Amanda Seyfried is 'Breakthrough Female Star of the Year' (Photos)

Amanda Seyfried claimed honors for the 2010 ShoWest
"Breakthrough Female Star of the Year".
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Meet Amanda Seyfried. At 24 years old, she's been named ShoWest's 2010 "Breakthrough Female Star of the Year". With a history of smaller roles and childhood modeling, Seyfried is definitely breaking through.

The Pennsylvania blonde made her mark in Hollywood when she debuted alongside Lindsay Lohan in "Mean Girls". After two more flicks, Seyfried landed a role in the television series "Big Love" and rocked the musical film feature "Mamma Mia!", for which she picked up the honors for "Breakthrough Performance Female" at the 2009 MTV Movie Awards.

In addition to acting, Seyfried has musical abilities, too. For her recent flick "Dear John", Seyfried says producers needed a song and she was able to pitch in and help.

"I wrote a song, when I was by myself," she told About.com. "At my piano. I do it alot [but] I've never taken any of it seriously. And I needed a song...for the montage," she said. Adding, "And they ended up using that clip on the montage."

Seyfried currently has three other movies in production. Her next movie out is an erotic thriller called "Chloe". Amanda plays the leading role and has already told the press that dad is banned from seeing the movie. Thanks to a naked, lesbian love scene, Amanda said she'd rather keep that one out of family dinner conversations.

"My dad's not allowed to see," she said, while adding personally that it's not a big deal for her. "Being nude is not really much of an issue...It's easy just to take off your clothes but it's really the intimacy that's challenging."

SHOWEST 2010 AWARDS

Female star of the year
Katherine Heigl

Male star of the year
Sam Worthington

Comedy star of the year
Zach Galifianakis

Breakthrough female star of the year
Amanda Seyfried

Director of the year
Todd Phillips

Lifetime Achievement Award
Jerry Bruckheimer

Comedy director of the decade
Jay Roach

Female star of tomorrow
Vanessa Hudgens

Male star of tomorrow
Alex Pettyfer

Ensemble award
Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis, Cynthia Nixon

ShoWest/Fandango Fan Choice Award
"The Twilight Saga: New Moon"

Worldwide Box-Office Achievement Award
Warner Bros. Pictures

Breakthrough male star of the year
Jaden Smith

Big Ten Award
Pixar Animation Studios

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