- Born
- Birth nameAmanda Michelle Seyfried
- Height5′ 3″ (1.60 m)
- Amanda Seyfried was born and raised in Allentown, Pennsylvania, to Ann (Sander), an occupational therapist, and Jack Seyfried, a pharmacist. She is of German, and some English and Scottish, ancestry. She began modeling when she was eleven, and acted in high school productions as well as taking singing lessons.
More soap work followed as she completed her schooling and had already secured a place at Fordham University when she was offered a role in the Tina Fey-penned teen comedy Mean Girls (2004). She deferred her university education to complete the film. More television work followed, raising her profile across America, while her appearances in Mamma Mia! (2008) and Red Riding Hood (2011) helped establish her international fame.
- IMDb mini biography by: Kad
- SpouseThomas Sadoski(March 12, 2017 - present) (2 children)
- ChildrenThomas Seyfried-Sadoski
- ParentsAnn Seyfried (Sander)Jack Seyfried
- RelativesJennifer Seyfried(Sibling)
- Often plays young women questioning love.
- Often in romantic comedies.
- Trained in classical opera for two years and studied under a Broadway voice coach for almost five years. In 2010, she took acoustic guitar lessons.
- Has struggled with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), anxiety and panic attacks.
- One of the songs on the Dear John (2010) soundtrack was written by her.
- Admitted to David Letterman that she gets nervous doing television interviews and often fortifies herself with a drink beforehand, usually whiskey.
- Wanted to be an actress at age 10 after watching Baz Luhrmann's Romeo + Juliet (1996) with her father, who was a film buff.
- I love low-rise, boot-cut, perfect fitting jeans.
- I collect jeans. I don't care how expensive they are.
- Jeans are just so sexy, there's something about them that turns me on, you know?
- [on plans for the future] If I came out with a club hit, if I were singing duets with Jesse McCartney, I think people would get the wrong idea. I'm not interested in fashion design. I'm an actress, and that's all I want to focus on. For me, that's just more fulfilling.
- [on Mamma Mia! (2008)] I had never seen the stage show. When I first heard about the audition, I was like, "Damn, I'm not Greek!". I thought it was about this big Greek family.
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