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     Amanda Peet was born January 11, 1972, in New York City, NY. The younger of two daughters, Amanda was raised by her father Charles, a lawyer, and mother Penny, a social worker, before their subsequent divorce in 1990. In 1997, Amanda appeared in Seinfeld's "The Summer of George" episode, as well as the sitcom Spin City. Roles in independent features were heading her way, namely Grind and Touch Me. Amanda was able to add more films to her resume, and we would have to take her word for it as they went straight to video, unless 1999, Southie, and Origin of the Species ring a bell. 1998's Playing By Heart was already a career step up considering its star-filled cast of Gillian Anderson and Sean Connery. By 1999, Amanda didn't need the film flop Simply Irresistible to increase her star power; Amanda Peet was cast in the WB romantic series, Jack & Jill.