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

Biography

Early life and education

Seyfried was born in Allentown and is a 2003 graduate of Allentown's William Allen High School. She is currently a student at New York City's Fordham University.

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 one 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.

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, 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 is also a main character, Sarah Henrickson, in the highly-touted HBO's original series Big Love. In January 2007, she will appear in the film Alpha Dog, starring pop icon Justin Timberlake and Sharon Stone.

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

As a teenager, she also appeared on the cover of three Francine Pascal books.

Trivia

• 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.
• In Mean Girls, she initially auditioned for the role of Cady. 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 Rachel McAdams and Lindsay Lohan.
• She appears on cover of three Francine Pascal novels.
• She auditioned for the role of Kelli Pressly in the remake to "Black Christmas"; she ended up loosing out to Katie Cassidy
• In real life, she is close friends with her "Mean Girls" co-stars, Rachel McAdams, Lindsay Lohan, and Lacey Chabert.
• She has a supporting role in Solstice next to Hillarie Burton from One Tree Hill and Shawn Ashmore from X-Men: The Last Stand.

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