Amanda Crew
Amanda Crew | |
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Born | Langley, British Columbia, Canada | June 5, 1986
Alma mater | American Academy of Dramatic Arts |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 2005–present |
Amanda Crew (born June 5, 1986)
Early life
Amanda Crew was born in
Career
2005–2013
In 2005, at age 19, Crew landed her first onscreen acting role as Polly Brewer on the
In 2006, she made her film debut in the supernatural horror Final Destination 3, the third installment in the Final Destination film series and the fourth chronologically. She played Julie Christensen, the younger sister of the film's protagonist Wendy.[4][5] Crew had originally auditioned for the role of Erin Ulmer while Alexz Johnson auditioned for Julie,[6] but ended up switching roles prior to filming. Despite mixed reviews from critics,[7][8] the film was a commercial success, earning over $117 million at the box office worldwide.[9][10] She made a cameo as a high school student in the romantic teen comedy John Tucker Must Die.
She later appeared in the romantic teen comedy She's the Man, a modern adaptation of William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.[11] She played Kia,[12] a soccer player who helps her friend and teammate Viola Hastings (played by Amanda Bynes) pretend to be her brother in order to play on the boys' soccer team after their team gets cut by their misogynistic coach. In 2008, Crew landed her first lead role in the teen road comedy Sex Drive. She played Felicia Alpine, a high school student who goes on a road trip with her two best friends (played by Josh Zuckerman and Clark Duke).
She later starred as Marie in the romantic comedy That One Night, which premiered at the Omaha Film Festival on February 19, 2008. In 2009, she had a supporting role with Martin Donovan and Kyle Gallner in the supernatural horror The Haunting in Connecticut. Despite negative reviews from critics, the film opened in second place at the North American box office, ultimately grossing $77.5 million worldwide. She starred in the romantic comedy The Break-Up Artist as Britney, a breakup artist who becomes a matchmaker after her ex-boyfriend starts his own breakup company and steals her customers.
In 2010, Crew co-starred with
In 2011, Crew starred in the crime thriller Charlie Zone as a heroin addicted single mother.
Crew guest-starred on the
She later reunited with The Haunting in Connecticut co-star Virginia Madsen in the romantic comedy drama Crazy Kind of Love. She played Bette Mack, a woman who becomes intimately involved with the youngest son of a family nearly torn apart by the father's infidelity. She had a supporting role in the biographical drama Jobs, playing a hippie college student who has a one-night stand with Apple Inc. co-founder Steve Jobs (played by Ashton Kutcher). The film premiered at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival on January 25 and was critically panned.
2014–2019
From 2014 to 2019, Crew starred as venture capitalist Monica Hall on the HBO comedy Silicon Valley, created by Mike Judge. During the first season, her character was originally an assistant to Peter Gregory (played by Christopher Evan Welch), but in the second season she becomes an associate partner with Laurie Bream (played by Suzanne Cryer) after Welch's death in 2013, and later leaves Bream Hall to join Pied Piper as its CFO and business advisor. She guest-starred on the second season of the CTV police procedural drama Motive as Robin Keaton, a young widowed mother who becomes engaged unknowingly to the man responsible for the murder of her son's father.
She later co-starred with Brian Geraghty in the Christian musical drama The Identical, playing a couple who gives one of their newborn twin sons to a sterile couple (played by Ray Liotta and Ashley Judd, respectively) as they cannot raise them both. The film premiered at the Nashville Film Festival on April 17, 2014, to negative reviews from critics. In her third collaboration with director Carl Bessai, she starred as seductive librarian Izzy Fontaine in the crime comedy Bad City, which premiered at the Oldenburg International Film Festival on September 10, 2014. The film was nominated for nine Leo Awards, including Best Feature Length Drama and Best Supporting Performance by a Female in a Motion Picture for Crew.
In 2015, she co-starred with
She later reunited with Ferocious co-star Michael Eklund in the romantic sports comedy Chokeslam. She played Sheena DeWilde, an ill-tempered wrestler who is romantically pursued by her high school ex-boyfriend Corey Swanson (played by Chris Marquette) despite being intimately involved with her manager Tab Hennessey (played by Niall Matter).[16] After the film premiered at the Calgary International Film Festival on October 2, 2016, it was released on February 10, 2017 to mixed reviews from critics. In 2017, Crew starred in the romantic wedding comedy Table 19, playing the maid of honor and narcissistic girlfriend of the wedding's best man Teddy (played by Wyatt Russell).
She later co-starred with
She co-starred with Adam Brody in the horror Isabelle, playing a woman who begins seeing a supernatural entity following the death of her stillborn son.[17] The film had its world premiere in the Midnight Passion section at the 23rd Busan International Film Festival on October 6, 2018. Despite the film's poor critical reception, Crew was nominated for the Best Actress award at several film festivals for her performance. In 2019, she starred in the horror comedy Tone-Deaf. She played Olive Smith, an entitled and obnoxious millennial who, after being fired from her job, rents a house for a weekend getaway from widowed baby boomer Harvey Parker (played by Robert Patrick, who was also one of the film's executive producers). The film had its world premiere at the SXSW Festival on March 10, 2019. Reviews for the film were predominantly mixed, though Crew's performance was praised.
2020–present
In 2020, she appeared in the biographical crime thriller
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2006 | Final Destination 3 | Julie Christensen | |
2006 | John Tucker Must Die | Hallway girl | |
2006 | Meltdown: Days of Destruction | Kimberly | |
2006 | She's the Man | Kia | |
2008 | Monster Ark | Joanna | |
2008 | Sex Drive | Felicia Alpine | |
2008 | That One Night | Marie | |
2009 | The Break-Up Artist | Britney | |
2009 | The Haunting in Connecticut | Wendy | |
2010 | Charlie St. Cloud | Tess Carroll | |
2010 | Repeaters | Sonia Logan | |
2010 | All That Glitters | Whitney Carmichael | Short film |
2011 | Picturesque | Canadian girl | Short film |
2011 | Charlie Zone | Janesca "Jan" | |
2011 | Sisters & Brothers | Nikki | Also writer |
2012 | Knife Fight | Helena St. John | |
2012 | Awesometown | Sam | Short film |
2013 | Sexy Pool Party | Herself | Short film |
2013 | Jobs | Julie | |
2013 | Crazy Kind of Love | Bette Mack | Also known as Long Time Gone |
2013 | Ferocious | Leigh Parrish | |
2013 | Miss Dial | Amanda | |
2014 | Bad City | Izzy Fontaine | |
2014 | The Identical | Helen Hemsley | |
2015 | The Age of Adaline | Kikki Jones | |
2015 | Weepah Way for Now | Alice | |
2016 | Chokeslam | Sheena "Smasheena" DeWilde | |
2016 | Poor Boy | Charlene Rox | |
2016 | Race | Peggy | |
2017 | A Crooked Somebody | Stacy Bishop | |
2017 | Juggernaut | Amelia | Also known as Wrecking Ball |
2017 | Table 19 | Nicole "Nikki" | |
2018 | Freaks | Mary Lewis | |
2018 | American Murderer | Jamie | Short film |
2018 | Isabelle | Larissa Kane | Also known as The Wanting |
2019 | Tone-Deaf | Olive Smith | Known as Killer Instinct in the UK |
2020 | Target Number One | Anna Malarek | Also known as Gut Instinct, and as Most Wanted in the U.S. |
2020 | Thanks Nurses | Herself | Short film |
2023 | There's Something Wrong with the Children | Ellie Huerta | |
2023 | Some Other Woman | Eve Carver |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2005 | Life as We Know It | Polly Brewer | Episodes: "You Must Be Trippin", "Friends Don't Let Friends Drive Junk" |
2005 | Smallville | Sorority girl | Episode: "Recruit" |
2005–2006 | 15/Love | Tanis McTaggart | Main role (seasons 1–2); guest role (season 3) |
2006 | Diary | Herself | 1 episode |
2006–2008 | Whistler | Carrie Miller | Main role |
2011 | Suits | Lola Jensen / Mildred Wisnewski | Episode: "Identity Crisis" |
2014 | Motive | Robin Keaton | Episode: "Raw Deal" |
2014–2019 | Silicon Valley | Monica Hall | Main role |
2017 | Lifeline | Haley Hooks | Episodes: "In 33 Days You'll Die", "There's a Chip in Her Arm" |
2021 | Mr. Corman
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Ms. Perry Gellar | Episode: "Action Adventure" |
Web series
Year | Title | Role | Note |
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2014 | Math Bites | Various | 3 episodes |
2014 | The Slap | Herself | 1 episode[citation needed] |
Music video
Year | Title | Singer | Note |
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2017 | "Rich White Girls" | Mansionz | Starred opposite Meredith Hagner as the titular characters |
2017 | "Take Me" | Aly & AJ |
As a director
Year | Title | Note |
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2017 | Butterfly | Music video by Rhett George |
2019 | Star Maps | Music video by Aly & AJ |
Awards and nominations
Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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2007 | Leo Awards | Best Lead Performance by a Female in a Dramatic Series | Whistler | Won | [19] |
2011 | Leo Awards | Best Lead Performance by a Female in a Motion Picture | Repeaters | Nominated | [20] |
2012 | Leo Awards | Best Lead Performance by a Female in a Motion Picture | Sisters & Brothers | Won | [21] |
2013 | Leo Awards | Best Lead Performance by a Female in a Motion Picture | Ferocious | Nominated | [22] |
2015 | Leo Awards | Best Supporting Performance by a Female in a Motion Picture | Bad City | Nominated | [23] |
Golden Maple Awards | Best Actress in a TV Series Broadcast in the US | Silicon Valley | Won | [24] | |
2016 | Golden Maple Awards | Best Actress in a TV Series Broadcast in the US | Silicon Valley | Nominated | [25] |
Newcomer of the Year in a TV Series Broadcast in the US | Won | [26] | |||
2019 | First Glance Film Festival Los Angeles | Best Actress – Feature Film | Isabelle | Nominated | [27] |
Fort Myers Beach International Film Festival | Best Performance in a Feature Film | Nominated | |||
Hamilton Film Festival | Best Actress | Nominated | |||
Twister Alley Film Festival | Best Actress – Feature Film | Nominated |
References
- The Associated Press. May 25, 2020. Retrieved June 24, 2023.
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- ^ "The Screenplay For Final Destination 3". www.scriptologist.com. Retrieved December 28, 2021.
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- ^ "Ryan Merriman's Destination' role not his final act". Oklahoman.com. February 10, 2006. Retrieved December 28, 2021.
- ^ Dambrosio, Christina. "13 things you probably didn't know about 'She's the Man'". Insider. Retrieved December 28, 2021.
- ^ "'She's the Man' Is the Most Important Soccer Movie of All Time". www.vice.com. Retrieved December 28, 2021.
- ^ Nayman, Adam (March 1, 2013). "'Charlie Zone': Down and out in a very scummy-looking Halifax". The Globe and Mail. Canada. Archived from the original on July 6, 2013. Retrieved September 10, 2015.
- ^ Kirkland, Brucer (March 7, 2013). "It may be Ferocious, but it's not good". Toronto Sun. Postmedia Network. Archived from the original on December 8, 2015. Retrieved September 10, 2015.
- Indiewire.com. Archived from the originalon September 10, 2015. Retrieved September 10, 2015.
- Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Retrieved September 15, 2015.[dead link]
- ^ "Adam Brody And Amanda Crew To Star In 'The Wanting'". Deadline. September 26, 2016. Retrieved September 26, 2016.
- ^ Knight, Chris (July 10, 2020). "Target Number One is a rough-and-ready feature length Heritage Minute". National Post. Retrieved December 28, 2021.
- ^ Past Nominees & Winners 2007 at www.leoawards.com
- ^ Past Nominees & Winners 2011 at www.leoawards.com
- ^ Past Nominees & Winners 2012 at www.leoawards.com
- ^ Past Nominees & Winners 2013 at www.leoawards.com
- ^ Past Nominees & Winners 2015 at www.leoawards.com
- ^ "Golden Maple awards celebrate Canadian talent making it in the U.S." CBC News. Retrieved February 21, 2017.
- ^ "Golden Maple Awards Nominees Unveiled". The Hollywood Reporter. May 16, 2016. Retrieved February 21, 2017.
- ^ "ACISE-LA announces 2016 Golden Maple Awards winners". TV, eh?. July 2, 2016. Retrieved February 21, 2017.
- ^ "Congratulations to the nominees in over 20 categories to be presented at the Closing Night Awards Presentation!". first glance films. March 11, 2019. Retrieved March 11, 2019.
External links
- Official website
- Amanda Crew at IMDb