canadian actress

Amanda Catherine Crew ( born June 5, 1986 ) [ 1 ] is a canadian actress. 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 ), american samoa well as Carrie Miller on the television receiver series Whistler ( 2006–2008 ). From 2014 to 2019, she played Monica Hall on the HBO situation comedy Silicon Valley .

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Amanda and Dustin at Rupaul ‘s DragCon in 2019

Amanda Crew was born in Langley, British Columbia. [ 1 ] Her mother, Debbie Crew, is a legal secretary and her beget, Ian Crew, is a telecommunication worker. [ 2 ] She began acting when she was cast in the melodious Dragon Tales in grade five. This led to talent-agency representation and doing commercials. She went on to the american Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City. Since October 2010, she has been in a long-run relationship with actor Dustin Milligan. [ 3 ]

career [edit ]

In 2005, at age 19, Crew landed her first onscreen acting character as Polly Brewer in the ABC adolescent drama Life as We Know It. She made a cameo appearance as a sorority sister in an episode of Smallville, a television receiver series based on the DC Comics character Superman. From 2005 to 2006, she played Tanis McTaggart on the YTV adolescent drama 15/Love which co-star actress and close friend Meaghan Rath. From 2006 to 2008, Crew played Carrie Miller on the CTV drama Whistler, for which she earned her first Leo award. In 2006, she made her film debut in the supernatural horror movie Final Destination 3, the third gear installation in the Final Destination movie series and the fourth chronologically. She played Julie Christensen, the younger baby of the film ‘s supporter Wendy Christensen ( played by Mary Elizabeth Winstead ). Crew had primitively auditioned for the function of Erin while Alexz Johnson auditioned for Julie, but ended up switch roles prior to filming. Despite mix reviews from critics, the movie became the biggest commercial success for Crew ‘s career, earning $ 117.72 million at the box office worldwide. She made a cameo as a high school student in the romanticist adolescent comedy John Tucker Must Die, which was negatively received .
Amanda Crew in 2009 She late appeared in the amatory adolescent drollery She’s the Man, a mod adaptation of William Shakespeare ‘s Twelfth Night. She played Kia, a soccer player who helps her acquaintance 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 misogynous passenger car. In 2008, Crew landed her first lead function in the adolescent road drollery Sex Drive. She played Felicia Alpine, a high gear school scholar who goes on a road stumble with her two best friends ( played by Josh Zuckerman and Clark Duke ). She belated starred as Marie in the amatory drollery That One Night, which premiered at the Omaha Film Festival on February 19, 2008. In 2009, she had a support function with Martin Donovan and Kyle Gallner in the supernatural horror film The Haunting in Connecticut. Despite negative reviews from critics, the film opened in second place at the north American box position and finally grossed $ 77.5 million global. She starred in the romanticist drollery The Break-Up Artist as Britney, a separation artist who becomes a matchmaker after her ex-boyfriend starts his own dissolution party and steals her customers .
In 2010, Crew co-star with Zac Efron and Kim Basinger in the supernatural romanticist drama Charlie St. Cloud, playing the love interest of the titular character. Despite negative reviews, it proved to be Crew ‘s mainstream discovery. Later that year, she starred in the crime thriller Repeaters as Sonia Logan, a drug addict who becomes trapped in a time loop. The film premiered at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival on September 13 and received minus reviews from critics. Despite this, the movie was nominated for nine Leo Awards, including Best feature Length Film, losing to Gunless. Crew herself received a Best Actress nomination for her performance. In 2011, Crew starred in the crime thriller Charlie Zone as a heroin addicted single mother. [ 4 ] After the movie had its populace premiere at the Atlantic Film Festival on September 16, 2011, the film was screened at the Vancouver International Film Festival on October 10, 2012, and belated received a circumscribed theatrical performance spill on March 1, 2013. She later starred in the family play Sisters & Brothers as Nikki, an aspiring actress who comes into conflict with her older half sister. The film won six Leo Awards, including Best feature Length Film, and Best Lead Performance by a Female in a Motion picture for Crew ‘s operation. Crew guest-starred on the USA Network legal drama Suits, as an adept hacker who has stolen money from her father ‘s company. In 2012, Crew co-star with an ensemble cast in the political thriller Knife Fight. She plays a woman involved in an affair with Larry Becker ( played by Eric McCormack ). The film premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival on April 25, 2012. In 2013, Crew co-star with Kim Coates and Katie Boland in the thriller Ferocious. She played Leigh Parrish, a small-town girlfriend turned celebrated actress who goes to great lengths to keep her reputation from being destroyed. [ 5 ] Despite negative reviews, Crew received her fourthly Leo nomination for her performance.

She later reunited with The Haunting in Connecticut co-star Virginia Madsen in the quixotic drollery drama Crazy Kind of Love. She played Bette Mack, a woman who becomes closely involved with the youngest son of a kin closely tear apart by the father ‘s infidelity. She had a encouraging character in the biopic Jobs, playing a hippie college scholar 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 .
From 2014 to 2019, Crew starred as venture capitalist Monica Hall in Mike Judge ‘s HBO situation comedy Silicon Valley. In the first base season, her character was primitively an adjunct to Peter Gregory ( played by Christopher Evan Welch ), but in the irregular season she becomes an consociate spouse with Laurie Bream ( played by Suzanne Cryer ) after Welch ‘s death in 2013, and subsequently leaves Bream Hall to join Pied Piper as its CFO and business adviser. She guest-starred on the second season of the CTV police procedural drama Motive as Robin Keaton, a young widowed mother who becomes engaged unwittingly to the homo responsible for the mangle of her son ‘s father. She former co-starred with Brian Geraghty in the Christian musical drama The Identical, where they play a couple who gives one of their neonate twin sons to a sterile couple ( played by Ray Liotta and Ashley Judd, respectively ) as they can not raise them both. The film premiered at the Nashville Film Festival on April 17, 2014 to negative reviews and was a box office turkey. In her third collaboration with film director Carl Bessai, she starred as seductive librarian Izzy Fontaine in the crime drollery Bad City, which premiered at the Oldenburg International Film Festival on September 10, 2014. The film was nominated for nine Leo Awards, including Best sport Length Drama and Best Supporting Actress for Crew ‘s performance. In 2015, she co-starred with Blake Lively and Ellen Burstyn in the illusion romance The Age of Adaline, playing the college scholar daughter of William and Kathy Jones ( played by Harrison Ford and Kathy Baker, respectively ). Crew co-star with musical couple Aly & AJ in the drollery drama Weepah Way for Now, which premiered at the Los Angeles Film Festival on June 16, 2015. [ 6 ] In 2016, Crew starred in the biographic sports drama Race, playing the love concern of cut and field passenger car Larry Snyder ( played by Jason Sudeikis ). The film received seven nominations at the 5th canadian Screen Awards, including Best movement mental picture. She co-star with Michael Shannon in the western drama Poor Boy, playing a roller daughter who moonlights as a prostitute. The film premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival on April 17, 2016. She later reunited with Ferocious co-star Michael Eklund in the romantic sports drollery Chokeslam. She played Sheena DeWilde, an crabbed wrestler who is romantically pursued by her ex-boyfriend Corey Swanson ( played by Chris Marquette ) despite being well involved with her director Tab Hennessey ( played by Niall Matter ). [ 7 ] After the film premiered at the Calgary International Film Festival on October 2, 2016, it was released on February 10, 2017 to assorted reviews from critics. In 2017, Crew starred in the critically panned amatory wedding comedy Table 19. She played Nikki, the maid of respect at a wedding and the egotistic girlfriend of the wedding ‘s best man Teddy ( played by Wyatt Russell ). She late co-starred with Ed Harris in the drama thriller A Crooked Somebody, playing a woman whose beget was murdered when she was a child. The film premiered at the Los Angeles Film Festival on June 21, 2017, and was released in theaters on October 5, 2018 to critical acclaim. She co-star with Stephen McHattie in the crime drama Juggernaut, playing a woman who gets caught in the center of a family conflict between her boyfriend Dean Gamble ( played by David Cubitt ) and his illegitimate younger brother Saxon ( played by Jack Kesy ). The film premiered at the San Diego International Film Festival on October 7, 2017 .
In 2018, Crew co-star with Emile Hirsch and Bruce Dern in the science fiction thriller Freaks, playing the mother of a young girl with telekinetic abilities. The film had its world premier in the Discovery segment at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 8, 2018, where it was nominated for Best Canadian Film, and was released global on September 13, 2019. She co-star with Adam Brody in the horror film Isabelle, playing a charwoman who begins seeing a supernatural entity following the death of her abortive son. [ 8 ] The film had its world premiere in the Midnight Passion section at the 23rd Busan International Film Festival on October 6, 2018. In cattiness of the film being panned by critics, Crew was nominated for the Best Actress award at several film festivals for her performance. In 2019, she starred in the home invasion horror comedy Tone-Deaf. She played Olive Smith, an entitled and objectionable millennial who, after several failed relationships and being fired from her job, decides to flee to the countryside and rent a house from widowed baby-boomer Harvey Parker ( played by Robert Patrick, who was besides one of the film ‘s executive producers ). The film had its earth premier at the SXSW Festival on March 10, 2019 and was released global on August 23. Reviews for the film were predominantly shuffle, though Crew ‘s performance was praised.

In 2020, She appeared in the biographic crime thriller Target Number One. She played Anna Malarek, the wife of journalist Victor Malarek ( played by Josh Hartnett ). The film was released on July 10, 2020 to positive reviews from critics. [ citation needed ]

Filmography [edit ]

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television [edit ]

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Directing [edit ]

Year Title Role Note
2017 Butterfly Director Music video performed by Rhett George
2019 Star Maps Director Music video performed by Aly & AJ

web [edit ]

Year Title Role Note
2014 Math Bites Various Web series
3 episodes
2014 The Slap Herself

Awards and nominations [edit ]

Year Award Category Nominated work Result
2007 Leo Awards Best Lead Performance by a Female in a Dramatic Series Whistler Won
2011 Best Lead Performance by a Female in a Motion Picture Repeaters Nominated
2012 Best Lead Performance by a Female in a Motion Picture Sisters & Brothers Won
2013 Best Lead Performance by a Female in a Motion Picture Ferocious Nominated
2015 Best Supporting Performance by a Female in a Motion Picture Bad City Nominated
Golden Maple Awards Best Actress in a TV Series Broadcast in the US[9] Silicon Valley Won
2016 Best Actress in a TV Series Broadcast in the US[10] Nominated
Newcomer of the Year in a TV Series Broadcast in the US[11] Won
2019 First Glance Film Festival Los Angeles Best Actress – Feature Film[12] Isabelle Nominated
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

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