Amanda Peet

Age: 38
Height: 5' 7"

Birth Place: New York City, New York, USA
Born: Jan. 11th, 1972

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Amanda Peet's Main TV Roles

Show	Character(s)
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip	Jordan McDe…
Jack & Jill	Jacqueline …
Central Park West	Robyn Gainer

NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at IMDB

BIOGRAPHY:

Amanda Peet grew up in New York with her older sister and their parents; Charles, a lawyer; and Penny, a social worker. She made an unconventional stage debut at the age of three, when she jumped onto the stage during a play. Yet, despite this early start, she later studied acting more as a hobby than anything else. She studied history at Columbia University, where a drama professor convinced her to audition for acting teacher Uta Hagen, with whom she later went on to study for a four-year period. During this time, she participated in the off-Broadway revival of Clifford Odets's "Awake and Sing." She supported herself during the audition phase of her career by working as a waitress and with the residual checks she received from a Skittles candy commercial. Perseverance and hard work paid off, and, in 1995, she was cast in a guest-starring role on the hit series "Law & Order" (1990).

Her feature film debut came in 1995 with the movie Animal Room (1995). For a while afterward, Amanda continued to find steady work but also found herself appearing in a depressingly large number of indie films that were never picked up for distribution. She did, however, meet her boyfriend Brian Van Holt on the set of indie movie Whipped (2000). Her turn as the ditzy hit-woman with the heart of gold in the hit comedy The Whole Nine Yards (2000), opposite Bruce Willis, took her from supporting role status to leading lady. That same year she was voted one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the World by "People" Magazine.

TRIVIA:

Named #87 in FHM magazine's 100 Sexiest Women in the World 2006 supplement. (2006).
Replaced 'Amelia Heinle' (qv) (the original Jack) in the _"Jack & Jill" (1999)_ (qv) pilot episode.
Has one older sister.
Her father, Charles, has been a prominent corporate attorney in New York City for decades.
Childhood friend of 'Jill Leiderman' (qv).
Voted one of the 50 most beautiful people in the World 2000 by People Magazine.
Worked at the City Crab restaurant in New York before hitting it big. (Source: Interview, _"Larry King Live" (1985)_ (qv), 10 February 2000).
Attended Friends Seminary (k-12) with actor 'Liev Schreiber' (qv): when he was a senior she was in the 7th grade.