Amanda Setton

Amanda Setton
Setton at the CW, CBS and Showtime 2013 Summer TCA Party
Born	(1985-12-16) December 16, 1985 (age 31) New York City, New York, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2005–present

Amanda Setton (born December 16, 1985) is an American actress. She is best known for her recurring role as Penelope Shafai on The CW's teen drama Gossip Girl (2008–12) and for her role as Kimberly Andrews on the ABC soap opera One Life to Live (2009–11). She made her Off-Broadway debut in the comedy play Love, Loss, and What I Wore in late 2011, and was on the first half of season one of the Fox comedy The Mindy Project.

Setton was born in New York City, and grew up in Great Neck, where she was president of her high school's theater club. She is Jewish (of both Syrian Jewish and Ashkenazi Jewish descent). Setton majored in drama at Ithaca College, where she graduated in 2007. In her junior year she studied abroad in Barcelona, Spain in an IES program. Setton completed a comprehensive two-year Meisner technique program at The Actor's Workshop of Ithaca under the instruction of Eliza VanCort.

Setton played Penelope Shafai on the teen drama Gossip Girl from 2008 to 2012. She made her debut on the ABC soap opera One Life to Live as Kimberly Andrews on August 14, 2009. Setton also had small roles in the 2008 films Sex and the City and What Happens in Vegas. The website Daytime Confidential reported on February 21, 2010 that Setton had taped her last episode as Kim on One Life to Live despite being offered a contract and a pay increase.