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AMANDA PEET BIOGRAPHY |
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Amanda Peet was born in January 12, 1972, she
began taking acting classes when she was 8 and lived in London.
After returning to New York she was tutored by Broadway actress
Uta Hagen.
After graduating from Manhattan Friends High School, a Quaker
institution, she went to Columbia University. She knew acting
was her future, although her degree was in history.
Peet moved into her own apartment at 22, and began serving at
restaurant diners while struggling to make it. But thanks to
Skittles candy her struggle was short lived. The commercial for
the fruity candy, in which Peet spun cartwheels, supported her
for more than two years with its $75,000 in residual returns.
In that time, she landed bit parts on "Seinfeld," "Spin City," "The
Single Guy," "Law and Order" and "Central Park West." In 1996
she got her first major movie, "One Fine Day," starring George
Clooney and Michelle Pfeiffer.
Peet plays a new role in the film "Isn't She Great?" in which
she plays the editor who discovers Valley of the Dolls author
Jacqueline Susann (Bette Midler). Following this "The Whole Nine
Yards," in which Peet plays a contract killer moonlighting as a
dental assistant starribng opposite to bruce Willis. There's
also "Take Down," starring Skeet Ulrich, and Justin McCarthy's
indie feature, "Jump."Amanda Peet was born in January 12, 1972,
she began taking acting classes when she was 8 and lived in
London. After returning to New York she was tutored by Broadway
actress Uta Hagen.
After graduating from Manhattan Friends High School, a Quaker
institution, she went to Columbia University. She knew acting
was her future, although her degree was in history.
Peet moved into her own apartment at 22, and began serving at
restaurant diners while struggling to make it. But thanks to
Skittles candy her struggle was short lived. The commercial for
the fruity candy, in which Peet spun cartwheels, supported her
for more than two years with its $75,000 in residual returns.
In that time, she landed bit parts on "Seinfeld," "Spin City,"
"The Single Guy," "Law and Order" and "Central Park West." In
1996 she got her first major movie, "One Fine Day," starring
George Clooney and Michelle Pfeiffer.
Peet plays a new role in the film "Isn't She Great?" in which
she plays the editor who discovers Valley of the Dolls author
Jacqueline Susann (Bette Midler). Following this "The Whole Nine
Yards," in which Peet plays a contract killer moonlighting as a
dental assistant starribng opposite to bruce Willis. There's
also "Take Down," starring Skeet Ulrich, and Justin McCarthy's
indie feature, "Jump." |
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