Amanda Seyfried is an American actress, singer and model. She rose to public prominence with her film debut in the teen comedy
Mean Girls in 2014.
Among her numerous works, she has performed in the musical feature films
Mamma Mia! and
Les Misérables and has starred in
Jennifer's Body, Letters to Juliet and Gone.
The correct pronunciation of Amanda Seyfried is
Ah-man-duh SY-fred. Her last name, Seyfried, is pronounced with the stress on the first syllable, which is pronounced with a long "i" (that is to say like the word "eye"). The second syllable, -fried, differently from how you would expect to pronounce it phonetically, is simply pronounced like the name "Fred".