Amanda Setton (born December , ) is an American actress. She is best
known for her recurring role as Penelope Shafai on The CW's teen drama
Gossip Girl (â€") and for her role as Kimberly Andrews on the ABC soap
opera One Life to Live (â€"). She made her Off-Broadway debut in the
comedy play Love, Loss, and What I Wore in late , and was on the first
half of season one of the Fox comedy The Mindy Project.Setton was born
in New York City, and grew up in Great Neck, where she was president
of her high school's theater club. She is Jewish, and is of both
Syrian-Jewish and Austrian-Jewish descent. Setton majored in drama at
Ithaca College, where she graduated in . In her junior year she
studied abroad in Barcelona, Spain in an IES program. Setton completed
a comprehensive two-year Meisner technique program at The Actor's
Workshop of Ithaca under the instruction of Eliza VanCort.Setton
played Penelope Shafai on the teen drama Gossip Girl from to . She
made her debut on the ABC soap opera One Life to Live as Kimberly
Andrews on August , . Setton also had small roles in the films Sex
and the City and What Happens in Vegas. The website Daytime
Confidential reported on February , that Setton had taped her last
episode as Kim on One Life to Live despite being offered a contract
and a pay increase.Setton returned to Gossip Girl in . It was
announced on June , that Setton would be returning to One Life to
Live as Kimberly Andrews in August . On July , , Setton was cast as a
series regular on the Fox comedy series The Mindy Project, playing the
role of Shauna Dicanio. However, it was reported on November , that
her character would be written out of the show. Setton had a guest
role on the pilot episode of the CBS crime drama series Golden Boy,
which premiered February , , the same day that Setton was cast in the
CBS sitcom The Crazy Ones. She portrayed Dr. Mindy Shaw during the
fifth season of Hawaii Five-.
known for her recurring role as Penelope Shafai on The CW's teen drama
Gossip Girl (â€") and for her role as Kimberly Andrews on the ABC soap
opera One Life to Live (â€"). She made her Off-Broadway debut in the
comedy play Love, Loss, and What I Wore in late , and was on the first
half of season one of the Fox comedy The Mindy Project.Setton was born
in New York City, and grew up in Great Neck, where she was president
of her high school's theater club. She is Jewish, and is of both
Syrian-Jewish and Austrian-Jewish descent. Setton majored in drama at
Ithaca College, where she graduated in . In her junior year she
studied abroad in Barcelona, Spain in an IES program. Setton completed
a comprehensive two-year Meisner technique program at The Actor's
Workshop of Ithaca under the instruction of Eliza VanCort.Setton
played Penelope Shafai on the teen drama Gossip Girl from to . She
made her debut on the ABC soap opera One Life to Live as Kimberly
Andrews on August , . Setton also had small roles in the films Sex
and the City and What Happens in Vegas. The website Daytime
Confidential reported on February , that Setton had taped her last
episode as Kim on One Life to Live despite being offered a contract
and a pay increase.Setton returned to Gossip Girl in . It was
announced on June , that Setton would be returning to One Life to
Live as Kimberly Andrews in August . On July , , Setton was cast as a
series regular on the Fox comedy series The Mindy Project, playing the
role of Shauna Dicanio. However, it was reported on November , that
her character would be written out of the show. Setton had a guest
role on the pilot episode of the CBS crime drama series Golden Boy,
which premiered February , , the same day that Setton was cast in the
CBS sitcom The Crazy Ones. She portrayed Dr. Mindy Shaw during the
fifth season of Hawaii Five-.
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