Biography
Amanda Michelle Seyfried (/ˈsaɪfrɛd/ SY-fred; born December 3, 1985) is an American actress. She began acting at 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). She came to prominence for her feature film debut in the teen comedy Mean Girls (2004) and her roles as Lilly Kane in the UPN mystery drama series Veronica Mars (2004–2006) and Sarah Henrickson in the HBO drama series Big Love...
Known For
Complete Filmography

The Housemaid
2025
as Nina Winchester
Millie is a struggling woman who is relieved to get a fresh start as a housemaid to Nina and Andrew, an upscale, wealthy couple. She soon learns that ...

The Housemaid
2025
Executive Producer
Millie is a struggling woman who is relieved to get a fresh start as a housemaid to Nina and Andrew, an upscale, wealthy couple. She soon learns that ...

I Don't Understand You
2025
as Candice
Stranded in rural Italy without transportation or language skills, an American couple on the verge of adopting tries to reconnect during a disastrous ...

Seven Veils
2025
as Jeanine
Jeanine, an earnest theatre director, has been given the task of remounting her former mentor’s most famous work, the opera Salome. Haunted by dark an...

Skin & Bone
2022
as Serene
After taking a job on a farm run by a reclusive woman, a drifter begins suffering from visions of men trapped inside the bodies of animals.

Skin & Bone
2022
Executive Producer
After taking a job on a farm run by a reclusive woman, a drifter begins suffering from visions of men trapped inside the bodies of animals.

A Mouthful of Air
2021
as Julie Davis
Julie is a new mom and children's book author, who escapes into the bright Crayola-colored world of her creation in order to leave behind the darkness...

A Mouthful of Air
2021
Executive Producer
Julie is a new mom and children's book author, who escapes into the bright Crayola-colored world of her creation in order to leave behind the darkness...

Birdwatching
2021
as Young Woman
By a stream in the woods – a place between worlds – two women find each other ankle-deep in the water, letting go of what's past and wondering what wi...

Things Heard & Seen
2021
as Catherine Claire
Catherine Clare reluctantly trades life in 1980 Manhattan for a remote home in the tiny hamlet of Chosen, New York, after her husband George lands a j...

Roll Up Your Sleeves
2021
as Self
This variety special aims to educate viewers, raise awareness and dispel concerns surrounding the COVID-19 vaccines, all with the goal of increasing v...

The Magic of the Movies: Behind the Scenes of David Fincher's Mank
2021
as Self
Join acclaimed director David Fincher, actors Gary Oldman and Amanda Seyfried, and the cast and crew of MANK, for a peek behind the curtain of Netflix...

Mank
2020
as Marion Davies
1930s Hollywood is reevaluated through the eyes of scathing social critic and alcoholic screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz as he races to finish the sc...

Scoob!
2020
as Daphne Blake (voice)
In Scooby-Doo’s greatest adventure yet, see the never-before told story of how lifelong friends Scooby and Shaggy first met and how they joined forces...

You Should Have Left
2020
as Susanna
In an effort to repair their relationship, a couple books a vacation in the countryside for themselves and their daughter. What starts as a perfect re...

The Art of Racing in the Rain
2019
as Avery "Eve" Swift
A family dog – with a near-human soul and a philosopher's mind – evaluates his life through the lessons learned by his human owner, a race-car driver.

When You Wish Upon a Pickle: A Sesame Street Special
2018
as Natalie Neptune
In When You Wish Upon a Pickle, a mysterious wish machine appears on Sesame Street and the magical pickle inside starts granting wishes. Before long, ...

Holy Moses
2018
as Mary
In 1963 a cow goes missing from an Irish Magdalene Asylum only to reappear 25 years later at a gas station in Texas. The attendant calls the sheriff, ...

Holy Moses
2018
Executive Producer
In 1963 a cow goes missing from an Irish Magdalene Asylum only to reappear 25 years later at a gas station in Texas. The attendant calls the sheriff, ...

Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again
2018
as Sophie Sheridan
Five years after meeting her three fathers, Sophie Sheridan prepares to open her mother’s hotel. In 1979, young Donna Sheridan meets the men who each ...

First Reformed
2018
as Mary Mensana
A pastor of a small church in upstate New York starts to spiral out of control after a soul-shaking encounter with an unstable environmental activist ...

Anon
2018
as The Girl
Set in a near-future world where there is no privacy, ignorance or anonymity, our private memories are recorded and crime almost ceases to exist. In t...

Gringo
2018
as Sunny
An American businessman with a stake in a pharmaceutical company that's about to go public finds his life is thrown into turmoil by an incident in Mex...

The Clapper
2018
as Judy
Eddie Krumble works as a paid audience member for infomercials and experiences a whirlwind of overnight fame after a late-night talk show host publici...

The Last Word
2017
as Anne Sherman
A retired businesswoman – who tries to control everything around her – decides to write her own obituary. A young journalist takes up the task of find...

The Last Word
2017
Executive Producer
A retired businesswoman – who tries to control everything around her – decides to write her own obituary. A young journalist takes up the task of find...

Love the Coopers
2015
as Ruby
When four generations of the Cooper clan come together for their annual Christmas Eve celebration, a series of unexpected visitors and unlikely events...

Fathers and Daughters
2015
as Katie Davis
A Pulitzer-winning writer grapples with being a widower and father after a mental breakdown, while, 27 years later, his grown daughter struggles to fo...

Pan
2015
as Mary
Living a bleak existence at a London orphanage, 12-year-old Peter finds himself whisked away to the fantastical world of Neverland. Adventure awaits a...

Unity
2015
as Narrator (voice)
Despite the advent of science, literature, technology, philosophy, religion, and so on -- none of these has assuaged humankind from killing one anothe...

Ted 2
2015
as Samantha
Newlywed couple Ted and Tami-Lynn want to have a baby, but in order to qualify to be a parent, Ted will have to prove he's a person in a court of law.

While We're Young
2015
as Darby Massey
An uptight documentary filmmaker and his wife find their lives loosened up a bit after befriending a free-spirited younger couple.

A Million Ways to Die in the West
2014
as Louise
As a cowardly farmer begins to fall for the mysterious new woman in town, he must put his new-found courage to the test when her husband, a notorious ...

Dog Food
2014
as Eva
When Declan loses his dog and best friend, Ralphie, his life starts to unravel.

JT: Reflections
2013
as Self
Follow Justin's journey from a child star on "Star Search" and the "The All New Mickey Mouse Club," to the prominent lead singer and youngest member o...

Lovelace
2013
as Linda Lovelace
Story of Linda Lovelace, who is used and abused by the porn industry at the behest of her coercive husband, before taking control of her life.

Lovelace
2013
Executive Producer
Story of Linda Lovelace, who is used and abused by the porn industry at the behest of her coercive husband, before taking control of her life.

Epic
2013
as Mary Katherine (M.K.) (voice)
A teenager finds herself transported to a deep forest setting where a battle between the forces of good and the forces of evil is taking place. She ba...

The Big Wedding
2013
as Missy O'Connor
To the amusement of their adult children and friends, long-divorced couple Don and Ellie Griffin are forced to play the happy couple for the sake of t...

Les Misérables: The History of the World's Greatest Story
2013
as Self
From Victor Hugo`s classic French novel of the nineteenth century to Tom Hooper`s award winning blockbuster, Les Misérables has undergone one of the m...

The End of Love
2013
as Amanda
Mark is a struggling actor stuck between the life he once knew and the one waiting for him. When the mother of his two-year-old son suddenly passes aw...

Les Misérables
2012
as Cosette
An adaptation of the successful stage musical based on Victor Hugo's classic novel set in 19th-century France. Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stea...

Gone
2012
as Jill Conway
Jill Conway is trying to rebuild her life after surviving a terrifying kidnapping attempt. Though she is having a difficult time, she takes small step...

In Time
2011
as Sylvia Weis
In the not-too-distant future, the aging gene has been switched off. To avoid overpopulation, time has become the currency and the way people pay for ...

A Bag of Hammers
2011
as Amanda (uncredited)
Two misfit best friends incapable of growing up, whose direction is tested by an abandoned child, worn beyond his years; together they invent the fami...

Red Riding Hood
2011
as Valerie
Valerie is in love with a brooding outsider, Peter, but her parents have arranged for her to marry another man. Unwilling to lose each other, Valerie ...

Letters to Juliet
2010
as Sophie
An American girl on vacation in Italy finds an unanswered "letter to Juliet" -- one of thousands of missives left at the fictional lover's Verona cour...

Chloe
2010
as Chloe Sweeney
A doctor hires an escort to seduce her husband, whom she suspects of cheating, though unforeseen events put the family in danger.

Dear John
2010
as Savannah Lynn Curtis
While Sergeant John Tyree is home on two weeks leave from Germany, he meets Savannah after he dives into the ocean to retrieve Savannah's purse that h...

Jennifer's Body
2009
as Needy
Jennifer, a gorgeous, seductive cheerleader takes evil to a whole new level after she's possessed by a sinister demon. Now it's up to her best friend ...

Boogie Woogie
2009
as Paige Prideaux
In London's contemporary art world, everyone has a hustle. Art Spindle runs a high-end gallery: he hopes to flip a Mondrian for millions. One of his a...
Birthing Mamma Mia!
2008
as Self
This short documentary is about the making of the 2008 film musical "Mamma Mia!".
Official Selection
2008
as Emily
A journey through Emily Dickinson's tortured life of psycho sexual frenzy or a satire of short films

Mamma Mia!
2008
as Sophie Sheridan
A spirited young bride-to-be living with her single mother on a small Greek island secretly invites three of her mother's ex-boyfriends in hope of fin...

Solstice
2008
as Zoe
While on a summer trip with her friends, Megan begins to feel the presence of Sophie, her twin sister who recently committed suicide.
Gypsies, Tramps & Thieves
2006
as Chrissy
As an adolescent girl struggles to find identity in a small town in 1979, echoes of a missing girl and a student uprising in Iran reverberate througho...

Alpha Dog
2006
as Julie Beckley
Johnny Truelove likes to see himself as tough. He's the son of an underworld figure and a drug dealer. Johnny also likes to get tough when things don'...

American Gun
2005
as Mouse
Seemingly disparate portraits of people -- among them a single mother, a high school principal, and an ace student -- Distinctly American -- all affec...

Nine Lives
2005
as Samantha
Captives of the very relationships that define and sustain them, nine women resiliently meet the travails and disappointments of life.

Mean Girls
2004
as Karen Smith
Cady Heron is a hit with The Plastics, the A-list girl clique at her new school, until she makes the mistake of falling for Aaron Samuels, the ex-boyf...

Niềm Tin Lung Lay
N/A
as Amanda Seyfried
A pastor of a small church in upstate New York starts to spiral out of control after a soul-shaking encounter with an unstable environmental activist ...
Mamma Mia! 3
N/A
as Sophie Sheridan
The third installment of the “Mamma Mia!” franchise.

Ann Lee
N/A
as Ann Lee
An epic fable about religious leader Ann Lee, the founding leader of the Shaker Movement, who was proclaimed by her followers as the female Christ and...
The Life and Deaths of Wilson Shedd
N/A
Tim Blake Nelson's latest directorial effort follows a teacher in an abusive marriage who takes a job at a maximum security prison, where she falls fo...