Amanda Michelle Seyfried (/ˈsaɪfrɛd/ SY-fred; born December 3,
1985) is an American actress, singer, and model. Born and raised in
Allentown, Pennsylvania, Seyfried began modelling when she was 11 and
ventured into acting when she was 15 with recurring roles as Lucy
Montgomery on the CBS soap opera As the World Turns (1999â€"2001) and
Joni Stafford on the ABC soap All My Children (2003). She gained
prominence following her feature film debut in the teen comedy Mean
Girls (2004) and her recurring role as Lilly Kane on the UPN
television series Veronica Mars (2004â€"2006). She went on to have
supporting roles in independent films such as Nine Lives (2005) and
Alpha Dog (2006), and portrayed Sarah Henrickson on the HBO series Big
Love (2006â€"2011).Seyfried had leading roles in a number of
successful films, starring in the musical feature film Mamma Mia!
(2008), the horror film Solstice (2008), the black comedy Jennifer's
Body (2009), the erotic thriller Chloe (2009), the romantic drama Dear
John (2010), romantic comedy Letters to Juliet (2010), the romance
horror Red Riding Hood (2011), the science fiction action film In Time
(2011), the musical Les Misérables (2012), for which she was
nominated for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding
Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture, the mystery thriller Gone
(2012), the biographical drama Lovelace (2013), the romantic comedy
The Big Wedding (2013), the Seth MacFarlane comedies A Million Ways to
Die in the West (2014) and Ted 2 (2015), the fantasy film Pan (2015),
the dramas Fathers and Daughters (2016) and First Reformed (2017), the
comedy The Clapper (2017), the science fiction film Anon (2018), the
crime comedy Gringo (2018), the musical Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again
(2018), and the comedy drama The Art of Racing in the Rain (2019). She
has also occasionally done voice-over work in animation such as Epic
(2013) and Scoob! (2020).Seyfried was born in Allentown, Pennsylvania,
on December 3, 1985. Her mother, Ann (née Sander), is an occupational
therapist, and her father, Jack Seyfried, is a pharmacist. She is of
mostly German descent, with smaller amounts of English, Scots-Irish,
and Welsh ancestry. Seyfried graduated from Allentown's William Allen
High School in 2003.
1985) is an American actress, singer, and model. Born and raised in
Allentown, Pennsylvania, Seyfried began modelling when she was 11 and
ventured into acting when she was 15 with recurring roles as Lucy
Montgomery on the CBS soap opera As the World Turns (1999â€"2001) and
Joni Stafford on the ABC soap All My Children (2003). She gained
prominence following her feature film debut in the teen comedy Mean
Girls (2004) and her recurring role as Lilly Kane on the UPN
television series Veronica Mars (2004â€"2006). She went on to have
supporting roles in independent films such as Nine Lives (2005) and
Alpha Dog (2006), and portrayed Sarah Henrickson on the HBO series Big
Love (2006â€"2011).Seyfried had leading roles in a number of
successful films, starring in the musical feature film Mamma Mia!
(2008), the horror film Solstice (2008), the black comedy Jennifer's
Body (2009), the erotic thriller Chloe (2009), the romantic drama Dear
John (2010), romantic comedy Letters to Juliet (2010), the romance
horror Red Riding Hood (2011), the science fiction action film In Time
(2011), the musical Les Misérables (2012), for which she was
nominated for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding
Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture, the mystery thriller Gone
(2012), the biographical drama Lovelace (2013), the romantic comedy
The Big Wedding (2013), the Seth MacFarlane comedies A Million Ways to
Die in the West (2014) and Ted 2 (2015), the fantasy film Pan (2015),
the dramas Fathers and Daughters (2016) and First Reformed (2017), the
comedy The Clapper (2017), the science fiction film Anon (2018), the
crime comedy Gringo (2018), the musical Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again
(2018), and the comedy drama The Art of Racing in the Rain (2019). She
has also occasionally done voice-over work in animation such as Epic
(2013) and Scoob! (2020).Seyfried was born in Allentown, Pennsylvania,
on December 3, 1985. Her mother, Ann (née Sander), is an occupational
therapist, and her father, Jack Seyfried, is a pharmacist. She is of
mostly German descent, with smaller amounts of English, Scots-Irish,
and Welsh ancestry. Seyfried graduated from Allentown's William Allen
High School in 2003.
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