Join us for a 90 minute Career Retrospective with actor Amanda Seyfried.
Amanda Seyfried received both Academy Award® and Golden Globe® nominations for her portrayal of ‘Marion Davies’ in David Fincher’s critically acclaimed film, MANK. The script was written by Fincher’s late father, Jack Fincher, and is a biographical drama about screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz and his development of the screenplay for Citizen Kane. The film was awarded one of AFI’s Top Movies of the Year, and it was nominated for Golden Globe® and Academy Awards® in the category of Best Motion Picture.
Notably, for her portrayal of ‘Elizabeth Holmes’ in Hulu’s “The Dropout”, Seyfried won an Emmy® Award, Golden Globe® Award, and Critics Choice Award, and she was selected as one of Time magazine’s TIME100 for 2022. The series, which debuted on March 3, 2022, focuses on Holmes, founder of the medical testing start-up Theranos, and her rise and fall in the tech industry after it was revealed that none of the tech worked. Seyfried was also a producer on the series and received a 2023 PGA Award nomination alongside Elizabeth Meriwether, Michael Showalter, Rebecca Jarvis, and Victoria Thompson, among others.
Upcoming, Seyfried will star in The Housemaid, a psychological thriller based on Freida McFadden’s New York Times bestselling novel. The film is set for release on December 25, 2025.
Most recently, Seyfried starred in the film Seven Veils in which she is reunited with her Chloe filmmaker Atom Egoyan. She plays ‘Jeanine,’ an earnest theater director who’s been given the daunting task of remounting her former mentor’s most famous work, the opera “Salome.” The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 9, 2023, opening in theaters on March 7, 2025. Seyfried also serves as an executive producer and stars as “Mickey” in “Long Bright River”, a limited series based on Liz Moore’s New York Times bestselling novel. The series premiered on March 13, 2025.
In 2023, Seyfried co-starred in “The Crowded Room”, alongside Tom Holland. Created by Akiva Goldsman, the 10-episode series premiered on June 9, 2023.
In 2021, Seyfried starred as 'Catherine Claire’ in Things Heard & Seen. Directed by Shari Springer and Robert Pulcini, the horror thriller is based off Elizabeth Brundage’s novel All Things Cease to Appear. She also starred as 'Julie’ in Amy Koppelman’s indie, A Mouthful of Air, alongside Paul Giamatti and Amy Irving.
Seyfried first captured the attention of audiences and critics alike in her breakthrough performance as ‘Sophie Sheridan’ in Mamma Mia! which was released in 2008. The film, directed by Phyllida Lloyd, garnered a Golden Globe® nomination and grossed more than $600 million. Ten years later, in 2018, she reprised her role in Ol Parker’s Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again, which grossed over $400 million. In 2018, she starred as ‘Mary Mensana’ opposite Ethan Hawke in Paul Schrader’s critically acclaimed film, First Reformed. The film first premiered at The Venice Film Festival and went on to earn an Independent Spirit Award nomination and AFI’s “Movie of the Year” award. Seyfried transformed into ‘Linda Lovelace’ in Millennium/Radius Films’ Lovelace, a drama directed by Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman. The film premiered at Sundance in 2013, and starred Peter Sargsaard and Sharon Stone. Seyfried once again displayed her vocal talents as ‘Cosette’ in Universal’s musical film adaptation of Les Miserables in 2012. Tom Hooper directed the film, also starring Anne Hathaway, Hugh Jackman, and Russell Crowe. The film earned Academy Award®, Golden Globe®, SAG, and BAFTA nominations and grossed over $400 million internationally.
In 2010, Seyfried starred alongside Channing Tatum in the box office hit, Dear John, the adaptation of the Nicolas Sparks bestseller, from director Lasse Hallstrom with a script by Jamie Linden. The film grossed more than $100 million worldwide and is the third highest opening film to date for Sony Screen Gems. In 2009, Seyfried starred opposite Julianne Moore in Chloe, an Atom Egoyan-directed thriller which premiered at the Toronto Film Festival. Her second film at the festival that year was the cult classic, Jennifer’s Body, where she starred opposite Megan Fox.
Seyfried’s other screen credits include her role opposite Adam Driver in Noah Baumbach’s film, While We’re Young. She has worked with Seth MacFarlane on two films, Ted 2 and A Million Ways to Die in the West. She lent her voice to 20th Century Fox’s animated film, Epic, alongside Beyonce and Christoph Waltz. Seyfried starred opposite Justin Timberlake in Andrew Niccol’s In Time and opposite Vanessa Redgrave in Letters to Juliet. I
n 2015, Seyfried had her off-Broadway debut in the Second Stage Theatre production of Neil Labute’s play The Way We Get By, directed by Leigh Silverman. On the small screen, Seyfried received critical praise for her role as Sarah Henrickson in the Golden Globe® nominated “Big Love.”
A Pennsylvania native, Seyfried started her career by modeling at the age of 11. She soon turned to acting and landed her first contract role in 2000 as Lucy Montgomery on At the World TURNS. In 2002, All My Children signed her to the contract role of Joni Stafford. Her big break, though, was in 2004’s Mean Girlswhere she co-starred with Lindsay Lohan and Rachel McAdams. She followed that film with Sundance Film Festival Favorites Nine Lives, and Nick Cassavetes’ Alpha Dog, alongside Justin Timberlake, Sharon Stone and Bruce Willis.
Seyfried is currently Lancôme’s global ambassador, alongside Julia Roberts, Lily Collins, Kate Winslet, Penelope Cruz, and Isabella Rossellini. She is an avid supporter of the non-profit organization Best Friends Animal Society which is the home of the largest no kill sanctuary in the United States. She and her husband Thomas Sadoski are also heavily involved with INARA, an organization that provides access to medical assistance to children impacted by war.
