Amanda Seyfried was born on December 3, 1985 in Allentown, Pennsylvania. She is an actress and model who began her career in soap operas. In 2000, she was the first actress to play Lucy Montgomery on CBS's As the World Turns. She went on, from 2002 to 2003, to play Joni Stafford on ABC's All My Children.

In 2004, Seyfried was cast as one of the "Plastics", Karen Smith, in the movie Mean Girls. She went on to appear with a recurring role as Lilly Kane in the television series Veronica Mars. She also appeared as Rebecca on the series Wildfire.

Seyfried has had primetime cameo appearances on House and Law & Order. In 2006, she appeared in the film Alpha Dog, starring pop icon Justin Timberlake, and in the series Big Love.