# Amanda was considered for the roles of both Regina and Cady in the film Mean Girls, but eventually settled on the role of Karen.
# Amanda’s favorite place in the world is Greece. She would love to visit there again sometime.
# Amanda used to play her guitar on the set of her show Big Love.
# Stellan Skarsgård, who played Amanda’s dad in Mamma Mia, also played her lover in the film Boogie Woogie.
# When Amanda was seventeen, both her and her boyfriend were fired from the soap opera All My Children.
# Amanda’s part in her movie, Nine Lives, was written specifically for her.
# When Amanda was young, she decided she wanted to be a meteorologist after seeing the movie, Twister. Amanda plans on going to college someday and studying earth science and meteorology.
# Amanda’s favorite movie is Baz Lhurmann’s Romeo and Juliet.
# Amanda dreams of one day working with Michael Caine.
# Amanda enjoys listening to Folk music.
# Amanda’s favourite designer is Miu Miu.
# Amanda is ranked #2 in AIM’s “100 Celebs Under 25″.
# Her special skills and interests include dancing, singing and tennis.
# While living in Allentown, Pennsylvania, Amanda got to see musicals in Manhattan such as Cats and Les Miserables, which is her all-time favorite musical.
# Amanda missed 70 school days during her senior year in high school due to her acting commitments.
# As a child model, Amanda initially signed with Image International Agency in Allentown, Pennsylvania before working under Bethlehem’s Pro Model Agency and eventually with Wilhelmina agency in New York.
# Amanda trained in classical opera for two years and studied under a Broadway voice coach for almost five years.
# In May 2008, Amanda dressed up as Alice of Alice in Wonderland for a seven-page spread for Vogue Italia. That same month, she was also featured in the promotional poster for her movie musical Mamma Mia!.
# Amanda shared the 2005 MTV Movie Award for Best On-Screen Team with Mean Girls co-stars Lindsay Lohan, Rachel McAdams, and Lacey Chabert.
# Amanda was among the performers for the movie soundtracks of Mamma Mia! and Mean Girls.
# Amanda appeared in the film In Search Of by Independent Dream in 2006.
# Amanda was going to attend Fordham University in New York, but decided to postpone it to film Mean Girls.
# Amanda is good friends with Mean Girls co-star Lindsay Lohan. She is also good friends with Nikki Reed, her co-star in American Gun.
# Amanda appeared as an extra on CBS’s Guiding Light.