Amanda Peet
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New York, New York, USA
Born on January 11th, 1972, Amanda Peet grew up in New York and made a decidedly unconventional debut into showbiz: At three-years-old, a thoroughly uninvited Peet jumped onto a stage during the middle of a play. Despite the auspicious beginning, Peet treated acting as more of a hobby than anything else, and only began to consider it a potential career after her drama professor at Columbia University encouraged her to audition for renowned acting teacher Uta Hagen. Peet studied with Hagen for four years, during which time she participated in the off-Broadway revival Awake and Sing. Though she would eventually be voted one of the year's 50 most beautiful people in a 2000 issue of People magazine -- not to mention participate with the likes of Susan Sarandon, Samuel L. Jackson, and Jack Nicholson -- Peet worked as a waitress during the first few years of her acting career.The sloe-eyed brunette made her onscreen debut in Craig Singer's Animal Room (1996). That same year, she could also be seen in an episode of Law & Order, and went on to play a role in Grind (1996), a crime drama starring Billy Crudup. Before long, Peet landed a small role in the Michelle Pfeiffer-George Clooney romantic comedy One Fine Day. Since then, the actress has continued to build both her film and television credits: in 1997, she appeared in the AIDS drama Touch Me, and the following year she had sizable roles in South Boston crime drama Southie with Donnie Wahlberg and Rose McGowan, which won the American Independent award at the 1998 Seattle Film Festival. On television, she could be seen guest starring on a number of shows including Seinfeld and Ellen Foster. In 1999, she got her own television show, Jack & Jill, on the WB network. That same year, she could be seen playing Sean Patrick Flanery's fiancée in Simply Irresistible and then acting as his bedmate in Body Shots, another in the long line of explorations into pre-millennial twentysomething dating angst.After starring in director Neil Turitz's debut Two Ninas, Peet landed a leading role in Peter M. Cohen's independent comedy Whipped. While the film itself performed dismally, Peet met her boyfriend, Brian Van Holt, on the set. Despite it's independent status, Whipped was given a solid amount of mainstream marketing, and Peet was praised for a game performance in the face of an admittedly weak script.After a small role in 2000's Isn't She Great with Bette Midler and Nathan Lane, Peet was finally recognized by critics and audiences alike in The Whole Nine Yards. Though the film itself did not fare particularly well, Peet was praised for holding her own against Hollywood heavy-hitter Bruce Willis, which certainly didn't hurt her when it came time to audition for Saving Silverman, which placed her opposite Jason Biggs while he was still reeling from the success of American Pie. In 2002, Peet played a considerably less vicious wife in Changing Lanes with Ben Affleck and Samuel L. Jackson, and won no small amount of praise for her performance as the heroin-addled mistress of Kieran Culkin's godfather in Igby Goes Down. Peet would go on to star opposite film veterans Diane Keaton and Jack Nicholson in Nancy Meyers' Something's Gotta Give, in which she stars as Nicholson's scandalously young girlfriend, as well as James Mangold's psychological thriller Identity with John Cusack. In 2004, Peet signed on for the sequel to The Whole Nine Yards (aptly titled The Whole Ten Yards), and acted alongside Will Ferrell, Chloë Sevigny, and Josh Brolin in the Woody Allen feature Melinda and Melinda. The next year, Peet starred alongside Ashton Kutcher in the romantic comedy A Lot Like Love, before joining the cast of the politically charged thriller Syriana. Then, in 2006, the actress accepted a recurring role on the one-hour drama Studio 60 On the Sunset Strip. The Aaron Sorkin written series received major critical acclaim but was cancelled after just one season. Undeterred, Peet next teamed up with John Cusack for
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Highest Rated Movies
Filmography
MOVIES
RATING | TITLE | CREDIT | BOX OFFICE | YEAR |
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63% | Sleeping with Other People |
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— | 2015 |
52% | Trust Me |
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— | 2014 |
83% | The Way Way Back |
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$21.6M | 2013 |
19% | Identity Thief |
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$134.5M | 2013 |
20% | Gulliver's Travels |
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$42.8M | 2010 |
No Score Yet | Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey |
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— | 2010 |
87% | Please Give |
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$4.1M | 2010 |
39% | 2012 |
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$166.2M | 2009 |
48% | Battle For Terra |
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$1.7M | 2009 |
65% | What Doesn't Kill You |
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— | 2008 |
32% | The X-Files: I Want to Believe (The X Files 2) |
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$20.9M | 2008 |
No Score Yet | $5 a Day (Five Dollars a Day) |
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— | 2008 |
35% | Martian Child |
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$7.5M | 2007 |
19% | The Ex |
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$3.1M | 2007 |
No Score Yet | Griffin and Phoenix |
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— | 2006 |
73% | Syriana |
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$50.9M | 2005 |
41% | A Lot Like Love |
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$21.9M | 2005 |
52% | Melinda and Melinda |
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$3.8M | 2005 |
72% | Something's Gotta Give |
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$121.5M | 2003 |
4% | The Whole Ten Yards |
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$16.3M | 2003 |
No Score Yet | Origin of the Species |
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— | 2003 |
No Score Yet | Whatever We Do |
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— | 2003 |
76% | Igby Goes Down |
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$4.7M | 2002 |
77% | Changing Lanes |
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$66.7M | 2002 |
31% | High Crimes |
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$41.5M | 2002 |
19% | Saving Silverman |
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$19M | 2001 |
67% | Two Ninas |
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— | 2000 |
44% | The Whole Nine Yards |
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$57.3M | 2000 |
25% | Isn't She Great |
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— | 2000 |
No Score Yet | Track Down |
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— | 2000 |
No Score Yet | Takedown |
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— | 2000 |
No Score Yet | Animal Room |
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— | 1999 |
11% | Body Shots |
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— | 1999 |
13% | Whipped |
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$3.8M | 1999 |
No Score Yet | Jump |
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— | 1999 |
16% | Simply Irresistible |
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— | 1999 |
60% | Playing by Heart |
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— | 1998 |
38% | Southie |
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— | 1998 |
No Score Yet | Origin of the Species |
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— | 1998 |
No Score Yet | Ellen Foster |
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— | 1997 |
No Score Yet | Touch Me |
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— | 1997 |
No Score Yet | Grind |
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— | 1997 |
51% | One Fine Day |
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— | 1996 |
61% | She's the One |
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— | 1996 |
TV
RATING | TITLE | CREDIT | YEAR |
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80% |
Dirty John
2018
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98% |
Brockmire
2017-2020
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No Score Yet |
Late Night With Seth Meyers
2014
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49% |
The Romanoffs
2018
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No Score Yet |
Conan
2010
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No Score Yet |
The Late Late Show With James Corden
2015
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No Score Yet |
Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen
2009
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No Score Yet |
The View
1997
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No Score Yet |
The Talk
2010
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No Score Yet |
Jimmy Kimmel Live
2003
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No Score Yet |
The Late Show With Stephen Colbert
2015
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90% |
Togetherness
2015-2016
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No Score Yet |
Late Show With David Letterman
1993-2015
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No Score Yet |
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
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No Score Yet |
Rachael Ray
2006
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No Score Yet |
The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson
2005-2014
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93% |
The Good Wife
2009-2016
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83% |
Bent
2012
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No Score Yet |
Comment je l'ai rencontrée
2005-2013
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83% |
How I Met Your Mother
2005-2014
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No Score Yet |
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart
1999-2015
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No Score Yet |
Late Night With Jimmy Fallon
2009-2014
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100% |
Important Things With Demetri Martin
2009-2010
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74% |
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
2006-2007
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66% |
Entourage
2004-2011
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No Score Yet |
The Tonight Show With Jay Leno
1992-2014
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89% |
Seinfeld
1989-1998
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66% |
Spin City
1996-2002
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No Score Yet |
Law & Order
1990-2010
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Quotes from Amanda Peet's Characters
Kate: | How did you know this was going to happen? |
Jackson Curtis: | It's not just California. It's the whole god damn world that is going to shit. |
Celia: | You are sensitive and frightened. I am gentle and brutal. Just think about it! |
Emily Friehl: | Just when I'm starting to like you, you're moving away. |
Jackson Curtis: | Kate, California is going down! Pack up the kids, now! |
Kate Curtis: | They just got back. God you sound like a crazy person, the Governor says we're fine now. |
Jackson Curtis: | That guy is an actor, he's reading a script! When the tell you not to panic, that's when you run! |
Emily Friehl: | Honestly, if you're not willing to sound stupid, you don't deserve to be in love |
Emily Friehl: | Honestly, if you're not willing to sound stupid, you don't deserve to be in love. |
Kate Curtis: | Well, now that you got your map where are we going? |
Jackson Curtis: | (opens up the map up to find it only has China on it) We're gonna need a bigger plane. |
Jackson Curtis: | [opens up the map up to find it only has China on it] We're gonna need a bigger plane. |
Jackson Curtis: | Get in the car! |
Kate Curtis: | I think it's safer down here! |
Jackson Curtis: | Get in the f***ing car!! |
Jackson Curtis: | Get in the f***ing car! |
Kate Curtis: | So, where are we headed? |
Jackson Curtis: | We're gonna need a bigger plane. |
Emily Friehl: | Don't ! You'll ruin it |
Emily Friehl: | Don't... you'll ruin it. |
Kate Curtis: | "Let him concentrate, with heating he has no experience" |
Kate Curtis: | Let him concentrate with heating, he has no experience. |
Gordon: | "Thank you" |
Gordon: | Thank you. |
Kate Curtis: | "Gordon! Go!" |
Kate Curtis: | Gordon! Go! |
Kate Curtis: | Where have you been all my life? |
Jackson Curtis: | Gift shop. |