---
name: "Amanda Seyfried"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/amanda-seyfried"
fi1m_id: "amanda-seyfried"
imdb_id: "nm1086543"
tmdb_id: 71070
wikidata_id: "Q189226"
roles: ["Actor","Producer"]
born: "3 December 1985"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 13
average_fi1m_score: 67
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 12
updated: "2026-10-21T04:21:21.554212+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Amanda Seyfried

## Identity

Amanda Seyfried

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/amanda-seyfried
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** amanda-seyfried
- **IMDb ID:** nm1086543
- **TMDB ID:** 71070
- **Wikidata ID:** Q189226
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanda_Seyfried, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q189226, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1086543/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/71070

Actor and producer. Born 3 December 1985 in Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor, Producer
- **Born:** 3 December 1985, Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA
- **Active:** 2004–present
- **Also known as:** Amanda Michelle Seyfried, Аманда Сейфрид
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 13: 12 acting, 1 other
- **Frequently works with:** [Mona Fastvold](https://film.one/person/mona-fastvold.md), [Alan Taylor](https://film.one/person/alan-taylor.md), [Brady Corbet](https://film.one/person/brady-corbet.md), [Christopher Abbott](https://film.one/person/christopher-abbott.md), [Colin Firth](https://film.one/person/colin-firth.md), [Gary Goetzman](https://film.one/person/gary-goetzman.md), [Hugh Jackman](https://film.one/person/hugh-jackman.md), [Judy Craymer](https://film.one/person/judy-craymer.md)
- **Golden Globes:** 1 Golden Globe (1 won)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 67, as actor, over 12 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 78 (3), 2010s 61 (5), 2020s 70 (5)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 68 to 67 across 11 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 7 at 60–79, 3 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 7 of 11 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 7, Comedy 4, Mystery 3, History 2, Romance 2, Action 1
- **Screen time:** 16 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $2,071m across 8 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanda_Seyfried, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q189226, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1086543/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/71070

## Coming up

- *Steps* (2026-11-20), as Cinderella (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/steps.md)
- *Ted: The Animated Series*, as Sam (voice) — [page](https://film.one/tv/ted-the-animated-series.md)

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Big Love*](https://film.one/tv/big-love.md) (79), [*Les Misérables*](https://film.one/film/les-miserables-2012.md) (62), [*Pan*](https://film.one/film/pan.md) (38)
- **Disney+:** [*The Testament of Ann Lee*](https://film.one/film/the-testament-of-ann-lee.md) (73), [*The Dropout*](https://film.one/tv/the-dropout.md) (70)
- **Apple TV:** [*Mamma Mia!*](https://film.one/film/mamma-mia.md) (72), [*The Housemaid*](https://film.one/film/the-housemaid.md) (66)
- **Netflix:** [*First Reformed*](https://film.one/film/first-reformed.md) (86)
- **Peacock:** [*Long Bright River*](https://film.one/tv/long-bright-river.md) (58)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Fi1m on Amanda Seyfried

> Amanda Seyfried makes sweetness feel unreliable, and can be frightening simply by going quiet. We rate her for the physical precision of her acting, which gives us reasons to watch even when the films are uneven.

Nina Winchester becomes frightening when Amanda Seyfried goes quiet. In *The Housemaid* (2025), she passes from charm to viciousness to tears within a scene, then becomes sweet again. We laughed at the shamelessness of Nina wrecking a freshly cleaned room and blaming the housemaid, because Seyfried plays the spite without apology. She understands how far she can push this woman’s behaviour before the threat disappears into comedy. The quieter moments keep the joke from making her harmless.

The early parts encouraged a narrower view of her than the work now justifies. Her breakthrough as Karen Smith in *Mean Girls* (2004) established the comic side, while musicals including *Les Misérables* (2012) gave her singing more space. *Mank* (2020), in which she plays Marion Davies, and *The Dropout* (2022), as Elizabeth Holmes, brought the later dramatic work into clearer view. For Holmes she lowers her voice; that attention to how a character speaks matters again in Ann Lee.

*The Testament of Ann Lee* (2025) changed our mind about what she could carry. Under Mona Fastvold’s direction, her Ann Lee preaches with the impatience of someone who needs an answer now, while fatigue and pain remain visible in the effort of speaking. The singing is plain and unshowy, and the movements look untaught. Even the visions seem to reach her body before she can make sense of them. We had mostly seen her in lighter work, and the conviction of this performance made us reconsider how much we had noticed: there is little serenity here, and no attempt to make the effort look easy.

Neither of these 2025 films is as consistent as she is. Paul Feig lets *The Housemaid* drift for too long before its excesses become fun, and Fastvold’s narrator keeps explaining what the bodies and voices have already made clear. Seyfried’s abrupt changes of mood suit Nina, but this is broad acting, pitched to a film that eventually has the nerve to match it. Choose *The Testament of Ann Lee* for Seyfried, and be prepared to wait through the explanations between hymns.

## Biography

Amanda Seyfried is an American actress. She began acting at the age of 15 with recurring roles as Lucy Montgomery in the CBS soap opera As the World Turns (1999–2001) and Joni Stafford in the ABC soap opera All My Children (2003).

Seyfried came to prominence with her feature film debut in Mean Girls (2004) and roles in Veronica Mars (2004–2006) and Big Love (2006–2011). She has starred in Mamma Mia! (2008) and its 2018 sequel, Jennifer's Body (2009), Les Misérables (2012), and The Dropout (2022). She received Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations for Mank (2020) and won a Golden Globe and Primetime Emmy for The Dropout.

*Sources: nytimes.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (13)

### Performed in (12) — the average rests on these

- *Long Bright River* (2025), Fi1m 58, as Mickey Fitzpatrick — [page](https://film.one/tv/long-bright-river.md)
- *The Housemaid* (2025), Fi1m 66, as Nina Winchester — [page](https://film.one/film/the-housemaid.md)
- *The Testament of Ann Lee* (2025), Fi1m 73, as Ann Lee — [page](https://film.one/film/the-testament-of-ann-lee.md)
- *The Dropout* (2022), Fi1m 70, as Elizabeth Holmes — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-dropout.md)
- *First Reformed* (2018), Fi1m 86, as Mary Mensana — [page](https://film.one/film/first-reformed.md)
- *Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again* (2018), Fi1m 77, as Sophie — [page](https://film.one/film/mamma-mia-here-we-go-again.md)
- *Pan* (2015), Fi1m 38, as Mary — [page](https://film.one/film/pan.md)
- *A Million Ways to Die in the West* (2014), Fi1m 40, as Louise — [page](https://film.one/film/a-million-ways-to-die-in-the-west.md)
- *Les Misérables* (2012), Fi1m 62, as Cosette — [page](https://film.one/film/les-miserables-2012.md)
- *Mamma Mia!* (2008), Fi1m 72, as Sophie Sheridan — [page](https://film.one/film/mamma-mia.md)
- *Big Love* (2006), Fi1m 79, as Sarah Henrickson — [page](https://film.one/tv/big-love.md)
- *Veronica Mars* (2004), Fi1m 84, as Lilly Kane — [page](https://film.one/tv/veronica-mars.md)

### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *You Can See Everything* (2026), Fi1m 84, as Self / Elizabeth Holmes — [page](https://film.one/film/you-can-see-everything.md)

## Complete filmography (72)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Steps* (2026), as Cinderella (voice) — coming soon, [page](https://film.one/film/steps.md)
- *The Life and Deaths of Wilson Shedd* (2026), as Karen
- *Discipline* (2026), as The Girl
- *The Testament of Ann Lee* (2025), as Ann Lee, Songs — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/the-testament-of-ann-lee.md)
- *The Housemaid* (2025), as Nina Winchester · Executive Producer — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/the-housemaid.md)
- *Long Bright River* (2025), series, as Mickey Fitzpatrick · Executive Producer — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/tv/long-bright-river.md)
- *Seven Veils* (2025), as Jeanine
- *I Don't Understand You* (2024), as Candice
- *The Crowded Room* (2023), series, as Dr. Rya Goodwin
- *Skin & Bone* (2022), as Serene · Executive Producer
- *The Dropout* (2022), series, as Elizabeth Holmes · Producer — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-dropout.md)
- *A Mouthful of Air* (2021), as Julie Davis · Executive Producer
- *Birdwatching* (2021), as Young Woman
- *Things Heard & Seen* (2021), as Catherine Claire
- *Mank* (2020), as Marion Davies
- *Scoob!* (2020), as Daphne Blake (voice)
- *You Should Have Left* (2020), as Susanna
- *The Art of Racing in the Rain* (2019), as Avery "Eve" Swift
- *When You Wish Upon a Pickle: A Sesame Street Special* (2018), as Natalie Neptune
- *Holy Moses* (2018), as Mary · Executive Producer
- *Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again* (2018), as Sophie, Songs — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/mamma-mia-here-we-go-again.md)
- *First Reformed* (2018), as Mary Mensana — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/first-reformed.md)
- *Anon* (2018), as The Girl
- *Gringo* (2018), as Sunny
- *The Clapper* (2018), as Judy
- *The Last Word* (2017), as Anne Sherman · Executive Producer
- *Love the Coopers* (2015), as Ruby
- *Fathers and Daughters* (2015), as Katie Davis
- *Pan* (2015), as Mary — Fi1m 38, [page](https://film.one/film/pan.md)
- *Unity* (2015), as Narrator (voice)
- *Ted 2* (2015), as Samantha, Songs
- *While We're Young* (2015), as Darby Massey
- *A Million Ways to Die in the West* (2014), as Louise — Fi1m 40, [page](https://film.one/film/a-million-ways-to-die-in-the-west.md)
- *Dog Food* (2014), as Eva
- *Cosmos* (2014), series, as Marie Tharp (voice)
- *Lovelace* (2013), as Linda Lovelace · Executive Producer
- *Epic* (2013), as Mary Katherine (M.K.) (voice)
- *The Big Wedding* (2013), as Missy O'Connor
- *The End of Love* (2013), as Amanda
- *Les Misérables* (2012), as Cosette, Songs — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/film/les-miserables-2012.md)
- *Gone* (2012), as Jill Conway
- *In Time* (2011), as Sylvia Weis
- *A Bag of Hammers* (2011), as Amanda (uncredited)
- *Red Riding Hood* (2011), as Valerie
- *Letters to Juliet* (2010), as Sophie
- *Boogie Woogie* (2010), as Paige Prideaux
- *Chloe* (2010), as Chloe Sweeney
- *Dear John* (2010), as Savannah Lynn Curtis, Songs
- *Jennifer's Body* (2009), as Needy
- *Official Selection* (2008), as Emily
- *Mamma Mia!* (2008), as Sophie Sheridan, Songs — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/mamma-mia.md)
- *Solstice* (2008), as Zoe
- *Justice* (2006), series, Actor
- *Gypsies, Tramps & Thieves* (2006), as Chrissy
- *Big Love* (2006), series, as Sarah Henrickson — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/tv/big-love.md)
- *Alpha Dog* (2006), as Julie Beckley
- *American Gun* (2005), as Mouse
- *Nine Lives* (2005), as Samantha
- *Wildfire* (2005), series, as Rebecca
- *American Dad!* (2005), series, as Amy (voice)
- *House* (2004), series, as Pam — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/house-2004.md)
- *Veronica Mars* (2004), series, as Lilly Kane — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/veronica-mars.md)
- *Mean Girls* (2004), as Karen Smith
- *CSI: Crime Scene Investigation* (2000), series, as Lacey Finn
- *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit* (1999), series, as Tandi McCain
- *Family Guy* (1999), series, as Ellie (voice) — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/tv/family-guy.md)
- *Twin Peaks* (1990), series, as Rebecca "Becky" Burnett — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/twin-peaks.md)
- *The Simpsons* (1989), series, as Dr. Spivak (voice) — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md)
- *Octet*, as Jessica
- *My Ex-Friend's Wedding*, Actor
- *Jennifer's Body 2*, as Needy
- *Ted: The Animated Series*, series, as Sam (voice) — coming soon, [page](https://film.one/tv/ted-the-animated-series.md)

## Gallery

- ![Amanda Seyfried](https://film.one/media/person/7311/gallery-768aa06c5494.jpg) Amanda Seyfried — Elena Ternovaja, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Amanda_Seyfried_at_Berlinale_2026-1_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Amanda_Seyfried_at_Berlinale_2026-1_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Amanda Seyfried, Mona Fastvold, and Lewis Pullman, actors and director, at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) for the movie The Testament of An](https://film.one/media/person/7311/gallery-3f91c677f938.jpg) Amanda Seyfried, Mona Fastvold, and Lewis Pullman, actors and director, at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) for the movie The Testament of An — Sara Komatsu, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Amanda_Seyfried%2C_Mona_Fastvold%2C_and_Lewis_Pullman_at_the_2025_Toronto_International_Film_Festival._01.jpg/1280px-Amanda_Seyfried%2C_Mona_Fastvold%2C_and_Lewis_Pullman_at_the_2025_Toronto_International_Film_Festival._01.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Amanda Seyfried, Mona Fastvold, and Lewis Pullman, actors and director, at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) for the movie The Testament of An](https://film.one/media/person/7311/gallery-4fafa557e18e.jpg) Amanda Seyfried, Mona Fastvold, and Lewis Pullman, actors and director, at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) for the movie The Testament of An — Sara Komatsu, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Amanda_Seyfried%2C_Mona_Fastvold%2C_and_Lewis_Pullman_at_the_2025_Toronto_International_Film_Festival._02.jpg/1280px-Amanda_Seyfried%2C_Mona_Fastvold%2C_and_Lewis_Pullman_at_the_2025_Toronto_International_Film_Festival._02.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Amanda Seyfried, Mona Fastvold, and Lewis Pullman, actors and director, at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) for the movie The Testament of An](https://film.one/media/person/7311/gallery-cabbf104820d.jpg) Amanda Seyfried, Mona Fastvold, and Lewis Pullman, actors and director, at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) for the movie The Testament of An — Sara Komatsu, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Amanda_Seyfried%2C_Mona_Fastvold%2C_and_Lewis_Pullman_at_the_2025_Toronto_International_Film_Festival._03.jpg/1280px-Amanda_Seyfried%2C_Mona_Fastvold%2C_and_Lewis_Pullman_at_the_2025_Toronto_International_Film_Festival._03.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Amanda Seyfried](https://film.one/media/person/7311/gallery-28136647cf0b.jpg) Amanda Seyfried — Image via TMDB
- ![Amanda Seyfried](https://film.one/media/person/7311/gallery-102d82dbc74d.jpg) Amanda Seyfried — Image via TMDB
- ![Amanda Seyfried](https://film.one/media/person/7311/gallery-1289c16563e2.jpg) Amanda Seyfried — Image via TMDB
- ![Amanda Seyfried, 83rd Venice International Film Festival (2026)](https://film.one/media/person/7311/gallery-dd1d720c267e.jpg) Amanda Seyfried, 83rd Venice International Film Festival (2026) — CaseyJNewell, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Amanda_Seyfried-1.jpg/1280px-Amanda_Seyfried-1.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Amanda Seyfried, 83rd Venice International Film Festival (2026)](https://film.one/media/person/7311/gallery-0c89ea239aec.jpg) Amanda Seyfried, 83rd Venice International Film Festival (2026) — CaseyJNewell, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Amanda_Seyfried-10.jpg/1280px-Amanda_Seyfried-10.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Amanda Seyfried](https://film.one/media/person/7311/gallery-e89285852c62.jpg) Amanda Seyfried — Image via TMDB
- ![Amanda Seyfried](https://film.one/media/person/7311/gallery-473f67d5a328.jpg) Amanda Seyfried — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 2021: Best Supporting Actress (nominated), for *Mank*

### Golden Globes — 1 won

- 2023: Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film (won), for *The Dropout*

### Other awards — 2 won, 1 nominated

- Critics' Choice Awards 2023: Best Movie/Miniseries Actress (won), for *The Dropout*
- Time 100 2022: Time 100 (won)
- European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film 2019: European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film (nominated), for *Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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