Amanda Righetti: Summary

Recent Role:: Grace Van Pelt on The Mentalist

Gender:: Female

Birthday:: 4-4-1983

Birthplace:: St. George, Utah

Amanda was raised in Las Vegas, Nevada, and moved to Los Angeles to become an actress. After securing a role in the pilot No Place Like Home, Righetti caught the eye of Fox executives, who cast her as Hailey Nichol in the Fox hit The O.C. when No Place Like Home was not picked up. This led to her starring role on the Fox drama Reunion.

Amanda is married to Jordan Alan and they currently reside in Los Angeles and Hawaii. Amanda was raised in Las Vegas, Nevada, and moved to Los Angeles to become an actress. After securing a role in the pilot No Place Like Home, Righetti caught the eye of Fox executives, who cast her as Hailey Nichol in the Fox hit The O.C. when No Place Like Home was not picked up. This led to her starring role on the Fox drama Reunion.

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sandbur
member since: Apr 28, 2008
Underutilized. ...Continue »
Looking at her IMDb bio, I know I haven't seen Amanda Righetti in anything else (though I'm surprised I don't recall her from CSI appearances), and yet she has one of those "I know I've seen her somewhere" faces.
More importantly I think she's got a lot of as yet unused potential, and if "The Mentalist" producers and writers were smart they would ensure better role development for "Van Pelt".
She and "Rigsby" do already, but could certainly provide more of the comic relief in the show and their story line would be a sensible and enjoyable adjunct to the whole crime-mentalist thing...I like back-stories, what can I say??!!
Here is to more air time and good story line for "Grace Van Pelt", and to a long and developing career for Amanda Righetti.
06/04/09 07:01pm | report abuse
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arfurdaly1970
member since: Mar 4, 2009
She's amazing in the Mentalist. ...Continue »
I've only really seen her in The Mentalist but I'm sure I've seen her in something else too (although can't find it in tv.com). I think she would make a great young Laura Croft in a reboot of the appalling Tomb Raider movies, although I do hope they make more The Mentalist and give her a more active role apart from the computer geek surfing the net and checking on hotel reservations etc.. She had some very good lines in the Pilot and the Rigsby/Van Pelt relationship is always amusing.

She also reminds me a bit of Buffy's sister (Amanda Trachenburg??) but a bit older
05/30/09 03:17pm | report abuse
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Eudemonix
member since: Mar 18, 2009
beauty, knock-out babe good actress ...Continue »
She is a real Beautiful woman. Yes, she's an absolute breathless babe. . . Not to mention, good actress. Npt memorable but good. And what a perfect angel face. . . Very feminine. . . Did i mention breathless babe? ;o)

It is strange that i've never heard about her before her recuring role in The Mentalist, as a regular cast member. She play a tought girl, investigating crime cases with the mentalist. She play the kind of anoying babe full her her self, always ready to **** or to argue sarcasticaly with anyone . . . The character reminds me an ex-girlfriend.
05/13/09 08:14pm | report abuse
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angeland8
member since: Sep 16, 2008
Such a pleasure. ...Continue »
I've seen Amanda Righetti only in the Mentalist, but her performance really stuck in my memory. It's hard to forget a woman that beautiful. Nowadays tv-shows are full of identical fake-blond and fake-tanned girls. It's hard to tell one from another, they all look the same. Fortunately Mentalist has not only an outstanding leading man, but two remarkable ladies that catch your eye from the very first episode. Robin Tunney is the sweetest thing and Amanda is one of the most beautiful women in show-business. She reminds me of Renaissance belles, she has that pure beauty that we hardly meet in modern world. And she is really good in what she's doing.
05/06/09 05:57am | report abuse
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StarJock2
member since: Aug 26, 2007
This show needs to get Amanda out of the background and feature her in more episodes. ...Continue »
Amanda is a beautiful girl and a talented actress. This show needs to get her out of the background and feature her in more episodes. They also need to dress her better, without officer's trousers and blouse, to show her attractive features better.On North Shore and O.C. she was a 10+, beautifully dressed and featured in many of the episodes! She contributed greatly to making those shows such a success.

There has been one episode this season where she had a decent role. She had a boyfriend that was the criminal and who romanced her and worked his way inside the operation. She was great. Her acting kept the viewer's attention and was very appropriate to her role in the episode. Of course, her beauty and sensuousness, will keep any male's attention.
04/16/09 12:28am | report abuse