Amanda Peet

Amanda Peet: Biography in Details

Who is Amanda Peet?

Amanda Peet is an actress and writer from America. She is famous for her role in a couple of movies such as Saving Silverman, Something’s Gotta Give, The X-Files: I Want to Believe, and the 1999 drama series Jack & Jill.

Furthermore, she won the Robert Altman Award for Please Give and the Young Hollywood Award for Best New Style Maker.

Amanda Peet: Age, Parents, Ethnicity, Education

Amanda Peet was born on January 11, 1972, in New York City, New York, USA. She is the daughter of Penny Peet (mother) and Charles D. Peet, Jr. (father).

From the beginning of her childhood, she had a keen interest in acting and also began to learn from her school days.

Moving towards her nationality,  Amanda Peet is American, and her ethnicity is mixed (Ashkenazi Jewish, English, Scottish, German).

Talking about her education, she attended Friends Seminary school. Later, completed her graduated from Columbia University with a degree in American history.

Amanda Peet: Career, Net Worth, Awards

Amanda Peet began her acting career in a television commercial. She made her major acting debut in the 1995 drama film Animal Room along with Neil Patrick Harris and Matthew Lillard.

A year later, she landed various roles in a couple of films such as Virginity, One Fine Day, and She’s the One.

Furthermore, she also appeared in Southie, Playing by Heart, Body Shots, Grind, Jumo, and much more.

Back in 1999, Amanda Peet stole the limelight as she appeared in the role of Jacqueline Barrett in the 1999 WB network series Jack & Jill. Moreover, she also portrayed the role of a waitress in Seinfeld.

Just after a year, she landed the role in the big hit mafia comedy film The Whole Nine Yards. This movie also became the high grosser of the year earning over $106 million.

Besides this, this veteran actress also won the Young Hollywood Award in the category of “Best New Style Maker” for her work in Whipped.

In addition, Amanda Peet was also listed as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the World by People magazine in 2000.

In 2006, she also got into the No. 87 in FHM magazine’s 100 Sexiest Women in the World.

Furthermore, she also starred in the 2003 horror and thriller film Identity. Moreover, Amanda featured in one episode of How I Met Your Mother in 2010 followed by Bent and The Good Wife.

Recently, she has portrayed the role of Tina Morris in Togetherness and Jules in Brockmire. Apart from that, some of her notable works are in movies such as Trust Me, The Whole Nine Yards, Isn’t She Great, Whipped, The Whole Ten Yards, The X-Files: I Want to Believe, and a few more.

Besides acting, she is also an activist as she has been volunteering to be a spokeswoman for Every Child By Two. Additionally, Amanda has also wrote a children’s book Dear Santa, Love, Rachel Rosenstein in 2015.

Being a famous actress, she pockets a handsome amount of money from her profession. Currently, Amanda Peet has a net worth of $100 million.

So far, Amanda Peet has won a Robert Altman Award for Please Give and a Young Hollywood Award for Best New Style Maker.

Is Amanda Peet involved in any rumors and controversies?

Once, there was a rumor that she and her husband David Benioff were going to divorce. However, she denied the news, and still, they are still together.

Apart from that, she has never faced any controversy in her career to date.

Body Measurements: Height, Weight

Amanda Peet has a height of 5 ft 7 inches and weighs 54 kg.

Moreover, she has a pair of attractive blue eyes and brown hair. Besides this, her body measurement is 34-24-34 inches.

Is Amanda Peet active on social media?

Amanda Peet is active on social media like Facebook and Twitter.

As of now, Amanda Peet has 11k followers on Facebook and more than 3k followers on Twitter. Furthermore, She doesn’t have an Instagram account.

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FAQs

Who is Amanda Peet's father?

• Her dad's name is Charles Peet.

Was Amanda Peet on Seinfeld?

• She was seen playing the role of Lanette.

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