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Amanda Michelle Seyfried is an actress, singer and former child model. She is best known for her roles as Sophie Sheridan in the feature film Mamma Mia! starring Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan...
Karen Smith, was her character's name in Mean Girls. She has also appeared in Alpha Dog and in the television shows Veronica Mars, Big Love, and House.
Seyfried began her career as a model at age eleven and then went on to acting. Her first role was that of an uncredited part in the daytime drama Guiding Light. In 2000 she originated the role of Lucy Montgomery on As the World Turns. From 2002 to 2003, she played the role of Joni Stafford on ABC's All My Children.
In 2004, Seyfried achieved a breakthrough when she was cast as the most dimwitted of the Plastics, Karen Smith, in the popular teen film Mean Girls.
In 2005, she played the lead character in one of the nine parts in the movie Nine Lives and from there continued a career in telelvision.
Seyfried has had minor guest roles on House, M.D., Justice, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and as Rebecca on Wildfire. Seyfried also portrays a main character, Sarah Henrickson, in the series Big Love.
Amanda Seyfried also played supporting roles in the 2007 films Alpha Dog and Solstice, and had her first lead role as the bride Sophie in the film version of the musical Mamma Mia!.
Seyfried joined the cast of the dark horror film Jennifer's Body in February 2008, which began filming in March 2008, playing the title character's best friend. Seyfried has several films in post-production. Titles include "Chloe", "Dear John", and "Boogie Woogie". “Chloe” is a remake of the French film Nathalie, and also stars Liam Neeson and Julianne Moore.
Seyfried was scheduled to play the lead in Zack Snyder's new film Sucker Punch, but had to drop out due to scheduling conflicts with Big Love.
She is slotted to star in the both the forthcoming film version of A Woman of No Importance and Gary Winick's Letters To Juliet, which she's shooting in the italian city of Verona, where the tragic story of Romeo and Juliet was set by William Shakespeare.
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