thumb|250px|Amanda Peet on the ''Late Show with David Letterman''. Of recent years, she has become one of Letterman's favorite and most frequent guests'''Amanda Peet''' (born January 11, 1972) is an American film actress.
Biography
Early life
Peet was born in New York to Charles Peet (a lawyer) and Penny (a social worker). Her father was a Quaker and her mother was Jewish, and Peet attended Friends Seminary with Liev Schreiber, as well as studied history at Columbia University, where she auditioned for acting teacher Uta Hagen. During her 4-year period of study with Hagen, Peet appeared in the off-Broadway revival of Clifford Odets's ''Awake and Sing''.
Career
Peet's first screen performance was a television commercial for Skittles. Her early roles included a guest starring role on ''Law & Order''. She made her film debut in the 1995 film ''Animal Room''. Peet maintained a steady acting career in relatively obscure indie movies.
Her first major role was as "Jack" in the 1999 TV series ''Jack & Jill'' (which aired for two seasons). She also appeared on Seinfeld as the waitress whom Jerry Seinfeld met. Her character is notable for seemingly dating two men at once, Jerry and "Lyle". Her first wide-release feature film role came in 2000, with ''
The Whole Nine Yards'', elevating her status from supporting actress to lead. That same year, she was voted one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the World by People Magazine.
In 2005, she starred in the play ''This Is How It Goes'', alongside Jeffrey Wright and Ben Stiller. As of February 2006, she has been appearing in Neil Simon's Broadway production of ''Barefoot in the Park''.
On February 3, 2006, it was announced Peet would be joining the cast of Aaron Sorkin's new show, ''Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip'', to premiere on NBC in the fall of 2006.
Personal life
Peet became engaged to actor/writer David Benioff on July 19, 2005. On August 10, 2006, rumors surfaced that Amanda and David are expecting a baby after multiple tabloids announced that Amanda Peet is pregnant. http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/article/peet%20pregnant_1005015
Trivia
*Howard Stern has repeatedly made comments about her alluding to a personal animosity between the two of them. It may have something to do with the time she spent on the set of ''
Whipped'' with Stern's girlfriend Beth Ostrosky, who had a small role in the film, or the set of the movie she did with Stern's friend and co-worker Fred Norris, called ''
Two Ninas''. Some perceived poor treatment of one or both of them could explain their animosity.
Filmography
