Amanda Crew | |
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Crew at the premiere of Repeaters in September 2010
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Born |
Langley, British Columbia, Canada |
June 5, 1986
Residence | Los Angeles, California, United States |
Nationality | Canadian |
Education | Brookswood Secondary School |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 2005–present |
Partner(s) | Dustin Milligan (2010–present) |
Amanda Crew (born June 5, 1986) is a Canadian actress. She is best known for portraying Monica Hall on the HBO sitcom Silicon Valley (2014–present). Following her film debut in Final Destination 3 (2006), she had lead roles as Felicia Alpine in Sex Drive (2008) and Tess Carroll in Charlie St. Cloud (2010), as well as Carrie Miller on the television series Whistler.
Amanda Crew was born in Langley, British Columbia. Her mother is a legal secretary and her father is a telecom worker. She began acting when she was cast in the musical Dragon Tales during her fifth grade in elementary school. This led to talent-agency representation and a career as a child actor on stage. She went on to the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City
In 2005, at age 19, Crew played Polly Brewer in the cast of the ABC teen drama Life as We Know It. She made a cameo appearance in an episode of Smallville, a television series based on the DC Comics character Superman. From 2005 to 2006, she played Tanis McTaggart on the YTV teen drama 15/Love with Meaghan Rath. From 2006 to 2008, Crew played Carrie Miller on the CTV drama Whistler, co-starring with David Paetkau.
She made her motion-picture debut in the 2006 supernatural horror film Final Destination 3, the third installment in the Final Destination film series and the fourth chronologically. That same year, she starred as Kimberly in the made for television post-apocalyptic film Meltdown: Days of Destruction with Casper Van Dien. Her next film role was a silent cameo in the romantic teen comedy John Tucker Must Die. She starred with Amanda Bynes and Channing Tatum in the romantic teen comedy She's the Man as Kia.