Amanda Seyfried

Amanda Seyfried biography
Amanda Seyfried (born December 3, 1985) is an American actress and former child model. She is known for her roles in Mean Girls, Veronica Mars, and Big Love.

Early life and education

Seyfried was born in Allentown, Pennsylvania and is a 2003 graduate of Allentown's William Allen High School. She is a student at New York City's Fordham University. As a teenager, she appeared on the cover of three Francine Pascal books.

Career

Seyfried started her career as an actress in soap operas. In 2000, she was the first actress to play the role of Lucy Montgomery on CBS's As the World Turns. She went on, from 2002 to 2003, to play 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 alongside Lindsay Lohan, Rachel McAdams and Lacey Chabert. The film grossed over $86 million in the United States. In Mean Girls, she initially auditioned for the role of Regina. She became the original casting choices for both the roles of "Regina George" and "Cady". She was cast as the sidekick to "Regina", "Karen Smith". The other roles later went to McAdams and 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 also was deceased and appeared through various flashbacks as the plot unfolded. While appearing often during Mars' first season, she also appeared briefly in season 2's premiere and finale. Seyfried originally auditioned for the title role on Veronica Mars, but lost the place to Kristen Bell and ended up winning the role of Lilly Kane.

Seyfried has had primetime cameo appearances and minor guest roles on Fox's House, Justice, NBC's Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and CBS's CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and currently appears as Rebecca on ABC Family's television series Wildfire.

Seyfried is also a main character, Sarah Henrickson, in the highly-touted HBO original series Big Love. She appeared in the 2007 film Alpha Dog, and will next have a supporting role in the film Solstice.

Filmography
Year Title Role Film or TV
2000 As the World Turns Lucy Montgomery TV on NBC
2002 All My Children Joni Stafford TV on ABC
2004 Mean Girls Karen Smith Film
Buffy The Vampire Slayer Emily TV
Veronica Mars Lilly Kane TV on UPN/CBS
2005 American Gun Mouse Film
Nine Lives Samantha Film
2006 Justice (TV) Ann Diggs TV/FOX
Wild Fire (TV) Rebecca TV
Big Love Sarah Henrickson TV/HBO
Gypsies, Tramps & Thieves Chrissy Film
2007 Solstice Zoe Film in Production