Amanda Seyfried (born December 3, 1985 in Allentown, Pennsylvania) is an American actress and model.

Seyfried started her career as an actress 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.

Currently, Seyfried has a recurring role as Lilly Kane in the UPN television series Veronica Mars. In her role as Lilly Kane, she appears on the show through a series of flashbacks, which portray her as a wild, stylish, and bubbly teenage daughter of a software executive. Lilly often is compared to the role of Twin Peaks' Laura Palmer, who also was deceased and appeared through various flashbacks as the plot unfolded.

Seyfried has had primetime cameo appearances on Fox's House, M.D. and NBC's Law & Order. In 2005, she will appear in the film Alpha Dog, which also stars Justin Timberlake.

In addition to her acting and modeling career, she is a student at New York City's Fordham University.

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