Search Dumb.com:

Dumb.com » » Celebrity Biographies » » Amanda Peet

  Amanda Peet Biography

This section contains Amanda Peet Biography


Amanda Peet was born in New York City on 11th of January 1972. She was born to New York lawyer Charles Peet and New York social worker Penny Levy who are now just friends. She graduated from Friends Seminary and then went on to get her degree in history from Columbia University. At Columbia she tried out for Uta Hagen and that was then that she decided to pursue acting as profession. During her years of training under Hagen she acted in the off-Broadway Awake and Sing by Clifford Odet.

Her first appearance on screen was for the Skittles commercial for television. She also appeared as guest in the series Law and Order. Her film debut was the 1995 Animal Room. She is constantly seen in many independent films.

She had her break in the series Jack and Jill on WB network where she played as Jack. The show lasted only for two seasons despite the good reviews. Then she appeared in as a waitress in the hit series Seinfeld. Her character dated both Jerry Seinfeld and her roommate Lyle. Her first big screen break was in the 2000 movie The Whole Nine Yards.

Finally, she played a supporting lead and gained instant stardom. That year she was one of People Magazine’s Most Beautiful People in the World. Amanda also appeared along with Jack Black and Steven Zahn in the film Saving Silverman. Then in 2003 she starred with Diane Keaton and Jack Nicholson in the year’s hit Something’s Gotta Give. She played the role of Jack Nicholson’s lover and daughter of Diane Keaton.

Then in 2005, with just six days of rehearsal she appeared in the play This Is How It Goes. Also in 2005 she acted opposite Matt Damon in Syriana and then opposite Ashton Kutcher in A Lot Like Love. The following year, she performed in Broadway in Barefoot in the Park by Neil Simon. Also in 2006 she became part of the cast of NBC’s Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip. Here she was reunited with Whole Nine Yards actor Matthew Perry. Other costars in the television series included Sarah Paulson, her co star in Jack and Jill. Amanda plays the president of National Broadcasting System. That same year, she starred in the love film Griffin and Phoenix alongside Dermont Mulroney. Then in 2007, she appeared in The Ex opposite Zach Braff.

Amanda is married to David Benioff and has one daughter named Frances Pen.