Amanda Leigh Moore was born on April 10, 1984 in Nashua, New Hampshire, United States. She is an American singer and actress. Amanda Leigh Moore Height : 5'10"/178 cm.

Biography and Career :

After seeing the musical "Oklahoma!", she decided that she wanted to pursue a career in singing. As a child, Amanda Leigh Moore performed the National Anthem at several athletic events around her hometown of Orlando, Florida, and became known as the "National Anthem girl".

Amanda Leigh Moore has two brothers, Scott and Kyle; she grew up in Seminole County, Florida, outside of Orlando, moving there shortly after her birth because of her father's job.

At the ripe age of 14, while she was recording in a studio in Orlando, a Fed-Ex worker who happened to be passing through heard her an d was interested in her talent. He happened to know someone at Sony as well. Amanda Leigh Moore worked on cutting a demo and shortly thereafter signed a record deal with Sony 550 Music. At 15, her first record "So Real" was released. Her first tour was with the Backstreet Boys.

Her first album, So Real, was released in December of that year and reached number thirty-one on the U.S. Billboard 200 album chart. At the time of the album's release, reviewers considered Moore the latest in a series of heavily-marketed female singers described as "pop princesses", akin to Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera and Jessica Simpson.

Amanda Leigh Moore released I Wanna Be with You, a re-worked version of her debut album, in May 2000. The album, which was mostly completed with synthesizers, bass, guitar, and drums, comprised new songs alongside tracks and remixes from So Real.

In 2001, Amanda Leigh Moore appeared in a small part as the mean and popular cheerleader Lana Thomas opposite actresses Anne Hathaway and Julie Andrews in the film The Princess Diaries. During the film, Moore's character performs "Stupid Cupid", a song from the film's soundtrack. In 2002, Moore had her first starring role in a major feature film in A Walk to Remember, which co-starred Shane West.

In October of 2003, Amanda Leigh Moore released her fourth album Coverage, which All Music Guide characterised as a "leap to musical maturity" and which Entertainment Weekly called an "effort to shed her bubblegum-blond image".

Amanda Leigh Moore's most recent film, which opened in April 2006, was the parody American Dreamz, in which she plays a deranged contestant on a television series modelled after American Idol.

In 2006, Amanda Leigh Moore commented on her early albums with ill feelings, noting that although she believed her first was appropriate for her age, she felt it "sucked" and that her first albums were "just awful".

Amanda Leigh Moore also said that she "would give a refund to everyone who bought my first two albums" if she could; during a radio interview in April 2006, the show's co-host (who had seen her comments) asked her for a refund on the first album, a request that Moore fulfilled.

Trivia :

- Her younger brother, Kyle, was an extra in her music video "Candy." They also have an older brother, Scott.

- Hosted her own daytime MTV series during Summer 2000.

- Mandy modeled in a cosmetics add in USA.

- Wants to be a news reporter.

- Her debut single 'Candy' topped the Australian Charts at number 1.

Quotes :

- "I like older boys, but they think, 'She's under age.' I'd love to have somebody in mind when I sing."
- "When people come up to me and say, 'You made it,' I think, 'But I'm not done yet. Not everyone's heard my music.' I want to be a household name."
- "I'm not an advocate for having sex or not having sex. It's a personal decision. Whenever you feel ready, you're ready."

Discography :

Albums :

1999 So Real
2000 I Wanna Be with You
2001 Mandy Moore
2003 Coverage
2004 The Best of Mandy Moore
2005 Candy

Filmography :

1. Twist of Fate (2007) (pre-production) .... Chrissie
2. Safety Glass (2006) (pre-production) .... Lucy
3. License to Wed (2007) (filming) .... Sadie Jones
4. Because I Said So (2007) (post-production) .... Milly
5. Dedication (2006) (post-production) .... Lucy
6. Brother Bear 2 (2006) (V) .... Nita
7. "The Simpsons"
- Marge and Homer Turn a Couple Play (2006) TV Episode (voice) .... Tabitha Vixx
8. Southland Tales (2006) .... Madeline Frost Santaros
9. American Dreamz (2006) .... Sally Kendoo
... aka American Dreamz (Australia)
10. "Scrubs"
- Her Story II (2006) TV Episode .... Julie Quinn
- My Half-Acre (2006) TV Episode .... Julie Quinn
11. Romance & Cigarettes (2005) .... Baby
12. Racing Stripes (2005) (voice) .... Sandy
13. Saved! (2004) .... Hilary Faye
14. Chasing Liberty (2004) .... Anna Foster
15. How to Deal (2003) .... Halley Martin
16. Try Seventeen (2002) .... Lisa
... aka All I Want (USA: DVD title)
17. Kingdom Hearts (2002) (VG) (voice) .... Aerith Gainsborough
... aka Kingudamu hâtsu (Japan)
18. A Walk to Remember (2002) .... Jamie Sullivan
19. The Princess Diaries (2001) .... Lana Thomas
20. Dr. Dolittle 2 (2001) (voice) .... Girl Bear Cub
... aka DR.2 (USA: promotional abbreviation)
... aka DR2 (USA: promotional abbreviation)
21. Summer Music Mania 2001 (2001) (TV)
22. Magic Al and the Mind Factory (2000) (V) .... Brittany Foster
23. Street Rats (1996)

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Category: Musicians  - ( Musicians Archive)

Date Added: 10 February '09

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