Amanda Peet

Amanda Peet is an American actress. She began her career with small parts on television before making her feature film debut in Animal Room (1995). Her portrayal of Jill St. Claire in The Whole Nine Yards (2000) brought her wider recognition. Since then, she has appeared in Saving Silverman (2001), High Crimes, Changing Lanes, Igby Goes Down, Something's Gotta Give, Identity, Melinda and Melinda (2004), A Lot like Love, Syriana, The X-Files: I Want to Believe (2008), 2012 (2009), Gulliver's Travels (2010), Identity Thief, The Way, Way Back, and other films.

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Amanda Peet is an American actress and writer born in New York City in 1972. She has worked in television, film, and stage since 1995. Peet is educated at Columbia University and HB Studio, where she studied under Uta Hagen. She is married to David Benioff and has three children. Her residences include Manhattan and Beverly Hills.

As an author, Peet has five works, including the *Pure Inspiration* series, *Whipped*, and *Trust Me*. She speaks English and identifies with Judaism and Christianity. Peet is a female human with blue eyes.

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Pure Inspiration Book Two
Pure Inspiration
Pure Inspiration - Book 1
Whipped
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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;…

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Fantasy Life — Dianne2026
Your Friends & Neighbors — Mel Cooper2025
Fatal Attraction — Beth Gallagher2023
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire — Self - Contestant2020
The Kelly Clarkson Show — Self2019
The Romanoffs — Olivia Wells2018
Dirty John — Betty Broderick2018
Brockmire — Jules James2017
The Atheist Delusion — Self (archive footage)2016
The 4%: Film's Gender Problem — Self2016

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Instance of: human
Given name: Amanda
Gender: female
Citizenship: United States
Place of birth: New York City
Spouse: David Benioff
Occupation: television producer
Educated at: HB Studio
Languages spoken: English language
Native language: American English
Religion: Christianity
Student of: Uta Hagen
Eye colour: blue
Image: Amanda Peet @ TIFF 01-2.jpg
Number of children: 3
Residence: Beverly Hills

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Commons category: Amanda Peet
date of birth: 1972-01-11
start of work period: 1995-00-00

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Amanda Peet (born January 11, 1972) is an American actress. She began her career with small parts on television before making her feature film debut in Animal Room (1995). Her portrayal of Jill St. Claire in The Whole Nine Yards (2000) brought her wider recognition. Since then, she has appeared in Saving Silverman (2001), High Crimes, Changing Lanes, Igby Goes Down (all 2002), Something's Gotta Give, Identity (both 2003), Melinda and Melinda (2004), A Lot like Love, Syriana (both 2005), The X-Files: I Want to Believe (2008), 2012 (2009), Gulliver's Travels (2010), Identity Thief, The Way, Way Back (both 2013), and other films.

In addition to film, Peet played Jacqueline Barrett on The WB's Jack & Jill (1999–2001), Jordan McDeere on NBC's short-lived Aaron Sorkin series Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip (2006–2007), Tina Morris on HBO's Togetherness (2015–2016), Jules on IFC's Brockmire (2016–2020), Betty Broderick on the second season of Bravo's Dirty John (2020), Beth Gallagher in the Paramount+ adaptation of Fatal Attraction (2023), and Mel Cooper in the Apple TV+ series Your Friends & Neighbors. In 2021, she wrote and co-executive produced The Chair for Netflix. Peet is married to screenwriter David Benioff and they have three children.

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