Amanda Peet

Amanda Peet

1972-01-11 New York City, New York, USA 53 Credits

Biography

Amanda Peet (born January 11, 1972) is an American actress, writer and producer. She began her career with small parts on television, and made her feature film debut in Animal Room (1995). Her portrayal of Jill St. Claire in The Whole Nine Yards (2000) brought her wider recognition, and she has since appeared in a variety of films, such as Saving Silverman (2001), High Crimes; Changing Lanes; Igby Goes Down (all 2002), Something's Gotta Give (2003), Identity (2003), Melinda and Melinda (2004), A...

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Fantasy Life

2025

Acting

After losing his job as a paralegal, Sam Stein suffers a panic attack and stumbles into a job babysitting his psychiatrist's three granddaughters. The...

Fantasy Life

2025

Producer

Producing

After losing his job as a paralegal, Sam Stein suffers a panic attack and stumbles into a job babysitting his psychiatrist's three granddaughters. The...

The Atheist Delusion

The Atheist Delusion

2016

as Self (archive footage)

1.6
Acting

Having to prove the existence of God to an atheist is like having to prove the existence of the sun, at noon on a clear day. Yet millions are embracin...

The 4%: Film's Gender Problem

The 4%: Film's Gender Problem

2016

as Self

3.3
Acting

Explores the hot-button issues around the striking gender gap in Hollywood. Both women and men in the entertainment industry share first-person insigh...

Sleeping with Other People

Sleeping with Other People

2015

as Paula

6.3
Acting

Can two serial cheaters get a second chance at love? After a one-night stand in college, New Yorkers Lainey and Jake meet by chance twelve years later...

The Way Way Back

The Way Way Back

2013

as Joan

7.1
Acting

Shy 14-year-old Duncan goes on summer vacation with his mother, her overbearing boyfriend, and her boyfriend's daughter. Having a rough time fitting i...

Trust Me

Trust Me

2013

as Marcy

5.8
Acting

In an attempt to sign a Hollywood starlet, struggling talent agent and former child star Howard Holloway must contend with her volatile father, a sche...

Identity Thief

Identity Thief

2013

as Trish Patterson

5.9
Acting

When a mild-mannered businessman learns his identity has been stolen, he hits the road in an attempt to foil the thief -- a trip that puts him in the ...

Gulliver's Travels

Gulliver's Travels

2010

as Darcy Silverman

5.2
Acting

Travel writer Lemuel Gulliver takes an assignment in Bermuda, but ends up on the island of Liliput, where he towers over its tiny citizens.

Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey

Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey

2010

as Ranger (voice)

6.6
Acting

Dave, a young photon, who is forced out of the Sun on a journey of discovery. He must get to the Cassini Space Craft and save it from the forces of th...

Please Give

Please Give

2010

as Mary

6.2
Acting

In New York City, a husband and wife butt heads with the granddaughters of the elderly woman who lives in the apartment the couple owns.

2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic

2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic

2010

as Self

7.0
Acting

This documentary features the 2012 film's cast and crew praising the work, vision, and style of the famed Disaster movie director (i.e. Roland Emmeric...

The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective

The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective

2010

as Self

7.8
Acting

A short piece that looks at the 2012 film's ensemble cast and the strengths they brought to the project.

2012

2012

2009

as Kate Curtis

5.9
Acting

Dr. Adrian Helmsley, part of a worldwide geophysical team investigating the effect on the earth of radiation from unprecedented solar storms, learns t...

What Doesn't Kill You

What Doesn't Kill You

2008

as Stacy Reilly

6.0
Acting

Two childhood friends from South Boston turn to crime as a way to get by, ultimately causing a strain in their personal lives and their friendship.

$5 a Day

$5 a Day

2008

as Maggie

5.7
Acting

After being released from jail, the son of a con man joins his father on the road.

The X Files: I Want to Believe

The X Files: I Want to Believe

2008

as ASAC Dakota Whitney

5.8
Acting

Mulder and Scully are called back to duty by the FBI when a former priest claims to be receiving psychic visions pertaining to a kidnapped agent.

Martian Child

Martian Child

2007

as Harlee

6.7
Acting

A recently-widowed science fiction writer considers whether to adopt a hyper-imaginative 6-year-old abandoned and socially-rejected boy who says he's ...

Battle for Terra

Battle for Terra

2007

as Maria Montez (voice)

6.1
Acting

A peaceful alien planet faces annihilation, as the homeless remainder of the human race sets its eyes on Terra. Mala, a rebellious Terrian teenager, w...

The Ex

The Ex

2006

as Sofia Kowalski

5.2
Acting

When his lawyer wife, Sofia, becomes pregnant, chronic underachiever Tom Reilly must take a job at his father-in-law's advertising firm. Tom has to ad...

Griffin & Phoenix

Griffin & Phoenix

2006

as Sarah Phoenix

7.1
Acting

A terminally ill man falls in love with a woman who has a secret that threatens their time spent together.

Syriana

Syriana

2005

as Julie Woodman

6.4
Acting

The Middle Eastern oil industry is the backdrop of this tense drama, which weaves together numerous story lines. Bennett Holiday is an American lawyer...

A Lot Like Love

A Lot Like Love

2005

as Emily Friehl

6.8
Acting

On a flight from Los Angeles to New York, Oliver and Emily make a connection, only to decide that they are poorly suited to be together. Over the next...

Melinda and Melinda

Melinda and Melinda

2004

as Susan

6.2
Acting

While dining out with friends, Sy suggests the difficulty of separating comedy from tragedy. To illustrate his point, he tells his guests two parallel...

The Whole Ten Yards

The Whole Ten Yards

2004

as Jill St. Claire

5.7
Acting

Jimmy "The Tulip" Tudeski now spends his days compulsively cleaning his house and perfecting his culinary skills with his wife, Jill, a purported assa...

Uta Hagen's Acting Class

Uta Hagen's Acting Class

2004

as Self

Acting

Uta Hagen comments on acting

Something's Gotta Give

Something's Gotta Give

2003

as Marin

6.6
Acting

When perpetually single, aging music industry exec Harry Sanborn, and his latest trophy girlfriend, Marin, arrive at her mother's beach house in the H...

Identity

Identity

2003

as Paris

7.2
Acting

Complete strangers stranded at a remote desert motel during a raging storm soon find themselves the target of a deranged murderer. As their numbers th...

Whatever We Do

Whatever We Do

2003

as Patty

4.3
Acting

Twenty margaritas and 10 shots of tequila, with a few ounces of debauchery, bring four friends closer to the truth than they have been for years.

Igby Goes Down

Igby Goes Down

2002

as Rachel

6.6
Acting

Igby Slocumb, a rebellious and sarcastic 17-year-old boy, is at war with the stifling world of old money privilege he was born into. With a schizophre...

Changing Lanes

Changing Lanes

2002

as Cynthia Delano Banek

6.3
Acting

A rush-hour fender-bender on New York City's crowded FDR Drive, under most circumstances, wouldn't set off a chain reaction that could decimate two pe...

High Crimes

High Crimes

2002

as Jackie

6.4
Acting

A female attorney learns that her husband is really a marine officer awol for fifteen years and accused of murdering fifteen civilians in El Salvador....

Saving Silverman

Saving Silverman

2001

as Judith Fessbeggler

5.7
Acting

A pair of buddies conspire to save their best friend from marrying the wrong woman, a cold-hearted beauty who snatches him from them and breaks up the...

Two Ninas

Two Ninas

2000

as Nina Harris

4.7
Acting

After a long lonely period of involuntary celibacy, Marty Sachs decides that he has had enough of New York and wants to pack up and run the family bus...

Whipped

Whipped

2000

as Mia

3.8
Acting

Three to one may sound like fairly good odds, but it depends on the game. When the "one" is one very irresistible woman and the "three" are three hope...

Takedown

Takedown

2000

as Karen

6.1
Acting

Kevin Mitnick is quite possibly the best hacker in the world. Hunting for more and more information, seeking more and more cyber-trophies every day, h...

The Whole Nine Yards

The Whole Nine Yards

2000

as Jill St. Claire

6.5
Acting

After a mobster agrees to cooperate with an FBI investigation in order to stay out of prison, he's relocated by the authorities to a life of suburban ...

Isn't She Great

Isn't She Great

2000

as Debbie

4.9
Acting

An unsuccessful over-the-top actress becomes a successful over-the-top authoress in this biography of Jacqueline Susann.

Zoe Loses It

2000

as Zoe

Acting

A woman has a phone conversation with her friend recounting her nighttime adventure to discover why a man has not called after their first date.

Body Shots

Body Shots

1999

as Jane Bannister

4.6
Acting

The Los Angeles club scene is a place of booze-fueled decadence and debauchery. In a night full of possibilities, eight 20-somethings take to the club...

Jump

Jump

1999

as Lisa

1.5
Acting

Friends try to dissuade a suicidal man from jumping off a ledge, but they are not much better off than he is.

Simply Irresistible

Simply Irresistible

1999

as Chris

5.4
Acting

After her mother's death, mediocre chef Amanda Shelton is having trouble attracting customers to her family's restaurant. While shopping for ingredien...

Playing by Heart

Playing by Heart

1998

as Amber

6.6
Acting

In a vibrant tapestry of love and longing, nine interconnected souls navigate romance and heartbreak in L.A., where passions collide and truths unfold...

Ellen Foster

Ellen Foster

1998

as Julia Hobbs

6.0
Acting

After her mother's death, a young girl is separated from her abusive father and is sent between her various friends and relatives, always longing to f...

Southie

Southie

1998

as Marianne Silva

4.4
Acting

South Boston Irish bad boy Danny Quinn returns back home from New York and gets stuck between his pals, who are supported by one Irish mafia clan, and...

Origin of the Species

Origin of the Species

1998

as Julia

4.0
Acting

A weekend in a summer house, where six late twenties friends have reunited. A series of life crises force them to confront their relationships and liv...

Touch Me

Touch Me

1997

as Bridgette

4.2
Acting

Bridgette is an aspiring actress who teaches aerobics at a local gym that's run by the womanizing Adam. After a tryst with Adam, Bridgette scores a ro...

1999

1999

1997

as Nicole

4.0
Acting

On New Year's Eve 1999, as a group of neurotic characters gather at a Greenwich Village apartment, everyone struggles to come to terms with their iden...

Grind

Grind

1997

as Patty

5.5
Acting

When a drag-racing, hard-luck parolee moves in with his brother in hopes of that ever-elusive fresh start in life, he's sure to be warm for the form o...

Finishing The Novel

Finishing The Novel

1997

as Wife

Acting

Short film by David Wain, with Amanda Peet

One Fine Day

One Fine Day

1996

as Celia

6.4
Acting

Melanie Parker, an architect and mother of Sammy, and Jack Taylor, a newspaper columnist and father of Maggie, are both divorced. They meet one mornin...

She's the One

She's the One

1996

as Molly

5.5
Acting

Mickey, a free-spirited New York cabbie, and Francis, a materialistic Wall Street stockbroker, are extremely competitive and confused about women as a...

Animal Room

Animal Room

1995

as Debbie

5.8
Acting

Cynical and intelligent Arnold Mosk, a known drug user, is put into a disciplinary program at his high school meant for the seriously disturbed where ...