Amanda Seyfried

Seyfried in 2012, photo by kathclick/bigstock.com

Birth Name: Amanda Michelle Seyfried

Place of Birth: Allentown, Pennsylvania, U.S.

Date of Birth: December 3, 1985

Ethnicity: German, smaller amounts of Welsh, Swiss-German, Scottish, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, and English, remote French

Amanda Seyfried is an American actress, singer, and model. Her roles include the films Mean Girls (2004), American Gun, Nine Lives (2005), Alpha Dog, Solstice, Mamma Mia!, and its sequel, Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again; Boogie Woogie, Jennifer’s Body, Chloe (2009), Dear John, Letters to Juliet, Red Riding Hood, A Bag of Hammers, In Time (2011), Gone, Les Misérables (2012), Lovelace, The Big Wedding, Epic (2013), A Million Ways to Die in the West, While We’re Young, Ted 2, Unity, Pan, Fathers and Daughters (2015), Love the Coopers, The Last Word (2017), The Clapper, First Reformed, Gringo, Anon (2018), The Art of Racing in the Rain, Scoob!, You Should Have Left, Mank (2020), Things Heard & Seen, A Mouthful of Air, Seven Veils, I Don’t Understand You, The Testament of Ann Lee, and The Housemaid (2025); and the series As the World Turns, All My Children, Veronica Mars, Wildfire, Big Love, Twin Peaks, The Dropout, The Crowded Room, and Long Bright River.

Amanda is the daughter of Ann, an occupational therapist, and Jack Seyfried, a pharmacist. Her sister Jennifer Seyfried is a musician in the Philadelphia organ-driven rock band Love City. Amanda’s father is of mostly German descent, and also has small amounts of Swiss-German and English ancestry. Amanda’s mother has German, as well as Welsh, Scottish, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, and remote French, ancestry. She has ancestors from Hesse and Baden-Württemberg in Germany.

Amanda is married to actor Thomas Sadoski, with whom she has two children.

A DNA test whose results were displayed on the show Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (2025) stated that Amanda’s genetic ancestry consists of:

*39% Germanic Europe
*39% England & Northwest Europe
*6% Wales
*5% Sweden & Denmark
*5% Scotland
*4% Ireland
*2% Eastern Europe & Russia

Genetically, she was found to have a common ancestor with actress Amy Ryan.

Amanda’s paternal grandfather was Richard R. Seyfried (the son of Robert Ambrose/J. Seyfried, Jr. and Irene M. Glasser). Richard was born in Pennsylvania. Robert was the son of Robert Ambrose Seyfried and Gertrude A. Frey. Irene was the daughter of Henry/Harry David Glasser and Sarah E. Long.

Amanda’s paternal grandmother is Barbara Ebert (the daughter of Luther Stephen Ebert and Arlene B. Allender). Luther was the son of Harry Charles Ebert and Clara May Eck. Arlene was the daughter of Francis J. Allender and Carrie Florence May Breisch.

Amanda’s maternal grandfather was Guifford Henrice Sander, Sr. (the son of Clarence Howard Sander and Helen Lydia Goodwin). Guifford was born in Pennsylvania. Clarence was the son of Carl/Charles August Sander, who was German, from Sachsen-Anhalt, and of Rebecca Jane Titzel. Helen was the daughter of Adam M. Goodwin, who was born in Maryland, to Scottish parents, and of Annie C. Friesel.

Amanda’s maternal grandmother is Janet L. Williams (the daughter of David Hopkins Williams, Jr. and Jennie Hensinger Allebach). Amanda’s grandmother Janet was born in Pennsylvania. David was the son of John Barber Williams and Emma C. Hopkins. Amanda’s great-grandmother Jennie was the daughter of Harvey J. Allebach and Kata Otilla Hensinger.

Seyfried in 2011, s_bukley / Shutterstock.com

Sources: Genealogies of Amanda Seyfried – http://gw.geneanet.org
https://www.geni.com

Genealogies of Amanda’s paternal great-grandparents, Robert Ambrose/J. Seyfried, Jr. and Irene M. (Glasser) Seyfried – http://www.findagrave.com

Death records of Amanda’s paternal great-grandparents, Luther Stephen Ebert and Arlene B. Allender – https://www.findagrave.com

Obituary of Amanda’s maternal grandfather, Guifford Henrice Sander, Sr. – http://articles.mcall.com

Genealogy of Amanda’s maternal great-great-grandmother, Rebecca Jane (Titzel) Sander – https://www.findagrave.com

Amanda’s maternal great-grandmother, Helen Lydia Goodwin, on the 1900 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org