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Amanda Seyfried

Acting

Born December 3, 1985 · Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA

Also known as Amanda Michelle Seyfried · Аманда Сейфрид · アマンダ・セイフライド

Biography

Amanda Michelle Seyfried (/ˈsaɪfrɛd/ SY-fred; born December 3, 1985) is an American actress. She began acting at 15, with recurring roles as Lucy Montgomery in the CBS soap opera As the World Turns (1999–2001) and Joni Stafford in the ABC soap opera All My Children (2003). She came to prominence for her feature film debut in the teen comedy Mean Girls (2004) and her roles as Lilly Kane in the UPN mystery drama series Veronica Mars (2004–2006) and Sarah Henrickson in the HBO drama series Big Love (2006–2011). Seyfried has starred in many films, including Mamma Mia! (2008) and its sequel Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again (2018), 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). Seyfried received critical acclaim and nominations for the Academy Award and Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress for portraying Marion Davies in David Fincher's biopic Mank (2020). For her starring role as Elizabeth Holmes in the Hulu miniseries The Dropout (2022), she won the Golden Globe Award and Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress. In 2022, Time named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world. Description above from the Wikipedia Amanda Seyfried, article licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Awards & recognition

  • Critics' Choice Television AwardBest Movie/Miniseries Actress · 2023
  • Golden Globe AwardBest Actress – Miniseries or Television Film · 2023
  • Time 100 · 2022
  • Academy AwardBest Supporting Actress · 2021 · nominated
  • European Film Award – People's Choice AwardBest European Film · 2019 · nominated

Filmography50+ titles

House

2004as Pam

Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey

2014as Marie Tharp (voice)

Wildfire

2005as Rebecca

Twin Peaks

1990as Rebecca "Becky" Burnett

The Art of Racing in the Rain

2019as Avery "Eve" Swift

The Simpsons

1989as Dr. Spivak (voice)

Celebrity Family Feud

2015as Self

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999as Tandi McCain

Veronica Mars

2004as Lilly Kane

The Crowded Room

2023as Dr. Rya Goodwin

Les Misérables: The History of the World's Greatest Story

2013as Self

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

2000as Lacey Finn

Unity

2015as Narrator (voice)

Family Guy

1999as Ellie (voice)

The Dropout

2022as Elizabeth Holmes

Les Misérables

2012as Cosette

The Housemaid

2025as Nina Winchester

When You Wish Upon a Pickle: A Sesame Street Special

2018as Natalie Neptune

Conan

2010as Self

The Graham Norton Show

2007as Self

Mean Girls

2004as Karen Smith

Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again

2018as Sophie

Fathers & Daughters

2015as Katie Davis

Scoob!

2020as Daphne Blake (voice)

First Reformed

2017as Mary Mensana

In Time

2011as Sylvia Weis

Letters to Juliet

2010as Sophie

Mamma Mia!

2008as Sophie Sheridan

American Dad!

2005as Amy (voice)

Long Bright River

2025as Mickey Fitzpatrick

Big Love

2006as Sarah Henrickson

Dear John

2010as Savannah Lynn Curtis

Mank

2020as Marion Davies

The Last Word

2017as Anne Sherman

Epic

2013as Mary Katherine (M.K.) (voice)

Alpha Dog

2006as Julie Beckley

The Testament of Ann Lee

2025as Ann Lee

A Mouthful of Air

2021as Julie Davis

The Kelly Clarkson Show

2019as Self

Ted 2

2015as Samantha

Gone

2012as Jill Conway

You Should Have Left

2020as Susanna

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

2015as Self - Guest

A Million Ways to Die in the West

2014as Louise

Chloe

2009as Chloe Sweeney

Nine Lives

2005as Samantha

Anon

2018as The Girl

Love the Coopers

2015as Ruby

Pan

2015as Mary

While We're Young

2014as Darby Massey