Amanda Peet

Amanda Peet is an award-winning American actor with an impressive resume of films and television series. In cinema, she is currently best known for her roles in The Whole Nine Yards, A Lot Like Love, and Gulliver’s Travels. On television, she has established herself through starring roles in shows such as Jack & Jill, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, The Good Wife, Togetherness, Brockmire, and Dirty John. She has been nominated for numerous awards, was the joint recipient of an ensemble award for the 2010 film Please Give, and was named Best New Style Maker at the 2000 Young Hollywood Awards.

Peet has a degree in American History, but began pursuing an acting career whilst still at college, studying under award-winning Broadway star Uta Hagen. She made her first forays into television in the early 1990s, appearing in a Skittles advert and an episode of the iconic Larry Sanders Show. She made her feature film debut in 1995, but it wasn’t until 2000’s mafia comedy The Whole Nine Yards that she got the acclaim her talents deserved. The movie was a hit, grossing over 100 million dollars worldwide. Since the late 1990s, she has also been a renowned comedy-drama actor thanks to shows such as Jack & Jill and Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, the latter of which was nominated for many prestigious awards.

Recent years have seen Peet’s success endure with the diverse likes of Brockmire and Dirty John. Away from the camera, she has co-authored books and is a prominent advocate for childhood vaccination.