Amanda Peet

Highest Rated: 86% Please Give (2010)

Lowest Rated: 4% The Whole Ten Yards (2003)

Birthday: Jan 11, 1972

Birthplace: New York, New York, USA

Studied acting with Uta Hagen while finishing college. Early acting experience included a spot in a Skittles candy commercial. Named one of People Magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People in 2000. In 2008, volunteered as a spokesperson for Every Child by Two, a non-profit, vaccine-advocacy group cofounded by former First Lady Rosalynn Carter. Has memorized all of the lines to the 1982 film Tootsie.

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Highest Rated Movies

Filmography

MOVIES

		CREDIT
64%	Sleeping with Other People	Paula	—	2015
52%	Trust Me	Marcy	—	2014
84%	The Way Way Back	Joan	$21.6M	2013
19%	Identity Thief	Trish Patterson	$134.5M	2013
20%	Gulliver's Travels	Darcy Silverman	$42.8M	2010
No Score Yet	Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey	Ranger	—	2010
86%	Please Give	Mary	$4.1M	2010
40%	2012	Kate	$166.2M	2009
49%	Battle For Terra	Maria Montez	$1.7M	2009
65%	What Doesn't Kill You	Stacy	—	2008
31%	The X-Files: I Want to Believe (The X Files 2)	Dakota Whitney	$20.9M	2008
No Score Yet	$5 a Day (Five Dollars a Day)	Maggie	—	2008
34%	Martian Child	Harlee	$7.5M	2007
18%	The Ex	Sofia Kowalski	$3.1M	2007
No Score Yet	Griffin and Phoenix	Phoenix	—	2006
73%	Syriana	Julie Woodman	$50.9M	2005
41%	A Lot Like Love	Emily Friehl	$21.9M	2005
52%	Melinda and Melinda	Susan	$3.8M	2005
72%	Something's Gotta Give	Marin Barry	$121.5M	2003
62%	Identity	Paris	$51.5M	2003
4%	The Whole Ten Yards	Jill	$16.3M	2003
No Score Yet	Origin of the Species	Actor	—	2003
No Score Yet	Whatever We Do	Actor	—	2003
76%	Igby Goes Down	Rachel	$4.7M	2002
77%	Changing Lanes	Cynthia Banek	$66.7M	2002
31%	High Crimes	Jackie	$41.5M	2002
18%	Saving Silverman	Judith	$19M	2001
67%	Two Ninas	Nina Harris	—	2000
45%	The Whole Nine Yards	Jill St. Claire	$57.3M	2000
25%	Isn't She Great	Debbie	—	2000
No Score Yet	Track Down	Karen	—	2000
No Score Yet	Takedown	Actor	—	2000
No Score Yet	Animal Room	Debbie	—	1999
11%	Body Shots	Jane Bannister	—	1999
13%	Whipped	Mia	$3.8M	1999
No Score Yet	Jump	Lisa	—	1999
13%	Simply Irresistible	Chris	—	1999
60%	Playing by Heart	Amber	—	1998
38%	Southie	Marianne	—	1998
No Score Yet	Origin of the Species	Julia	—	1998
No Score Yet	Ellen Foster	Actor	—	1997
No Score Yet	Touch Me	Bridgette	—	1997
No Score Yet	Grind	Patty	—	1997
47%	One Fine Day	Celia	—	1996
61%	She's the One	Molly	—	1996

TV

		CREDIT
97%	Brockmire 2017	Jules	2019 2018 2017
No Score Yet	Late Night With Seth Meyers 2014	Guest	2018
51%	The Romanoffs 2018		2018
No Score Yet	Conan 2010	Guest	2018 2017 2016
No Score Yet	The Late Late Show With James Corden 2015-2018	Guest	2018 2017 2016
No Score Yet	Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen 2009	Guest	2018 2017 2016
No Score Yet	The Talk 2010	Guest	2018 2017 2016 2015
No Score Yet	The View 1997	Guest	2018 2015
No Score Yet	Jimmy Kimmel Live 2003	Guest	2017 2015
No Score Yet	The Late Show With Stephen Colbert 2015	Guest	2016
90%	Togetherness 2015-2016	Tina Morris Tina	2016 2015
No Score Yet	Rachael Ray 2015	Guest	2015
No Score Yet	Late Show With David Letterman 1993-2015	Guest	2015 2012
No Score Yet	The Ellen DeGeneres Show 2003	Guest	2015 2012 2008
No Score Yet	The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson 2005-2014	Guest	2014
96%	The Good Wife 2009-2016	Capt. Hellinger Laura Hellinger	2013 2012
81%	Bent 2012	Alex	2012
83%	How I Met Your Mother 2005-2014	Jenkins	2010
No Score Yet	The Daily Show With Jon Stewart 1999-2015	Guest	2010
No Score Yet	Late Night With Jimmy Fallon 2009-2014	Guest	2010 2009
83%	Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip 2006-2007	Jordan McDeere	2007 2006
66%	Entourage 2004-2011	Herself	2005
No Score Yet	The Tonight Show With Jay Leno 1992-2014	Guest	2004 2000
88%	Seinfeld 1989-1998	Lanette	1997
66%	Spin City 1996-2002		1997
No Score Yet	Law & Order 1990-2010	Leslie Harlan	1995

QUOTES FROM Amanda Peet CHARACTERS

Kate	How did you know this was going to happen?
Jackson Curtis	It's not just California. It's the whole god damn world that is going to shit.

Celia

You are sensitive and frightened. I am gentle and brutal. Just think about it!

Emily Friehl

Just when I'm starting to like you, you're moving away.

Jackson Curtis	Kate, California is going down! Pack up the kids, now!
Kate Curtis	They just got back. God you sound like a crazy person, the Governor says we're fine now.
Jackson Curtis	That guy is an actor, he's reading a script! When the tell you not to panic, that's when you run!

Emily Friehl	Honestly, if you're not willing to sound stupid, you don't deserve to be in love
Emily Friehl	Honestly, if you're not willing to sound stupid, you don't deserve to be in love.

Kate Curtis	Well, now that you got your map where are we going?
Jackson Curtis	(opens up the map up to find it only has China on it) We're gonna need a bigger plane.
Jackson Curtis	[opens up the map up to find it only has China on it] We're gonna need a bigger plane.

Jackson Curtis	Get in the car!
Kate Curtis	I think it's safer down here!
Jackson Curtis	Get in the f***ing car!!
Jackson Curtis	Get in the f***ing car!

Kate Curtis	So, where are we headed?
Jackson Curtis	We're gonna need a bigger plane.

Emily Friehl	Don't ! You'll ruin it
Emily Friehl	Don't... you'll ruin it.

Kate Curtis	"Let him concentrate, with heating he has no experience"
Kate Curtis	Let him concentrate with heating, he has no experience.
Gordon	"Thank you"
Gordon	Thank you.
Kate Curtis	"Gordon! Go!"
Kate Curtis	Gordon! Go!