green
Shoe Size	8 (US)
Dress Size	6 (US)

Family

Father	Jack Seyfried
Mother	Ann Seyfried
Brother	None
Sister	Jennifer Seyfried
Marital Status	Married
Husband	Thomas Sadoski (m. 2017)
No. of Children	1
Daughter	Nina Sadoski Seyfried

Amanda Seyfried Favorites

Hobbies	Painting, Dancing, Singing, Playing Tennis, Working Out
Favorite Movie	Mother and Child, Animal Kingdom, Hannah and Her Sisters, Romeo and Juliet
Favorite TV shows	Homeland, The Wire
Favorite Food	Everything
Favorite Color	Green
Favorite Sport	Tennis
Favorite Books	Books by Ernest Hemingway, William Faulkner and Truman Capote

FACTS

was a model for kids.
appeared on the front cover of three of Francine Pascal's books.
started her acting career in daytime soaps while still in high school, first on CBS's Guiding Light and subsequently on ABC's All My Children.
In the 2004 high-school comedy Mean Girls, Karen Smith, who is noted for being spacey, had her breakthrough performance.
Has a role in the 2008 motion picture Mamma Mia, a remake of the Broadway musical Mamma Mia, and the HBO series Big Love, both of which were produced by Tom Hanks.