She was voted one of the 50 most beautiful people in the World 2000 by People Magazine.
She was maid of honor at actress Lauren Holly's wedding to Francis Greco. (10 March 2001)
She turned down an audition for ALLY MCBEAL (1997).
She worked at City Crab in New York before hitting it big.
She attended high school with actor Liev Schreiber when he was a senior and she was a freshman.
During the erotic sequence in THE WHOLE NINE YARDS (2000), Peet was afraid to do the nude scenes, but overcame the fear after the director stated that the erotic scenes was pertinent to the script. This was similar to WILD THINGS (1998), where Denise Richards was topless during the ménage-à trois sequence.
Eye color: Blue
Hair color: Brown
Trade mark: Smile and large teeth
Replaced Amelia Heinle (the original Jack in the JACK & JILL (1999) pilot episode)
Educated at an all-girls' prep school in London.
Her father, Charles, has been a prominent corporate attorney in New York City for decades.
When she was three, she jumped onstage at a play she was attending.
Studied history at Columbia and drama was just a hobby.
Amanda Peet Detailed Biography
Amanda Peet was born in January 12, 1972, she began taking acting classes when she was 8 and lived in London. After returning to New York she was tutored by Broadway actress Uta Hagen.
After graduating from Manhattan Friends High School, a Quaker institution, she went to Columbia University. She knew acting was her future, although her degree was in history.
Peet moved into her own apartment at 22, and began serving at restaurant diners while struggling to make it. But thanks to Skittles candy her struggle was short lived. The commercial for the fruity candy, in which Peet spun cartwheels, supported her for more than two years with its $75,000 in residual returns.
In that time, she landed bit parts on "Seinfeld," "Spin City," "The Single Guy," "Law and Order" and "Central Park West." In 1996 she got her first major movie, "One Fine Day," starring George Clooney and Michelle Pfeiffer.
Peet plays a new role in the film "Isn't She Great?" in which she plays the editor who discovers Valley of the Dolls author Jacqueline Susann (Bette Midler). Following this "The Whole Nine Yards," in which Peet plays a contract killer moonlighting as a dental assistant starribng opposite to bruce Willis. There's also "Take Down," starring Skeet Ulrich, and Justin McCarthy's indie feature, "Jump."
