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amanda peet film stage and television

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 2000 comedy film The Whole Nine Yards brought her to a much wider recognitio
She has appeared in a variety of films, including the 2003 psychological horror Identity, the 2005 action-thriller Syriana, the 2006 comedy-drama Griffin & Phoenix, the 2007 romantic comedy The Ex, the 2008 science fiction film The X-Files: I Want to Believe and the 2009 disaster adventure drama 2012. She has also appeared in the 1999 drama series Jack & Jill and the 2006 comedy series Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip.
Contents
* 1 Early life
* 2 Career
o 2.1 Early work, 1995–1999
o 2.2 Career transition and early 2000s
o 2.3 2005–2007
o 2.4 2008–present
* 3 Personal life
* 4 Filmography
* 5 References
* 6 External links
Early life
Amanda Peet was born in New York City, the daughter of Penny née Leva social worker, and Charles Peet, a corporate lawyer The two are now divorced. Her father is a Quaker and her mother is Jewish.Peet attended Friends Seminary, then studied history at and graduated from Columbia University where she auditioned for acting teacher Uta Hagen and decided to become an actress after taking Hagen's classDuring her four-year period of study with Hagen, Peet appeared in the off-Broadway revival of Clifford Odets's Awake and Sing with Stephen Lang.
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