Amanda Seyfried
Amanda Seyfried as Lilly Kane in Veronica Mars
Born	December 3, 1985 (1985-12-03) (age 21) Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States

Amanda Seyfried (born December 3, 1985)^[1] is an American actress and former child model. She is known for her roles in Mean Girls, Alpha Dog, Veronica Mars and Big Love.^[2] Image File history File links Lilly_Kane. ... Lilly Kane is a fictional character played by Amanda Seyfried on The CW television series Veronica Mars. ... This article is about the Veronica Mars television series. ... is the 337th day of the year (338th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Nickname: Motto: Sic Semper Tyrannis Pennsylvanias location in the United States Allentowns location in Pennsylvania Coordinates: Country United States State Pennsylvania County Lehigh Founded 1762 Government  - Mayor Ed Pawlowski Area  - City  18. ... Capital Harrisburg Largest city Philadelphia Area  Ranked 33rd  - Total 46,055 sq mi (119,283 km²)  - Width 280 miles (455 km)  - Length 160 miles (255 km)  - % water 2. ... is the 337th day of the year (338th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year. ... For other uses, see Actor (disambiguation). ... Photograph of the once famous model Dovima A model is a person who poses or displays for purposes of art, fashion, or other products and advertising. ... Mean Girls is a 2005 film written by (and co-starring) Tina Fey. ... For the term relating to dog behavior, see Alpha (biology). ... This article is about the Veronica Mars television series. ... Big Love is an HBO television drama about a Utah Fundamentalist Mormon family that practices plural marriage, a type of polygamy that is no longer officially endorsed by the The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). ...

Biography

Personal life

Seyfried was born in Allentown, in the Lehigh Valley region of Pennsylvania,^[3]. She is a 2003 graduate of Allentown's William Allen High School and is currently a student at New York City's Fordham University. As a teenager, she appeared on the cover of three Francine Pascal books^[4]. Nickname: Motto: Sic Semper Tyrannis Pennsylvanias location in the United States Allentowns location in Pennsylvania Coordinates: Country United States State Pennsylvania County Lehigh Founded 1762 Government  - Mayor Ed Pawlowski Area  - City  18. ... Counties comprising the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania The Lehigh Valley (also known simply as The Valley) is a region in eastern Pennsylvania, in the United States. ... Capital Harrisburg Largest city Philadelphia Area  Ranked 33rd  - Total 46,055 sq mi (119,283 km²)  - Width 280 miles (455 km)  - Length 160 miles (255 km)  - % water 2. ... William Allen High School is a public high school located in Allentown, Pennsylvania, in the United States. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... Fordham University is a private, coeducational research university[2] in the United States, with three residential campuses located in and around New York City. ... Francine Pascal (New York, May 13, 1938— ) is an American author best known for creating the Sweet Valley series of novels; she is credited as their author, although the majority of the books were written by ghostwriters. ...

Career

Seyfried started her career as a model at age 11 ^[5] From there she went on to acting in the daytime drama The Guiding Light.^[6] 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. This Guiding Light logo, which debuted in 1982, was used, save for background changes, until 1990. ... Year 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full 2000 Gregorian calendar). ... Lucinda Marie Lucy Montgomery is a fictional character the daytime soap opera, As The World Turns. ... CBS Broadcasting, Inc. ... As the World Turns (ATWT) is the second longest-running American television soap opera (the first being Guiding Light),[1] airing each weekday on CBS. Set in the fictional town of Oakdale, Illinois, the show debuted on Monday, April 2, 1956[2] at 1:30pm. ... The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) operates television and radio networks in the United States and is also shown on basic cable in Canada. ... All My Children (AMC) is a popular American soap opera that has been broadcast Monday through Friday on the ABC TV network since January 5, 1970. ...

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. She became the original casting choices for both the roles of "Regina George" and "Cady". She was then cast as the sidekick to "Regina", "Karen Smith". The other roles later went to Rachael McAdams and Lindsay Lohan respectively. In 2005, she played the lead character in one of the nine parts in the movie Nine Lives.^[7] Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Mean Girls is a 2005 film written by (and co-starring) Tina Fey. ... This biographical article or section needs additional references for verification. ... Lindsay Dee Lohan[1] (born July 2, 1986) is an American actress and pop music singer. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Nine Lives Poster Nine Lives is a 2005 movie telling nine short, loosely intertwining tales centred around nine different women. ...

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 finalé. 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. UPN (which originally stood for the United Paramount Network) was a television network in over 200 markets in the United States. ... This article is about the Veronica Mars television series. ... Lilly Kane is a fictional character played by Amanda Seyfried on The CW television series Veronica Mars. ... In narratology, a back-story (also back story or backstory) is the history behind the situation extant at the start of the main story. ... Laura Palmer is a fictional character played by Sheryl Lee on the David Lynch/Mark Frost television series Twin Peaks. ... For the hills in San Francisco, see Twin Peaks, San Francisco, California. ... Kristen Anne Bell (born July 18, 1980) is an American actress who is best known for starring in the title role on the television show Veronica Mars. ... Lilly Kane is a fictional character played by Amanda Seyfried on The CW television series Veronica Mars. ...

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.^[8] Peter Jackson in The Fellowship of the Ring (top), The Two Towers (middle) and The Return of the King (bottom). ... The Fox Broadcasting Company is a television network in the United States. ... House, also known as House, M.D., is a critically-acclaimed American medical drama television series created by David Shore and executive produced by Shore and film director Bryan Singer. ... Justice was a legal drama produced by Jerry Bruckheimer that aired on FOX in the USA, on CTV in Canada, on NET 5 in The Netherlands, on Warner Channel in Latin America, and on the Nine Network in Australia. ... The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is an American television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York Citys Rockefeller Center. ... Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 5 DVD Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (also known as Law & Order: SVU) is the first of three spin-offs of Law & Order (the other two being Law & Order: Criminal Intent and Law & Order: Trial by Jury; all series are presented on the NBC... CBS Broadcasting, Inc. ... CSI: Crime Scene Investigation is a popular Alliance Atlantis/CBS police procedural television series, running since October 2000, about a team of forensic scientists. ... ABC Family is an American cable television network currently owned by Disney-ABC Television Group, a division of The Walt Disney Company. ... Wildfire is a 60-minute television series that airs on ABC Family. ...

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 played a supporting role in the film Solstice in 2007. Amanda will play the role of 'Sophie' alongside Meryl Streep and Pierce Brosnan in the film version of the musical "Mamma Mia!", due for release in 2008.^[9] For other uses, see HBO (disambiguation). ... Big Love is an HBO television drama about a Utah Fundamentalist Mormon family that practices plural marriage, a type of polygamy that is no longer officially endorsed by the The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ... For the term relating to dog behavior, see Alpha (biology). ... “Summer solstice” redirects here. ... Mary Louise Streep, mostly known as Meryl Streep (born June 22, 1949) is an Academy Award-winning American actress who has worked in theatre, television, and film. ... Pierce Brendan Brosnan, OBE [1] (born May 16, 1953) is an Irish actor and producer best known for portraying James Bond in four films from 1995 to 2002: GoldenEye, Tomorrow Never Dies, The World Is Not Enough and Die Another Day. ... Mamma Mia! is an upcoming film adaptation of the West End musical of the same name based on the songs of pop group ABBA. The title of the film is taken from the groups 1975 chart-topper Mamma Mia. It will be produced by Universal Studios in partnership with... Mamma Mia! is a musical with a book by British playwright Catherine Johnson, based on the songs of ABBA. Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson, who composed the original music for ABBA, have been involved in the development of the show from the beginning. ...

Filmography

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References

External links

• Amanda Seyfried at the Internet Movie Database
• Amanda Seyfried at TV.com