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Amanda Peet (born January 11, 1972) is an American actress, who has appeared on film, stage, and television. After studying with Uta Hagen at Columbia University, Peet began her career in television commercials, and progressed to small roles on television, before making her film debut in 1995. Featured roles in films such as The Whole Nine Yards (2000) brought her recognition and she was named one of People's "50 Most Beautiful People in the World" in 2000. Since then, she has appeared in a variety of films, including Something's Gotta Give (2003),Syriana (2005), and 2012 (2009).
Early life
Amanda Peet was born in New York City, the daughter of Penny (née Levy), a social worker, and Charles Peet, a corporate lawyer.[1] The two are now divorced. Her father is a Quaker and her mother is Jewish.[2][3] Peet attended Friends Seminary, then studied history at and graduated from Columbia University,[4] where she auditioned for acting teacher Uta Hagen and decided to become an actress after taking Hagen's class.[5] During her four-year period of study with Hagen, Peet appeared in the off-Broadway revival of Clifford Odets's Awake and Sing.
[edit]Career
Peet's first screen performance was in a television commercial for Skittles. Her early roles included a guest role on the television series Law & Order, playing a character similar to Patty Hearst. She made her film debut in Animal Room (1995). For much of the late 1990s, Peet maintained a steady acting career in relatively obscure independent films. Her first major role was as "Jack" in the 1999 WB network seriesJack & Jill (which aired for two seasons). She also appeared in the eighth-season finale of Seinfeld ("The Summer of George") as a waitress whom Jerry Seinfeld meets.
Peet's first role in a widely-released feature film came in 2000, with The Whole Nine Yards, starring Bruce Willis. That same year, she was voted one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the World by People magazine. Peet then portrayed a psychologist and romantic interest ofJason Biggs in the movie Saving Silverman (2001). Next, she had a minor role in the thriller Changing Lanes (2002) as Ben Affleck's wife. In 2003, Peet co-starred in the commercially successful romantic comedy Something's Gotta Give, playing Diane Keaton's daughter and, at one point, Jack Nicholson's girlfriend.
In 2005, Peet appeared in the play This Is How It Goes, filling in for Marisa Tomei at the last minute after six days of rehearsal.[citation needed]The same year, she also co-starred in big screen projects such as Syriana and A Lot Like Love. In February 2006, she performed in Neil Simon's Broadway production of Barefoot in the Park. Later in 2006, she starred in Griffin and Phoenix, where she played a terminally-ill woman living life to the fullest. Peet was a member of the cast of the television series Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, which premiered on NBCon September 18, 2006. She starred with Matthew Perry, with whom she had worked in The Whole Nine Yards and The Whole Ten Yards, and Sarah Paulson, with whom she previously co-starred in Jack & Jill. In Studio 60, Peet's character Jordan McDeere was the newly-appointed president of the National Broadcasting System (NBS).
In 2007's The Ex, a comedy co-starring Zach Braff, Peet played an attorney who stays home to raise a new baby. She next appeared as an FBI agent in The X-Files: I Want to Believe in 2008.[6] Peet starred as Kate Curtis in 2012, a 2009 disaster film directed by Roland Emmerich, alongside John Cusack. In 2010'sPlease Give, Peet played a self-centered cosmetologist.
[edit]Personal life
Peet married screenwriter David Benioff on September 30, 2006, in New York City[7] and gave birth to a daughter, Frances Pen, on February 20, 2007.[8] After announcing the pregnancy in December 2009, Peet gave birth to her second daughter, Molly June, on April 19, 2010.[9] The family lives in Manhattan andBeverly Hills. Peet was maid of honor at Lauren Holly's marriage in 2001 with Francis Greco.
In 2008, Peet volunteered to be a spokeswoman for Every Child By Two (ECBT), a non-profit organizationthat advocates childhood vaccination. Peet began working with the group after becoming concerned by the "amount of misinformation floating around [about vaccines], particularly in Hollywood."[10] In an interview with Cookie, Peet stated: "Frankly, I feel that parents who don't vaccinate their children are parasites," referring to the benefit unvaccinated children derive from herd immunity and the concern that dropping vaccination rates may put all children at increased risk of preventable disease.[10] Peet's comments stirred controversy; in response, she apologized for using the term "parasites", but affirmed her position on the importance and safety of vaccinations.[11][12]
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