Friends Seminary, New York;
Columbia University, New York.
Nationality :
American
Profession :
actor
Claim to Fame :
as
Jacqueline Jack Barrett in the WB series Jack & Jill (1999)
-: Biography :-
Amanda Peet was born in
January 12, 1972, she began taking acting classes when she was 8 and lived in
London. After returning to New York she was tutored by Broadway actress Uta
Hagen.
After graduating from Manhattan Friends High School, a Quaker institution, she
went to Columbia University. She knew acting was her future, although her degree
was in history.
Peet moved into her own apartment at 22, and began serving at restaurant diners
while struggling to make it. But thanks to Skittles candy her struggle was short
lived. The commercial for the fruity candy, in which Peet spun cartwheels,
supported her for more than two years with its $75,000 in residual returns.
