Amanda Pete

Amanda Peet was born in New York on January 11, 1972. Her father was a lawyer, her mother a social worker. Before she came into the world, her older sister did. Her acting vocation had an almost premonitory start, since she jumped onto a theatrical stage during a performance -needless to say, she did not dictate the script- at the early age of three. When she grew up she took acting as a hobby, although she studied acting, her serious major was History at Columbia University. However, one of her teachers encouraged her to take acting classes from the prestigious Uta Hagen at the Herbert Berghof .Studio, and indeed, he was under his tutelage for four years, which would lead him to make his off-Broadway debut. At that time, she supports herself by working as a waitress and taking part in commercials.

Peet’s career has something of the patience of the ant, that in 1995 she managed to appear in an episode of the television series Law and Order . That same year she made her film debut with a small role Animal Room , a title that can by no means be described as memorable. But anyway, it starts with something, and then another series came in 1996 where she had her own character, Central Park West. The same year she has a presence in a film of some interest, Ella es única , where she puts herself under the orders of Edward Burns, embodying the little sister of Jennifer Aniston . Other secondary roles bring him together with George Clooney and Michelle Pfeiffer ( An Unforgettable Day , 1996), or allow him to be in the wonderful ensemble film Playing with the Heart . Her TV will continue to play an important role in her takeoff as an actress thanks to the series Jack & Jill, where she gave life to the romantic co-star Jack (of Jacqueline), in love with her neighbor Jill of hers.

Perhaps the most important title of Peet’s career was False Appearances (2000), which would see an inferior sequel, More False Appearances , four years later. The entanglement of a dentist whose life is turned upside down by the arrival of a gangster neighbor – Matthew Perry and Bruce Willis -had its grace, and the actress proved to have a flair for comedy. So Nancy Meyers would sign her for When You Least Expect It (2003) and Woody Allen for Melinda and Melinda(2004), for the comic part of the film. About his appreciation for comedy, Peet told me in 2004: “I think comedy is an undervalued genre: it’s hard to do and there are movies that have a lot to say, because they contain political satire, for example, and their message is so wide as that of a drama.” This has not prevented him from frequenting other genres, such as the thriller in the very disturbing Identity (2003), a “Ten little black”-style film, or the political intrigue in Syriana (2005). In the field of science fiction, he has tried without much success in the unsuccessful translation to the cinema of the adventures of Scully and Mulder in X-Files: Believing is the key (2008); does not belong to the genre The child from Mars(2007), despite the title, but it is also a minor film. Where she meets John Cusack again – for the third time, after Identity and The Child from Mars – is in the catastrophist 2012 , a special effects show about the world that is ending, where she is a wife who is a little fed up with her husband. .

The only time he has tried absolute leadership, it is fair to admit, the thing has ended in failure. I mean the very forgettable En tu cama o en la nuestra (2000), which tried to exploit her sexy side. Convinced that there are more important things than success at all costs, in 2006 she married the prestigious screenwriter David Benioff , author of film scripts.

such as Last Night , Troy , and Comets in the Sky . They have not met in any movie, but they have a child, and it seems that Amanda is expecting her second child. The role of her mother has not prevented her from continuing to make films, sometimes with titles that have not reached Spain such as Fast Track (2006), $5 a Day (2008) and What Doesn’t Kill You (2008), the latter together with Ethan Hawke and Mark Ruffalo . Among the new titles she has already shot are Please Give -where she has worked with Catherine Keener and Rebecca Hall- and a new approach toGulliver’s Travels , Jonathan Swift ‘s adventure classic.