Amanda Peet

This article is about the American actress. For the Canadian scientist, see Amanda Peet (scientist).

Amanda Peet (born January 11, 1972) is an American film actress.

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.

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.

Trivia

• She has sensitive skin, and thus wears little or no makeup.
• She dated Ashton Kutcher from 2000-2004.

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Amanda Peet on the Late Show with David Letterman. Of recent years, she has become one of Letterman's favorite and most frequent guests

• 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.

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
	Sax and Violins
1996	One Fine Day
	She's the One
	Winterlude
	Virginity
1995	Animal Room	Debbie

External link

• Amanda Peet at IMDb