Amanda Seyfried
Amanda Michelle Seyfried [ ˈsaɪfrɛd ] (born December 3, 1985 in Allentown , Pennsylvania ) is an American actress and singer .
Life
Amanda Seyfried was born to Ann, an occupational therapist , and Jack Seyfried, a pharmacist . She comes from a family with mostly German roots and has an older sister named Jennifer. In 2003 she graduated from high school in Allentown, her hometown. She began her career as a child model at the age of eleven, and only later did she start her acting career as an actress in soap operas , including As the World Turns and All My Children . In the meantime she studied at Fordham University in New York . Seyfried made her breakthrough as a film actress in 2004 as one of the leading actresses in the teen comedy Girls Club - be careful! .
In the UPN - television series Veronica Mars Seyfried played the role of Lilly Kane . In the movie Alpha Dog - Deadly Friendships , she was first seen in 2006 on the side of Justin Timberlake . As Sarah Henrickson , she played a leading role in the HBO series Big Love until 2011 , alongside her former Veronica Mars colleagues Tina Majorino and Kyle Gallner . One of her most famous film roles is Sophie in the musical film Mamma Mia! , in which she can be seen alongside movie stars such as Meryl Streep , Pierce Brosnan and Colin Firth . In 2009, Seyfried starred alongside Megan Fox in the film Jennifer's Body . The following year she appeared in The Shine of Silence alongside Channing Tatum and in Letters to Julia alongside Christopher Egan and Vanessa Redgrave . In the film Red Riding Hood , she played the lead role of the village girl Valerie . Timberlake and Seyfried play the leading roles in the movie In Time - your time runs from 2011.
In 2012 she played alongside Anne Hathaway , Hugh Jackman and Russell Crowe in the film adaptation Les Misérables of the musical of the same name . She also starred in the film adaptation of the biography Lovelace, about the life of American porn actress Linda Lovelace . She can also be seen as lawyer Samantha Leslie Jackson in the 2015 film Ted 2 .
Between 2008 and 2010, Seyfried and Dominic Cooper were a couple. From 2013 to 2015 she was in a relationship with Justin Long . In March 2017 she married the actor Thomas Sadoski. In the same month the couple had a daughter together.
In 2017 she was accepted into the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), which awards the Oscars every year.
Filmography
Movies
- 2004: Girls Club - be careful! (Mean Girls)
- 2005: Nine Lives
- 2005: American Gun
- 2006: Alpha Dog - Fatal Friendships (Alpha Dog)
- 2006: Gypsies, Tramps & Thieves
- 2008: Solstice
- 2008: Mamma Mia!
- 2008: Official Selection
- 2009: Boogie Woogie
- 2009: Jennifer's Body - boys to their liking (Jennifer's Body)
- 2009: Chloe
- 2010: A Bag of Hammers
- 2010: The Shine of Silence (Dear John)
- 2010: Letters to Julia (Letters to Juliet)
- 2011: Red Riding Hood - Under the Wolf Moon (Red Riding Hood)
- 2011: In Time - Your time is running out (In Time)
- 2012: Gone
- 2012: The End of Love
- 2012: Les Misérables
- 2013: Lovelace
- 2013: The Big Wedding
- 2013: Epic - Hidden Kingdom ( Epic , voice of Mary Katherine )
- 2014: A Million Ways to Die in the West
- 2014: Feels in mid-twenties (While We're Young)
- 2015: Fathers & Daughters - A Whole Life (Fathers and Daughters)
- 2015: Ted 2
- 2015: Pan
- 2015: Every year again - Christmas with the Coopers (Love the Coopers)
- 2017: Last but not least (The Last Word)
- 2017: First Reformed
- 2017: The Clapper
- 2018: Gringo
- 2018: Anon
- 2018: Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again
- 2019: Enzo and the wondrous world of people (The Art of Racing in the Rain)
- 2020: Scooby! Fully refined (voice of Daphne Blake )
- 2020: You Should Have Left
TV Shows
- 1999–2001: Young and Passionate - As Life Plays ( As the World Turns , soap opera, 28 episodes)
- 2002–2003: All My Children (soap opera, 5 episodes)
- 2004: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (episode 6x05 cry for help )
- 2004–2006: Veronica Mars (11 episodes)
- 2005: Dr. House ( House , episode 1x11 Detox )
- 2006: Wildfire (5 episodes)
- 2006: CSI: Vegas ( CSI: Crime Scene Investigation , episode 6x21 Rashomama )
- 2006: Justice - Not Guilty ( Justice , episode 1x02 Pretty Woman )
- 2006–2011: Big Love (44 episodes)
- 2008: American Dad (episode 5x05 Escape from Pearl Bailey , voice of Amy )
- 2017: Twin Peaks (4 episodes)
Web links
- Amanda Seyfried in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Pictures by Amanda Seyfried In: Virtual History
- Amanda Seyfried in the German dubbing file
Individual evidence
- ↑ Surprise: Amanda Seyfried got married . In: GRAZIA Germany . ( grazia-magazin.de [accessed on March 17, 2017]).
- ↑ From Her Surprise Pregnancy to 24-Hour Labor: 5 Biggest Revelations From Amanda Seyfried's Post-Baby Interview. July 13, 2017, accessed March 16, 2019 .
- ↑ "Class of 2017". Accessed June 30, 2017. http://www.app.oscars.org/class2017/ .
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SURNAME | Seyfried, Amanda |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Seyfried, Amanda Michelle (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American actress and singer |
DATE OF BIRTH | 3rd December 1985 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Allentown , Pennsylvania |