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Mamma Mia It's a Broadway brushoff for Amanda Seyfried

Telegraph - Found Jun. 14, 2009
Although she starred in Mamma Mia!, which is the most successful film in British box-office history, Amanda Seyfried seems to have little confidence

Posted on June 14, 2009, 3:24 am

Cute Movie Couple Alert: Amanda Seyfried, Gael Garcia Bernal

POPSUGAR - Insanely addictive. - Found Jun. 6, 2009
Click to Read Cute Movie Couple Alert: Amanda Seyfried, Gael Garcia Bernal How cute is this? Amanda Seyfried and Gael Garcia Bernal are ...

Posted on June 6, 2009, 7:45 am

Amanda Seyfried looking for love interest

Telegraph - Found Jun. 4, 2009
Having starred in Mamma Mia!, the most successful film in British box-office history, Amanda Seyfried might expect young actors to be queuing up to

Posted on June 4, 2009, 6:06 am

Amanda Seyfried piles on the slap

Mirror.co.uk - Found Jun. 4, 2009
Glamour's Actress of the Year Amanda Seyfried shows just what piling on the slap can do for you.

Posted on June 4, 2009, 4:14 am

Miley Cyrus? 'Mamma Mia's' Amanda Seyfried? Who Will Win Female ...

Stereoboard.com - Found May. 31, 2009
Are Kat Dennings and Freida Pinto destined for long careers, and will 'Mamma Mia!' star Amanda Seyfried launch a legacy as durable as her Abba...

Posted on May 31, 2009, 6:17 am

Amanda Seyfried and Dominic Cooper dress down

Evening Standard - Found May. 6, 2009
Amanda Seyfried could have made a little more effort on her date with her boyfriend Dominic Cooper.

Posted on May 6, 2009, 8:57 am

Amanda Seyfried: Gimme a main man

Lichfield Mercury - Found Jun. 6, 2009
Amanda Seyfried has revealed she is short of a leading man for her next film.

Posted on June 6, 2009, 12:52 pm

Universal CityWalk Launches Summer Block Party with Free "Mamma ...

Playbill - Found 21 hours ago
The 'Mamma Mia!' film cast boasts Academy Award winner Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan, Amanda Seyfried, Colin Firth, Christine Baranski, Julie...
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Posted on July 3, 2009, 2:50 am

Hugh Jackman?s Academy honour

NZCity - Found 22 hours ago
... with his musical medleys and performed with Anne Hathaway, Beyonce Knowles, Zac Efron, Vanessa Hudgens, Amanda Seyfried and Dominic Cooper.
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Posted on July 3, 2009, 1:20 pm

Lohan Celebrates Birthday With Ronson

IMDB - Found Jul. 2, 2009
1 July 2009, 11:43 PM, PDT) Megan Fox and Amanda Seyfried in ?Jennifer?s Body? (From Screen Rant.
Lindsay Lohan Celebrates Birthday With Samantha Ronson - Access Hollywood
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Posted on July 2, 2009, 7:16 am

Amanda Seyfried Biography

Amanda Seyfried
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Amanda Seyfried

Amanda Seyfried in Sweden, 2008
Born Amanda Michelle Seyfried
December 3, 1985 (1985-12-03) (age 23)
Allentown, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Occupation Actress
Years active 1996–present

Amanda Michelle Seyfried (pronounced /ˈsaɪfrɪd/ "sigh-frid"; born December 3, 1985) is an American actress and former child model. She is best known for her roles as Sophie Sheridan in the feature film Mamma Mia! and as Karen Smith in Mean Girls; she has also appeared in Alpha Dog and in the television shows Veronica Mars, Big Love, and House.

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Personal life

Amanda Seyfried was born in Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, United States, the daughter of Ann, an occupational therapist, and Jack Seyfried, a pharmacist. Her sister, Jennifer Seyfried is a musician in the Philadelphia organ-driven band, Love City.12 Amanda graduated in 2003 from Allentown's William Allen High School3 and subsequently enrolled at New York City's Fordham University. As a teenager, she appeared on the cover of three Francine Pascal books. She is currently dating her Mamma Mia! costar Dominic Cooper after ending her two year relationship with Jesse Merchant. Cooper and Seyfried started dating while filming Mamma Mia! in Greece.

Career

Seyfried started her career as a model at age eleven. From there she went on to acting uncredited in the daytime drama Guiding Light. In 2000, she originated the role of Lucy Montgomery on As the World Turns. From 2002 to 2003, she played the role of Joni Stafford on ABC's All My Children.

In 2004, Seyfried achieved a breakthrough when she was cast as the most dimwitted of the Plastics, Karen Smith, in the popular teen film Mean Girls. In Mean Girls, she initially auditioned for the role of Regina George. She became the original casting choices for both the roles of Regina George and Cady Heron.citation needed She was then cast as Regina George's sidekick, and supporting lead, Karen Smith. The other roles later went to Rachel McAdams and Lindsay Lohan, respectively. In 2005, she played the lead character in one of the nine parts in the movie Nine Lives.

Continuing her television career, Seyfried was cast in UPN's Veronica Mars as the title character's murdered best friend Lilly Kane. In her role as Lilly, she appeared on the show through a series of flashbacks, dreams and visions, which portrayed her as a wild, stylish, and bubbly teenage daughter of a business executive. Lilly is sometimes compared to the character of Laura Palmer of Twin Peaks, who was also a deceased murdered blonde teenager who had sexual activities with adults and appeared through various flashbacks as the plot unfolded. While appearing often during Mars' first season, she also appeared briefly in the second season's premiere and finale. Seyfried originally auditioned for the title role on Veronica Mars, but lost the place to Kristen Bell and she ended up winning the role of Lilly Kane.

Seyfried has had minor guest roles on House, M.D., Justice, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and as Rebecca on Wildfire. Seyfried also portrays a main character, Sarah Henrickson, in the series Big Love.

She played supporting roles in the 2007 films Alpha Dog and Solstice, and had her first lead role as the bride Sophie in the film version of the musical Mamma Mia!. Her musical performance in that film is also available on Mamma Mia! The Movie Soundtrack. Seyfried recorded a "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)" music video specially for Mamma Mia!.

Seyfried joined the cast of the dark horror film Jennifer's Body in February 2008, which began filming in March 2008, playing the title character's best friend.4 Seyfried has several films in post-production. Titles include "Chloe", "Dear John", and "Boogie Woogie". “Chloe” is a remake of the French film Nathalie, and also stars Liam Neeson and Julianne Moore.5 Seyfried was scheduled to play the lead in Zack Snyder's new film Sucker Punch, but had to drop out due to scheduling conflicts with Big Love.

She is slotted to star in the both the forthcoming film version of A Woman of No Importance and Gary Winick's Letters To Juliet, which she's shooting in the italian city of Verona, where the tragical story of Romeo and Juliet was set by William Shakespeare.

Filmography

Year Film Role Notes
2000–2001 As the World Turns Lucy Montgomery CBS soap
2004 Mean Girls Karen Smith
Law & Order: SVU: "Outcry" Tandi McCain NBC series
2004–2006 Veronica Mars Lilly Kane UPN series
2005 Nine Lives Samantha
House: "Detox" Pam Fox series
American Gun Mouse
2006 Alpha Dog Julie Beckley
Wildfire Rebecca ABC Family,five episodes
CSI: "Rashomama" Lacey CBS
Gypsies, Tramps & Thieves Chrissy
Justice: "Pretty Woman" Ann Diggs FOX
2006— Big Love Sarah Henrickson HBO series
2008 Solstice Zoe
Mamma Mia! Sophie Sheridan
Official Selection Emily short film
American Dad!: "Escape from Pearl Bailey" Amy (voice) FOX
2009 Boogie Woogie Paige Prideaux
Chloe Chloe
Jennifer's Body Needy Lesnicky
2010 Dear John Savannah Lynn Curtis
Letters to Juliet TBA
2011 A Woman of No Importance Hester Worsley

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