Born:
February 11, 1972
in
New York
Best Known For:
The Whole Nine Yards.
Early-life:
Born in New York on January 11, 1972, to social worker Penny and corporate lawyer Charles. She has an older sister. Amanda studied history at Columbia University and spent four years with acting teacher Uta Hagen. While she was learning how to act, she supported herself working as a waitress and with residual checks she received from a candy commercial.
Career:
In 1995, Peet had a guest starring role in an episode of Law & Order and in the same year made her film debut in Animal Room. A steady stream of supporting roles followed before she played one of the leads for two seasons in American comedy drama Jack & Jill. Her first role in a major film was in the mafia comedy The Whole Nine Yards (2000). Since then, Peet has had supporting roles in a number of independent and Hollywood movies, including Something's Gotta Give (2003), Syriana (2005), A Lot Like Love (2005), The X-Files: I Want to Believe (2008), 2012 (2009) and Gulliver's Travels (2010). On the small screen, she has starred in Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, and Bent.
Quote:
"I'm a New Yorker who loves LA."
Trivia:
Peet supports Every Child By Two, a non-profit organisation that advocates childhood vaccination.