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Name : Amanda Peet
Birth Name : Amanda Peet
Birth Date : 01/11/1972
Birth Place : New York, New York, USA
Height : 5' 6"
Sex : F
Nationality : American
Occupation : Actress
Father : Charles Peet
Mother : Penny
Relation : Brian Van Holt (actor), David Benioff (screenwriter,
engaged on July 22, 2005)
Claim Fame : As Jacqueline Jack Barrett in the WB series "Jack &
Jill" (1999 - 2001)
Amanda Peet (born January 11, 1972) is an American motion picture
actress. Born in New York, Peet attended Friends Seminary High
School with Liev Schreiber and 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' Awake and Sing. In 2000, she
was voted one of the 50 Most Beautiful People by People Magazine.
Her early career saw her in relatively minor roles. Beginning with a
television commercial for Skittles, her early roles included a guest
starring role on Law & Order, and she made her film debut in 1995,
with Animal Room. Afterwards, Peet was able to maintain a steady
acting career, although most of her work was in relatively obscure
Indy movies. In one of these, Whipped, she met her current boyfriend
Brian Van Holt. She is good friends with Lauren Holly, and served as
maid of honor at her wedding to Francis Greco.
Her first major role in a wide-release feature film came in 2000,
with The Whole Nine Yards, opposite Bruce Willis, elevating her
status from supporting actress to lead. Other well-known movies she
has appeared in, include Saving Silverman, High Crimes, Igby Goes
Down, Changing Lanes, Identity, The Whole Ten Yards, and Something's
Gotta Give.
During the erotic sequence in The Whole Nine Yards, Peet was afraid
to do the nude scenes, but overcame the fear after the director
stated that the erotic scenes was pertinent to the script.
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