Amanda Seyfried
Birthdate: Dec 3, 1985
Birthplace: Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA
Amanda Seyfried (birthname: Amanda Michelle Seyfried) is an Oscar-nominated actor who has reached a prominent status among American film actors with an impressive filmography since 2004, with her debut in the cast of the dark high school comedy, Mean Girls (2004), written by Tina Fey, produced by Lorne Michaels, co-starring Lindsay Lohan, Rachel McAdams, Tim Meadows, Ana Gasteyer, Amy Poehler and Fey under Mark Waters’ direction, and becoming a smash hit for Paramount Pictures with a $130.5 million return.
Seyfried was cast in the distinguished ensemble of director/writer Rodrigo Garcia’s nine-story anthology drama, Nine Lives (2005), co-starring Sissy Spacek, Glenn Close, Holly Hunter, Lisa Gay Hamilton, Kathy Baker, Amy Brenneman, Robin Wright Penn, Aidan Quinn, K Callan, Dakota Fanning, Ian McShane, Mary Kay Place, Molly Parker, Elpidia Carillo, Jason Isaacs, Miguel Sandoval and Joe Mantegna, grossing a good $1.5 million for Magnolia Pictures.
Seyfried joined another fine cast in director/co-writer Aric Avelino’s crime drama, American Gun (2005), with Linda Cardellini, Tony Goldwyn, Marcia Gay Harden, Donald Sutherland, Forest Whitaker, Nikki Reed, Michael Shannon, Melissa Leo, and Garcelle Beauvais, and which premiered at the Toronto Film Festival before a limited release by IFC Films. Seyfried had a supporting role in director/writer Nick Cassavetes’ crime drama, Alpha Dog (2006), starring Ben Foster, Shawn Hatosy, Emile Hirsch, Christopher Marquette, Sharon Stone, Justin Timberlake, Anton Yelchin and Bruce Willis, launching at the Sundance Film Festival and going on to a profitable theatrical run of $32.4 million for Universal Pictures (U.S.)/Capitol Films (International).
Amanda Seyfried appeared alongside another notable ensemble in another hit, the ABBA-based jukebox musical, Mamma Mia! (2008), based on Catherine Johnson’s $4.5 billion-grossing 1999 musical, starring Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth, Stellan Skarsgard, Julie Walters, Dominic Cooper and Christine Baranski under Phyllida Lloyd’s direction, grossing a phenomenal $611.5 million for Universal Pictures; Seyfried later returned in Universal’s sequel, Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again (2018), with new cast members Christine Baranski, Andy Garcia, Lily James, and Cher under writer Ol Parker’s direction, and returning a robust $402.3 million gross.
Seyfried’s pattern of acting in movies with distinguished ensembles continued with writer/producer Danny Moynihan’s black comedy based on his 2000 novel, Boogie Woogie (2009), co-starring Gillian Anderson, Alan Cumming, Heather Graham, Danny Huston, Christopher Lee, Joanna Lumley, Charlotte Rampling and Stellan Skarsgard under Duncan Ward’s direction and released by Vertigo Films after premiering at the Edinburgh Film Festival.
Seyfried landed her first co-starring role in Jennifer’s Body (2009), starring Megan Fox, Johnny Simmons, J.K. Simmons, Amy Sedari, and Adam Brody under Karyn Kusama’s direction for producers Fox Atomic and Dune Entertainment, and which premiered at the Toronto Film Festival but grossed a disappointing $31.6 million for 20th Century Fox. Seyfried joined Canadian filmmaker Atom Egoyan for the erotic thriller, Chloe (2009), his English-language remake of Anne Fontaine’s French original, Nathalie… (2003), adapted by Erin Cressida Wilson, co-starring Julianne Moore and Liam Neeson and grossed over $13 million for distributors Sony Pictures Classics (U.S.)/E1 Distribution (Canada)/StudioCanal (France) after launching at the Toronto Film Festival.
Amanda Seyfried co-starred with Channing Tatum in director Lasse Hallstrom’s and writer Jamie Linden’s adaptation of Nicholas Sparks’ 2006 novel, Dear John (2010), with Henry Thomas, Scott Porter, er and Richard Jenkins, delivering a handsome $115 million gross for producers Screen Gems/Relativity Media/Temple Hill Entertainment and distributor Sony Pictures Releasing. Seyfried had her first face-above-the-title starring role in the romantic comedy-drama inspired by Lise Eve Friedman’s and Ceil Jann Friedman’s 2006 non-fiction book, Letters to Juliet (2010), with Christopher Egan, Gael Garcia Bernal, Vanessa Redgrave and Franco Nero under Gary Winick’s direction and delivering a fine $80 million theatrical return for Summit Entertainment after premiering at the Tribeca Film Festival.
Seyfried enjoyed another commercial success as a star in the Catherine Hardwicke-directed and Leonardo DiCaprio-produced Red Riding Hood (2011), based on both the Charles Perrault and Brothers Grimm fairy tales, co-starring Gary Oldman, Billy Burke, Shiloh Fernandez, Max Irons, and Julie Christie, earning a solid $98 million gross for Warner Bros. Pictures. Seyfried appeared in a supporting role in director/co-writer Brian Crano’s indie movie, A Bag of Hammers (2011), and then Seyfried co-starred with Justin Timberlake in director/writer/producer Andrew Niccol’s sci-fi action movie, In Time (2011), with Cillian Murphy, Olivia Wilde and Alex Pettyfer, produced by New Regency Productions/Strike Entertainment and earning a strong $174 million for 20th Century Fox.
Amanda Seyfried starred in the Heitor Dhalia-directed thriller, Gone (2012), with Daniel Sunjata, Jennifer Carpenter, Sebastian Stan, and Wes Bentley, and grossed a poor $18 million for Summit Entertainment. Seyfried was in the quintet of stars leading the Tom Hooper-directed version of the hit musical, Les Misérables (2012), co-starring Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway, Eddie Redmayne, Helena Bonham Carter, and Sacha Baron Cohen, produced in part by Cameron Mackintosh and grossing for Universal Pictures a terrific $442.8 million.
Seyfried was part of the starry ensemble of director/writer Justin Zachham’s comedy, The Big Wedding (2013), the English-language remake of the Swiss-French film, Mon frere se marie (2006), starring Robert De Niro, Katherine Heigl, Diane Keaton, Topher Grace, Susan Sarandon, and Robin Williams, but was rejected at the altar by audiences and critics for a poor $46.5 million return care of Lionsgate. Seyfried performed her first voice role in an animated movie in director/co-writer Chris Wedge’s well-received fantasy adventure for Blue Sky Studios and 20th Century Fox Animation, Epic (2013), based on co-screenwriter William Joyce’s 1996 children’s book, The Leaf Men and the Brave Good Bugs, starring Colin Farrell, Josh Hutcherson, Christoph Waltz, Aziz Ansari, Chris O’Dowd, Pitbull, Jason Sudeikis, Stephen Tyler and Beyoncé Knowles, earning for 20th Century Fox an excellent $268.4 million global gross.
Amanda Seyfried portrayed porn star Linda Lovelace in the biopic drama, Lovelace (2013), co-starring Peter Sarsgaard, Hank Azaria, Wes Bentley, Adam Brody, Bobby Cannavale, James Franco, Debi Mazar, Chris Noth, Robert Patrick, Eric Roberts, Chloë Sevigny, Sharon Stone and Juno Temple under Rob Epstein’s and Jeffrey Friedman’s direction, and released to poor box office for distributors Radius-TWC and Alchemy. Seyfried joined co-stars Seth MacFarlane (who was also director, co-writer, and producer), Charlize Theron, Liam Neeson, Giovanni Ribisi, Neil Patrick Harris, and Sarah Silverman in the comic Western, A Million Ways to Die in the West (2014), grossing $87 million for Universal Pictures.
Seyfried was cast by director/writer/producer Noah Baumbach in his comedy-drama, While We’re Young (2014), starring Ben Stiller, Naomi Watts, Adam Driver, and Charles Grodin, produced by Scott Rudin Productions, and which premiered at the Toronto Film Festival before a fair $21 million gross for A24. Seyfried was a new member of the cast of the sequel, Ted 2 (2015), and reunited with director/co-writer/producer Seth MacFarlane, who co-starred with Mark Wahlberg, Giovanni Ribisi, John Slattery, and Morgan Freeman, but though it didn’t match the original’s box office, it still grossed $216 million for Universal Pictures.
Amanda Seyfried co-starred with Hugh Jackman, Garrett Hedlund, Rooney Mara, and Levi Miller in the Joe Wright-directed Peter Pan movie, Pan (2015), proving to be a commercial bomb for Warner Bros. Pictures with a $129 million return on an estimated $150 million budget. Seyfried joined another starry ensemble in director/producer Jessie Nelson’s Christmas comedy-drama, Love the Coopers (2015), with Alan Arkin, John Goodman, Ed Helms, Diane Keaton, Anthony Mackie, June Squibb, Marisa Tomei, and Olivia Wilde, and panned by critics but supported by audiences with a $42.4 million return for distributor CBS Films.
Seyfried co-starred in the failed Gabriele Muccino-directed drama, Fathers and Daughters (2015), with Russell Crowe, Aaron Paul, Diane Kruger, Quvenzhane Wallis, Bruce Greenwood, Jane Fonda and Octavia Spencer, and then Seyfried joined screen legend Shirley MacLaine (and also executive produced) for director/producer Mark Pellington’s drama, The Last Word (2017), with Anne Heche and Tom Everett Scott, and which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival before earning $3 million for Bleeker Street. Seyfried topped the cast with Ed Helms (who also produced) and Tracy Morgan for director/writer/producer Dito Montiel’s little-seen comedy, The Clapper (2016), his film adaptation of his own novel, Eddie Krumble Is the Clapper, launching at the Tribeca Film Festival and released by Momentum Pictures.
Amanda Seyfried joined Oscar-nominated filmmaker Paul Schrader as co-star of his drama about a minister played by Ethan Hawke in the fine drama, First Reformed (2017), with Philip Ettinger, launched for a fine festival run at the Venice Film Festival and released by A24. Seyfried was cast alongside David Oyelowo, Joel Edgerton, Thandie Newt, and Sharlto Copley by director/producer Nash Edgerton (Joel’s brother) for his action comedy, Gringo (2018), released theatrically by STXFilms and on streaming by Amazon Studios.
Seyfried co-starred with Milo Ventimiglia in the Simon Curtis-directed version of Garth Stein’s 2008 novel, The Art of Racing in the Rain (2019), adapted by Mark Bomback, featuring Kathy Baker, Martin Donovan, Gary C, and Kevin Costner, and grossing a weak $33.8 million for distributor 20th Century Fox and lead producer Fox 2000 Pictures. Seyfried returned to animation movies as a part of the voice cast of Warner Animation Group’s Scooby-Doo movie (the third based on the Hanna-Barbera characters), Scoob! (2020), starring the voices of Will Forte, Mark Wahlberg, Jason Isaacs, Gina Rodriguez, Zac Efron, Kiersey Clemons, Ken Jeong, Tracy Morgan, and Frank Welker under Tony Cervone’s direction, and was just as much a failure in theatrical release for Warner Bros. Pictures ($28.5 million) as it was a success in video-on-demand release.
Amanda Seyfried earned her first Oscar nomination and acclaim for her portrayal of Marion Davies in director David Fincher’s Mank (2020), his dramatization (from his father Jack’s screenplay) of Herman J. Mankiewicz’s battles to write the Citizen Kane (1941) script for filmmaker Orson Welles (who is inaccurately depicted as being hands-off the script), starring Gary Oldman as Mankiewicz, with Lily Collins and Arliss Howard, Charles Dance and Tom Burke, and which is a rare case of Netflix involved in the production as well as the release (both theatrical and streaming), and which won two Oscars out of ten nominations. Seyfried starred in and was a producer on director/writer/producer Amy Koppelman’s film version of her 2003 novel, A Mouthful of Air (2021), co-starring Finn Whitrock, Amy Irving, Jennifer Carpenter, Paul Giam, Att, and Britt Robertson, and released in a limited pattern by Stage 6 Films.
Seyfried reunited with Canadian filmmaker Atom Egoyan for his drama, Seven Veils (2023), about the making of a production of Richard Strauss’s opera, Salome, with a cast including Rebecca Liddiard, Douglas Smith, and Mark O’Brien, and which premiered at the Toronto Film Festival before a tiny release by Elevation Pictures. Seyfried took on a supporting role in co-directors/co-writers David Joseph Craig and Brian Crano’s comedy, I Don’t Understand You (2024), co-starring Nick Kroll, Andrew Rannells, and Morgan Spector, and after launching at the South by Southwest Film FFestivalproved a box office dud for Vertical.
Amanda Seyfried earned the highest critical praise of her career to date for her singing-and-dancing performance as the titular character of director/co-writer/producer Mona Fastvold’s 18th-century movie about the American Shakers movement, The Testament of Ann Lee (2025), co-written and produced with creative partner Brady Corbet, co-starring Thomasin McKenzie, Lewis Pullman, Tim Blake Nelson, Christopher Abbott, Stacy Martin and Matthew Beard, backed by lead producer Annapurna Pictures and released by Searchlight Pictures after premiering in competition at the Venice Film Festival. Seyfried co-starred with Sydney Sweeney in the thriller based on Freida McFadden’s 2022 novel, The Housemaid (2022), with Brandon Sklenar, Michele Morro, and Elizabeth Perkins under Paul Feig’s direction, and released wide by Lionsgate.
Seyfried topped the cast of director/writer/producer Tim Blake Nelson’s prison drama, The Life and Deaths of Wilson Shedd (date to be announced), co-starring Scoot McNairy, Missi Pyle, William Jackson Harper and Elizabeth Marvel, and then Seyfried shifted to comedy and starred in director/co-writer/producer Kay Cannon’s My Ex-Friend’s Wedding (date to be announced), based on the novel by Taylor Jenkins Reid who adapted it for the screen with co-writers Kay Cannon and Ashley Rodger (all of whom have producer credits), and which was produced by Circle Management + Production/K&L Productions/Sister Pictures.
Personal life
Amanda Seyfried was born and raised in Allentown, Pennsylvania, by parents Ann (occupational therapist) and Jack (pharmacist). Seyfried has an older sister, Jennifer (rock musician). Seyfried’s cousin is actor Blythe Danner. Seyfried attended grade school and middle school in Allentown, and then attended and graduated from William Allen High School, where she performed in theater productions while studying art and piano. Seyfried enrolled in but didn’t attend Fordham University in 2003 when she was cast in the starring role in Mean Girls. Seyfried studied classical opera, and with a Broadway voice coach for five years. Seyfried has been married to actor Thomas Sadoski since 2017; the couple has a daughter, Nina, and a son, Thomas. Seyfried’s height is 5’ 3”. Seyfried’s estimated net worth is $16 million.
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Amanda Seyfried Movies
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Upcoming (2)
- 2025 |
The Testament of Ann Lee
asAnn Lee
Ann Lee, the founding leader of the Shaker Movement, proclaimed as the female Christ by her followers. Depicts her establishment of a utopian society and the Shakers' worship through song and dance, based on real events.
- 2025 |
The Housemaid
asNina
A struggling woman is happy to start over as a housemaid for an affluent, elite couple.
Previous (38)
- 2025 |
I Don’t Understand You
asCandace
Stranded in rural Italy without transportation or language skills, an American couple on the verge of adopting tries to reconnect during a disastrous vacation, as their fears and relationship problems threaten to boil over.
- 2025 |
Seven Veils
asJeanine
An earnest theater director has the task of remounting her former mentor's most famous work, the opera Salome. Some disturbing memories from her past will allow her repressed trauma to color the present.
- 2024 | I Don't Understand You
- 2023 | Seven Veils
- 2021 | Things Heard & Seen
- 2021 |
A Mouthful of Air
asJulie Davis
Julie Davis writes bestselling children's books about unlocking your fears, but has yet to unlock her own. When her daughter is born, that trauma is brought to the fore, and with it, a crushing battle to survive.
- 2021 |
- 2020 | Mank
- 2020 | You Should Have Left
- 2019 |
The Art of Racing in the Rain
asEve
Through his bond with his owner, aspiring Formula One race car driver Denny, golden retriever Enzo learns that the techniques needed on the racetrack can also be used to successfully navigate the journey of life.
- 2018 | Anon
- 2018 |
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again
asSophie
Five years after the events of Mamma Mia! (2008), Sophie prepares for the grand reopening of the Hotel Bella Donna as she learns more about her mother's past.
- 2018 |
First Reformed
asMary Mensana
A minister of a small congregation in upstate New York grapples with mounting despair brought on by tragedy, worldly concerns and a tormented past.
- 2018 |
- 2017 | The Clapper
- 2017 |
The Last Word
asAnne
Harriet is a retired businesswoman who tries to control everything around her. When she decides to write her own obituary, a young journalist takes up the task of finding out the truth, resulting in a life-altering friendship.
- 2015 | Fathers & Daughters
- 2015 | Unity
- 2015 |
Love the Coopers
asRuby
The intertwined stories of four generations of Coopers unfold right before the annual family reunion on Christmas Eve. Can they survive the most beautiful time of the year?
- 2015 |
- 2015 |
- 2014 | While We're Young
- 2014 |
A Million Ways to Die in the West
asLouise
A Million Ways to Die in the West
As a cowardly farmer begins to fall for the mysterious new woman in town, he must put his newly found courage to the test when her husband, a notorious gun-slinger, announces his arrival.
- 2013 | Lovelace
- 2013 |
- 2013 |
- 2012 | The End of Love
- 2012 |
Les Misérables
In 19th-century France, Jean Valjean, who, for decades, has been hunted by the ruthless policeman Javert after breaking parole, agrees to care for a factory worker's daughter. The decision changes their lives forever.
- 2012 |
- 2011 |
- 2011 | Red Riding Hood
- 2010 |
Letters to Juliet
asSophie
Sophie travels to Verona where she finds an old unanswered letter asking for love advice. She answers it and when the recipient shows up along with her grumpy grandson, they head off to find the old long lost love while a young love sparks
- 2009 | Chloe
- 2010 | Dear John
- 2009 | Jennifer's Body
- 2008 | Solstice
- 2008 |
Mamma Mia!
asSophie
Donna, an independent hotelier, is preparing for her daughter's wedding with the help of two old friends. Meanwhile Sophie, the spirited bride, has a plan. She invites three men from her mother's past in hope of meeting her real father.
- 2005 | American Gun
Facts About Amanda Seyfried
Young Model: Amanda Seyfried began to model at age eight, first with Image International and then Pro Model in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
Conditions: Seyfried has commented that she has struggled with panic attacks, anxiety, and obsessive-compulsive disorder, as well as stage fright.
