Amanda Michelle Seyfried, born December 3, 1985) is an American actress and singer. Born and raised in Allentown, Pennsylvania, she began modeling at age 11 and ventured into acting at 15. Seyfried gained prominence following her feature film debut in the teen comedy Mean Girls (2004) and her recurring role as Lilly Kane on the UPN television series Veronica Mars (2004–2006). Seyfried has had starring roles in a number of successful films, such as the musical Mamma Mia! (2008), the romantic drama Dear John (2010), romantic comedy Letters to Juliet (2010), the romance horror Red Riding Hood (2011), the Seth MacFarlane comedies A Million Ways to Die in the West (2014) and Ted 2 (2015), and she has occasionally done voice-over work in animation such as Epic (2013) and Scoob! (2020).