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Amanda Peet (born January 11, 1972) is an American motion picture actress.

Born in New York to Charles Peet (a Quaker lawyer) and Penny (a Jewish social worker), Peet attended Friends Seminary with Liev Schreiber and studied history at Columbia University, where she auditioned for acting teacher Uta Hagen. During her 4-year period of study with Hagen, Peet appeared in the off-Broadway revival of Clifford Odets's Awake and Sing.

Her first screen performance was a television commercial for Skittles. Her early roles included a guest starring role on Law & Order. She made her film debut in the 1995 film Animal Room. Peet maintained a steady acting career in relatively obscure indie movies.

Her first major role was as "Jack" in the 1999 TV series Jack & Jill (which aired for two seasons). Her first wide-release feature film role came in 2000, with The Whole Nine Yards
, elevating her status from supporting actress to lead. That same year, she was voted one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the World by People Magazine.

Howard Stern has repeatedly and unexplainably made comments about her alluding to a personal animosity between the 2 of them. Many have speculated that it could have something to do with the time she spent on the set of Whipped with Howards girlfriend Beth Ostrosky, who had a small role in the film, and/or the the set of the movie she did with Howards friend and co-worker Fred Norris, called Two Ninas. Some percived poor treatment of one or both of them could explain Howards mysterious problem with the Peet.

As of February 2006, she has been appearing in Neil Simon's Broadway production of Barefoot in the Park
.

On February 3, 2006, it was announced Peet would be joining the cast of Aaron Sorkin's new show, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, to premiere on NBC in the fall of 2006.

Trivia

She became engaged to actor/writer David Benioff on July 19, 2005.
She has sensitive skin, and thus wears little or no makeup.

Filmography

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