Amanda Peet

On April 20 2010, Amanda and her husband David Benioff welcomed their second daughter, Molly June Benioff, to the world.

In 2008, Peet became the celebrity spokesperson of Every Child By Two's "Vaccinate Your Baby" campaign, which promotes early immunization for children against vaccine-preventable diseases.

Amanda is fan of the AMC series Mad Men.

Amanda dated actor Brian Van Holt back in 2001. They co-starred in the movie Whipped in 2000.

Amanda is 5' 6" (168 cm) tall. She has brown hair and blue eyes. Her trademark is flashing her smile and large teeth.

In 2000, Amanda won Best New Style Maker at the Young Hollywood Awards. She was nominated twice at the Teen Choice Awards: as Choice Liar in 2000 for The Whole Nine Yards and as Choice Movie Actress: Comedy in 2005 for A Lot Like Love.

Some of the actors and actresses Amanda would like to work with are Sean Penn, Tina Fey, Jon Hamm, and James McAvoy.

Amanda and husband, David Benioff, became the proud parents of a baby girl, Frances Pen, when Amanda gave birth on February 21, 2007.

Amanda starred in Jack & Jill and Griffin & Phoenix with her Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip co-star, Sarah Paulson.

When she was younger, she played Hennie Berger in the off-Broadway revival of Clifford Odets' Awake and Sing (1995) and Dawn in Winter Lies (1993). She also performed in Neil Simon's 2006 Broadway production of Barefoot in the Park.

Amanda turned down an audition for Ally McBeal.

Amanda's idol is Meryl Streep.

In one of Amanda's first roles, she was cast to a role in NYPD Blue, where she played a kidnap victim who later fell for her abductor.

Amanda Peet's List Rankings/Appearances:
2000 - No.61, FHM's 100 Sexiest Women in the World
2000 - listed, People Magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People in the World
2002 - No.44, Stuff magazine's 102 Sexiest Women in the World
2006 - No.87, FHM's 100 Sexiest Women in the World
2007 - listed, People Magazine's 100 Most Beautiful People in the World (Beauty at Every Age: 35)

Amanda was the maid of honor at actress Lauren Holly's wedding to Francis Greco.

Amanda supported herself during the audition phase of her career by waitressing and with the residual checks she received from a Skittles candy commercial.

Amanda starred alongside Matthew Perry in the film The Whole Nine Yards and on NBC's Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip.

Peet treated acting as more of a hobby than anything else, and only began to consider it a potential career after her drama professor at Columbia University encouraged her to audition for renowned acting teacher Uta Hagen.

Peet has sensitive skin, and thus wears little or no makeup.

Amanda attended Friends Seminary, a private, Quaker school located in downtown Manhattan. When she was in 8th grade, Amanda had a crush on a senior at her high school -- actor Liev Schreiber. Other alumni include Kyra Sedgwick, Julia Stiles, and Vera Wang.

Amanda's dad, Charles, has been a prominent corporate attorney in New York City for decades, and her mom, Penny, is a social worker. Amanda also has an older sister. Amanda's parents divorced in 1990.

Amanda is known to be one of David Letterman's favorite and most frequent guests on his show.

Amanda majored in history and graduated from Columbia University in 1994.

Amanda got engaged to screenwriter David Benioff, writer of Troy, on July 19, 2005. In attendance at their September 30, 2006 wedding were Mark Ruffalo, Elizabeth Berkley, and Greg Lauren. It was held at Friends Seminary, where Amanda went to school.