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'''Amanda Peet''' (born January 11, 1972)<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2020/01/11/UPI-Almanac-for-Saturday-Jan-11-2020/6871578622259/|title= UPI Almanac for Saturday, Jan. 11, 2020|work= [[United Press International]] | date= January 11, 2020|access-date=June 26, 2020 | archive-date= February 4, 2020 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200204011502/https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2020/01/11/UPI-Almanac-for-Saturday-Jan-11-2020/6871578622259/|url-status=live|quote =…actor Amanda Peet in 1972 (age 48)}}</ref> is an American actress. She began her career with small parts on television before making her feature film debut in ''[[Animal Room]]'' (1995). Her portrayal of Jill St. Claire in ''[[The Whole Nine Yards (film)|The Whole Nine Yards]]'' (2000) brought her wider recognition,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800018738/bio|title=Amanda Peet|work=Yahoo! Movies|access-date=December 7, 2010|archive-date=October 14, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121014185605/http://movies.yahoo.com/person/amanda-peet/biography.html|url-status=live}}</ref> and she has since appeared in a variety of films, such as ''[[Saving Silverman]]'' (2001), ''[[High Crimes]]'', ''[[Changing Lanes]]'', ''[[Igby Goes Down]]'' (all 2002), ''[[Something's Gotta Give (film)|Something's Gotta Give]]'', ''[[Identity (2003 film)|Identity]]'' (both 2003), ''[[Melinda and Melinda]]'' (2004), ''[[A Lot
Outside of film, Peet played Jacqueline Barrett on [[The WB]]'s ''[[Jack & Jill (TV series)|Jack & Jill]]'' (1999–2001), Jordan McDeere on [[NBC]]'s short-lived [[Aaron Sorkin]] series ''[[Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip]]'' (2006-2007), Tina Morris on [[HBO]]'s ''[[Togetherness (TV series)|Togetherness]]'' (2015–2016), Jules on [[IFC (American TV channel)|IFC]]'s ''[[Brockmire]]'' (2016–2020), [[Betty Broderick]] on the second season of [[Bravo (American TV network)|Bravo]]'s ''[[Dirty John (TV series)|Dirty John]]'' (2020), and Beth Gallagher in the [[Paramount+]] adaptation of ''[[Fatal Attraction (2023 TV series)|Fatal Attraction]]'' (2023). In 2021, she wrote and co-executive produced ''[[The Chair (2021 TV series)|The Chair]]'' for [[Netflix]]. Peet is married to American screenwriter [[David Benioff]], with whom she has three children.
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Peet was born in New York City, the daughter of Penny (née Levy), a social worker, and Charles Peet Jr., a [[corporate]] lawyer,<ref name=nyt1>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1967/04/07/archives/charles-peet-jr-and-penny-levy-will-be-married-lawyer-is-the-fiance.html | work=The New York Times | title=Charles Peet Jr. And Penny Levy Will Be Married; Lawyer Is the Fiance of '63 Smith Graduate --Bridal in July | date=April 7, 1967 | access-date=July 23, 2018 | archive-date=June 12, 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612210649/https://www.nytimes.com/1967/04/07/archives/charles-peet-jr-and-penny-levy-will-be-married-lawyer-is-the-fiance.html | url-status=live }}</ref> who later divorced. Her father is a [[Quaker]] and her mother is [[Jewish American|Jewish]];<ref>{{cite news|last=Flatley|first=Guy|title=AMANDA PEET—A GIRL WHO'S BEST WHEN SHE'S BAAAAD!|publisher=MovieCrazed|date=August 31, 2000 |url=http://www.moviecrazed.com/outpast/peet.html |access-date=May 14, 2007| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070626155241/http://www.moviecrazed.com/outpast/peet.html| archive-date=June 26, 2007 |url-status = live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Cohen|first=Benyamin|author2=Bradford R. Pilcher|title=WINTER MOVIE PREVIEW: Amanda Peet|work=American Jewish Life Magazine|date=November 12, 2005|url=http://www.atlantajewish.com/content/112005/wintermovies/peet.html|access-date=May 14, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070616114310/http://www.atlantajewish.com/content/112005/wintermovies/peet.html|archive-date=June 16, 2007|url-status = dead}}</ref> both are also [[atheist]]s.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kveller.com/amanda-peet-talks-christmas-as-a-jew-her-new-book-dear-santa-love-rachel-rosenstein/|title=Amanda Peet Talks Christmas as a Jew & Her New Book 'Dear Santa, Love Rachel Rosenstein'|date=November 19, 2015|access-date=January 2, 2020|archive-date=January 2, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200102091443/https://www.kveller.com/amanda-peet-talks-christmas-as-a-jew-her-new-book-dear-santa-love-rachel-rosenstein/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/im-jewish-amanda-peet-says-of-easter-bunnies/|title='I'm Jewish,' Amanda Peet says of Easter bunnies|website=[[The Times of Israel]]|access-date=January 2, 2020|archive-date=January 2, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200102091435/https://www.timesofisrael.com/im-jewish-amanda-peet-says-of-easter-bunnies/|url-status=live}}</ref> Peet's maternal great-grandfathers were [[Samuel Levy (politician)|Samuel Levy]], a lawyer, businessman, and public official, who served as [[Manhattan Borough President]]; and [[Samuel "Roxy" Rothafel]], a theatrical impresario and entrepreneur.<ref name=nyt1/>
At age seven, Peet relocated with her family to London, returning to New York four years later. She enrolled in [[HB Studio]]'s teen acting program when she was 13.<ref name="wsj-peet">{{cite web|last=Myers|first=Marc|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/fatal-attraction-star-amanda-peet-struggled-in-london-then-came-bruce-willis-7426d506|archive-url=
==Career==
===Early roles and breakthrough (1995–2004)===
Peet's first screen performances were in a television commercial for [[Skittles (candy)|Skittles]] and an uncredited appearance as the girlfriend of the titular character in the second episode of ''[[The Larry Sanders Show]]'' in 1992. Her film debut was in the drama ''[[Animal Room]]'' (1995), which also starred [[Neil Patrick Harris]] and [[Matthew Lillard]]. She also appeared in the November 1995 episode "Hot Pursuit" of ''[[Law &
Peet appeared alongside [[Bette Midler]] and [[Nathan Lane]] in [[Andrew Bergman]]'s ''[[Isn't She Great]]'' (2000), a highly fictionalized account of the life and career of author [[Jacqueline Susann]]. However, her first role in a widely released feature film came later that year, with the part of Jill St. Claire in the [[mafia comedy]] film ''[[The Whole Nine Yards (film)|The Whole Nine Yards]]''. The film, which also starred [[Bruce Willis]] and [[Matthew Perry]], received mixed reviews.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/the-whole-nine-yards|title=The Whole Nine Yards|website=Metacritic|access-date=December 7, 2010|archive-date=January 2, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120102035645/http://www.metacritic.com/movie/the-whole-nine-yards|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Roger Ebert]] gave it one of the more positive reviews, noting in particular that Peet's performance, which he called "perfect", highlighted the story.<ref>{{cite news
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Her most significant film role in 2005 was that of a woman who becomes a successful photographer, opposite [[Ashton Kutcher]], in the romantic comedy ''[[A Lot Like Love]]'', which revolved around two people whose relationship slowly evolves from lust to friendship to romance over the course of seven years. While overall response was mixed, the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' found Peet to be "charming and charismatic without being cloying or artificial." In 2005, she also performed in the play ''[[This Is How It Goes]]'',<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2005-03-07-amanda-peet-broadway_x.htm|title=Amanda Peet joins the cast of Neil LaBute play|work=USA Today|access-date=December 7, 2010|date=March 7, 2005}}</ref> filling in for [[Marisa Tomei]] at the last minute after six days of rehearsal,<ref name="Amanda"/> and appeared in the [[Woody Allen]]'s [[tragicomedy]] ''[[Melinda and Melinda]]'' and the thriller ''[[Syriana]]'', which was based loosely on former [[Central Intelligence Agency]] agent [[Robert Baer]] and his memoirs of being an agent in the Middle East.
[[File:Amanda Peet @ TIFF 01-2.jpg|thumb|upright|left|Peet at the 2008 [[Toronto International Film Festival]]]]
In 2006, Peet acted on [[Neil Simon]]'s [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] production of ''[[Barefoot in the Park]]'', followed by the romantic drama ''[[Griffin & Phoenix (2006 film)|Griffin & Phoenix]]'', a remake of the [[Griffin and Phoenix (1976 film)|1976 ABC TV movie]], in which she portrayed a terminally ill woman living life to the fullest. The television series ''[[Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip]]'', which premiered on [[NBC]] in late 2006, featured her as the recently hired president of entertainment programming, with Matthew Perry, with whom she had starred in ''The Whole Nine Yards'' and ''The Whole Ten Yards'', and [[Sarah Paulson]], with whom she previously worked in ''Jack & Jill''. For her role, Peet received a [[Satellite Award]] nomination for [[Satellite Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama|Best Actress – Television Series Drama]].
Peet starred as an attorney who stays home to raise a new baby in the romantic comedy ''[[The Ex (2007 film)|The Ex]]'' (2007), which went unnoticed by critics and audiences. In 2008, she starred in the mystery drama ''[[The X-Files: I Want to Believe]]'' (2008), as an FBI agent,<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/threesome-mark-spots-x-files-156528 | title=Threesome mark spots for 'X-Files' | first=Gregg | last=Goldstein | work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] | date=December 6, 2007 | access-date=May 29, 2020 | archive-date=June 28, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230628174251/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/threesome-mark-spots-x-files-156528/ | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://qa.in.movies.yahoo.com/news-detail/14312/Peet-Connolly-Xzibit-join-X-Files-movie-cast.html|title=Peet, Connolly, Xzibit join 'X-Files' movie cast|publisher=Yahoo!|access-date=December 7, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718133835/http://qa.in.movies.yahoo.com/news-detail/14312/Peet-Connolly-Xzibit-join-X-Files-movie-cast.html|archive-date=July 18, 2011|url-status = dead}}</ref> the dramedy ''[[Five Dollars a Day]]'' (2008), as the girlfriend of a seemingly successful man, and the crime drama ''[[What Doesn't Kill You (film)|What Doesn't Kill You]]'', as the wife of a Boston criminal. ''What Doesn't Kill You'' was her best reviewed film of 2008,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/what-doesnt-kill-you|title=What Doesn't Kill You|website=Metacritic|access-date=December 7, 2010|archive-date=November 26, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101126041750/http://www.metacritic.com/movie/what-doesnt-kill-you|url-status=live}}</ref> with Lisa Schwarzbaum of ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'', writing that Peet "is terrific as Brian's worn-down wife, sick of seeing her man disappear before her eyes."<ref>{{cite magazine | url=https://ew.com/article/2008/12/03/what-doesnt-kill-you/ | title=What Doesn't Kill You | first=Lisa | last=Schwarzbaum | author-link=Lisa Schwarzbaum | magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] | access-date=December 6, 2010 | date=December 3, 2008}}</ref>
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===Writing===
Peet has co-written a children's book ''Dear Santa, Love, Rachel Rosenstein'' about a Jewish girl during the Christmas season. The book was launched in 2015.<ref>{{cite
Peet also wrote a play ''Our Very Own Carlin McCullough'', which ran for two months in 2018 at the [[Geffen Playhouse]] in Los Angeles to positive reviews.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/our-very-own-carlin-mccullough-theater-1123989|website=[[hollywoodreporter.com]]|date=June 28, 2018|access-date=June 28, 2018|title='Our Very Own Carlin McCullough': Theater Review|archive-date=June 29, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180629002156/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/our-very-own-carlin-mccullough-theater-1123989|url-status=live}}</ref>
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Peet married screenwriter [[David Benioff]], son of former [[Goldman Sachs]] CEO and chairman [[Stephen Friedman (PFIAB)|Stephen Friedman]], on September 30, 2006, in New York City.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://people.com/celebrity/amanda-peet-weds-screenwriter-beau/ | title = Amanda Peet Weds Screenwriter Beau | website = PEOPLE.com | last1 = Messer | first1 = Lesley | last2 = Herbst | first2 = Diane | access-date = May 1, 2019 | archive-date = June 3, 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160603180556/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,1224905,00.html | url-status = live }}</ref> They have three children.<ref name="latimes.com">{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/gossip/la-et-mg-amanda-peet-baby-boy-henry-david-benioff-20141208-story.html|title=Amanda Peet, 'Game of Thrones' producer David Benioff welcome baby boy|first=Nardine|last=Saad|website=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=December 8, 2014|access-date=May 1, 2019|archive-date=May 1, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190501155142/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/gossip/la-et-mg-amanda-peet-baby-boy-henry-david-benioff-20141208-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tabletmag.com/scroll/187517/amanda-peet-david-benioff-expand-their-brood|title=Amanda Peet and David Benioff Welcome Third Child|date=December 9, 2014|website=Tablet Magazine|last=Butnick|first=Stephanie|access-date=May 1, 2019|archive-date=May 1, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190501155136/https://www.tabletmag.com/scroll/187517/amanda-peet-david-benioff-expand-their-brood|url-status=live}}</ref> The family lives in [[Manhattan]] and [[Beverly Hills, California|Beverly Hills]].
Peet is a friend of actor [[Peter Dinklage]], who starred in her husband's series ''[[Game of Thrones]]'' and whom she had met years earlier through friends at [[Bennington College]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/01/magazine/peter-dinklage-was-smart-to-say-no.html|title=Peter Dinklage Was Smart to Say No|first=Dan|last=Kois|work=The New York Times|date=March 29, 2012|via=NYTimes.com|access-date=February 5, 2017|archive-date=June 23, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160623225659/http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/01/magazine/peter-dinklage-was-smart-to-say-no.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
In 2008, Peet revealed that she has struggled with [[postpartum depression]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://celebritybabies.people.com/2008/08/07/amanda-peet-got/|title=Amanda Peet Discloses Postpartum Depression|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100810144752/http://celebritybabies.people.com/2008/08/07/amanda-peet-got/|archivedate=August 10, 2010}}</ref>
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