AMANDA PEET (Sofia Kowalski)

With engaging style and endearing wit, Amanda Peet is a star on the rise. Peet is an accomplished and versatile film actress who is best known for her diverse choice of roles in romantic comedies, dramas and thrillers. Peet can currently be seen in STUDIO 60 ON THE SUNSET STRIP on NBC with co-stars Mathew Perry and Bradley Whitford. Amanda stars as Jordan McDeere, the newly appointed network president of the “National Broadcast System.”

Peet recently made her Broadway debut in the revival of Neil Simon’s comedy, “Barefoot In the Park.” She and Patrick Wilson starred as newlyweds in Greenwich Village in the 1960s. Last summer, Peet starred to critical acclaim, in the Neil LaBute off-Broadway play “This Is How It Goes” opposite Ben Stiller and Jeffrey Wright.

Peet will next be seen opposite John Cusack in the New Line Cinema drama THE MARTIAN CHILD. She also recently finished production on GRIFFIN AND PHOENIX with Dermot Mulroney, which premiered at the 2006 Toronto Film Festival.

Her numerous credits include the Oscar nominated, Warner Bros./Section Eight thriller, SYRIANA, also starring Matt Damon, George Clooney and Chris Cooper. In 2005 Peet starred alongside Ashton Kutcher in A LOT LIKE LOVE. Other credits include Woody Allen’s MELINDA AND MELINDA opposite Will Ferrell; THE WHOLE NINE YARDS and it’s sequel THE WHOLE TEN YARDS; the 2003 hit SOMETHING’S GOTTA GIVE with Jack Nicholson and Diane Keaton; In 2003 Peet starred alongside John Cusack and Ray Liotta in the thriller IDENTITY. In 2002, Peet was seen in HIGH CRIMES, alongside Morgan Freeman and Ashley Judd and CHANGING LANES opposite Samuel L. Jackson, Ben Affleck and Sydney Pollack. That same year, she appeared as Jeff Goldblum’s mistress, a beautiful and privileged young woman who is hooked on drugs, in IGBY GOES DOWN.

STUDIO 60 ON THE SUNSET STRIP marks Peet’s first return to television since audiences warmed to her when she starred as Jack on the hit drama, JACK AND JILL.

A native of New York, Peet graduated from Columbia University with a degree in American History. While there, she also studied acting under Uta Hagen, which ultimately lead her to pursue acting as a career.