Amanda Peet
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Image:Amandadave.jpg Amanda Peet (born January 11, 1972) is an American film actress.
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Biography
Early life
Peet was born in New York to Charles Peet (a lawyer) and Penny (a social worker). Her father was a Quaker and her mother was Jewish, and Peet attended Friends Seminary with Liev Schreiber, as well as studied history at Columbia University, where she auditioned for acting teacher Uta Hagen. During her 4-year period of study with Hagen, Peet appeared in the off-Broadway revival of Clifford Odets's Awake and Sing.
Career
Peet's first screen performance was a television commercial for Skittles. Her early roles included a guest starring role on Law & Order. She made her film debut in the 1995 film Animal Room. Peet maintained a steady acting career in relatively obscure indie movies.
Her first major role was as "Jack" in the 1999 TV series Jack & Jill (which aired for two seasons). Her first wide-release feature film role came in 2000, with The Whole Nine Yards, elevating her status from supporting actress to lead. That same year, she was voted one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the World by People Magazine.
Howard Stern has repeatedly and unexplainably made comments about her alluding to a personal animosity between the two of them. Many have speculated that it could have something to do with the time she spent on the set of Whipped with Stern's girlfriend Beth Ostrosky, who had a small role in the film, and/or the set of the movie she did with Stern's friend and co-worker Fred Norris, called Two Ninas. Some perceived poor treatment of one or both of them could explain Stern's mysterious problem with Peet.
In 2005, she starred in the play This Is How It Goes, alongside Jeffrey Wright and Ben Stiller. As of February 2006, she has been appearing in Neil Simon's Broadway production of Barefoot in the Park.
On February 3, 2006, it was announced Peet would be joining the cast of Aaron Sorkin's new show, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, to premiere on NBC in the fall of 2006.
Personal life
Peet became engaged to actor/writer David Benioff on July 19, 2005. She has sensitive skin, and thus wears little or no makeup.
Filmography
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | The Martian Child | Harlee | Post-production |
| Fast Track | Sofia Kowalski | Post-production | |
| Griffin and Phoenix | Post-production | ||
| 2005 | Syriana | Julia Woodman | |
| A Lot Like Love | Emily Friehl | ||
| Melinda and Melinda | Susan | ||
| 2004 | The Whole Ten Yards | Jill | |
| 2003 | Something's Gotta Give | Marin | |
| Identity | Paris | ||
| 2002 | Igby Goes Down | Rachel | |
| Changing Lanes | Cynthia Delano Banek | ||
| High Crimes | Jackie | ||
| 2001 | Saving Silverman | Judith Fessbeggler | |
| 2000 | Whipped | Mia | |
| The Whole Nine Yards | Jill | ||
| Isn't She Great | Debbie | ||
| 1999 | Body Shots | Jane Bannister | |
| Two Ninas | Nina Harris | ||
| Jump | Lisa | ||
| Simply Irrisistible | Chris | ||
| 1998 | Playing By Heart | Amber | |
| Southie | Marianne Silva | ||
| Origin of the Species | Julia | ||
| 1997 | Touch Me | Bridgette | |
| Grind | Patty | ||
| Sex and Violins | |||
| 1996 | One Fine Day | ||
| She's the One | |||
| Winterlude | |||
| Virginity | |||
| 1995 | Animal Room | Debbie |