Amanda Crew

2005–2009

Amanda Crew in 2009

In 2005, at age 19, Crew landed her first onscreen acting role as Polly Brewer in the ABC teen drama Life as We Know It. She made a cameo appearance as a sorority sister in an episode of Smallville, a television series based on the DC Comics character Superman. From 2005 to 2006, she played Tanis McTaggart on the YTV teen drama 15/Love which co-starred 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 film Final Destination 3, the third instalment in the Final Destination film series and the fourth chronologically. She played Julie Christensen, the younger sister of the film's protagonist Wendy Christensen, played by Mary Elizabeth Winstead. Despite mixed reviews from critics, the film became the biggest commercial success for Crew's career, earning $117.72 million at the box office worldwide. She made a cameo in the romantic teen comedy John Tucker Must Die, and later co-starred with Amanda Bynes and Channing Tatum in the romantic teen comedy She's the Man.

In 2008, Crew landed her first lead role in the teen road comedy Sex Drive, co-starring with James Marsden and Seth Green. She played Felicia Alpine, a high school student who goes on a road trip with her two best friends. She later starred as Marie in the romantic comedy That One Night, which premiered at the Omaha Film Festival on February 19, 2008. In 2009, she had a supporting role 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 office and eventually grossed $77.5 million worldwide.

2010–2013

In 2010, Crew co-starred with Zac Efron and Kim Basinger in the supernatural romantic drama Charlie St. Cloud, playing the love interest of the titular character. Despite negative reviews, it proved to be Crew's mainstream breakthrough. 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 Toronto International Film Festival on September 13, 2010 and received negative reviews from critics. Despite this, the film was nominated for nine Leo Awards, including Best Feature Length Film, losing to Gunless. Crew herself received a nomination for her performance.

In 2011, Crew starred in the crime thriller Charlie Zone as a heroin addicted single mother.^[4] After the film had its world 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 later received a limited theatrical release on March 1, 2013. She later starred in the family drama 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 performance.

Crew guest-starred on the legal drama Suits, as an expert hacker who has stolen money from her father's company. In 2012, Crew co-starred 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-starred with Kim Coates and Katie Boland in the thriller Ferocious. She played Leigh Parrish, a small-town girl turned famous actress who goes to great lengths to keep her reputation from being destroyed.^[5] Despite negative reviews, Crew received a fourth Leo nomination for her performance.

She later co-starred with Virginia Madsen in the romantic comedy drama Crazy Kind of Love as Bette Mack, a woman who has a sexual relationship with the youngest son of a family torn apart by the father's infidelity. She had a supporting role with James Woods and J. K. Simmons in the biopic Jobs, playing, Julie, a college student who has a one-night stand with Apple Inc. co-founder Steve Jobs, played by Ashton Kutcher. The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January 25, 2013 and was critically panned.

2014–present

Since 2014, Crew has starred as venture capitalist Monica Hall in Mike Judge's HBO sitcom Silicon Valley. She guest-starred on CTV police procedural drama Motive as Robin Keaton, a young mother who becomes engaged to the man responsible for the murder of her son's father. She later co-starred Brian Geraghty in the christian musical drama The Identical, where they play a couple who gives one of their newborn twin sons to a sterile couple as they cannot raise them both. The film premiered at the Nashville Film Festival on April 17, 2014 to negative reviews and was a box office bomb.

In her third collaboration with director Carl Bessai, she starred as Izzy Fontaine in the crime comedy Bad City, which premiered at the Oldenburg International Film Festival on September 10, 2014. The film was nominated for nine Leo Awards, including Best Feature Length Drama and Best Supporting Performance by a Female in a Motion Picture for Crew's performance.^[6] In 2015, she co-starred with Blake Lively and Ellen Burstyn in the fantasy romance The Age of Adaline, playing the college student daughter of William and Kathy Jones, played by Harrison Ford and Kathy Baker.

Crew co-starred with musical duo Aly & AJ in the comedy-drama Weepah Way for Now, which premiered at the Los Angeles Film Festival on June 16, 2015.^[7] In 2016, Crew co-starred with Jeremy Irons and William Hurt in the biographical sports drama Race, where she played the love interest of track and field coach Larry Snyder, played by Jason Sudeikis. The film received seven nominations at the 5th Canadian Screen Awards, including Best Motion Picture. She co-starred with Michael Shannon in the western drama Poor Boy, playing a roller girl 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 comedy Chokeslam. She plays an ill-tempered wrestler who is pursued by her ex-boyfriend at their high school reunion.^[8] After the film premiered at the Calgary International Film Festival on October 2, 2016, it was released on February 10, 2017 to mixed reviews from critics. In 2017, Crew co-starred with Anna Kendrick and Lisa Kudrow in the critically panned romantic wedding comedy Table 19, playing the narcissistic girlfriend of Wyatt Russell's character.

She later co-starred with Ed Harris in the drama thriller A Crooked Somebody, playing a woman who's father 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-starred with Stephen McHattie in the crime drama Juggernaut, playing a woman who gets caught in the middle of a family conflict between her boyfriend and his outlaw younger brother. The film premiered at the San Diego International Film Festival on October 7, 2017.

In 2018, Crew co-starred 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 premiere in the Discovery section at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 8, 2018, where it was nominated for Best Canadian Film. She co-starred with Adam Brody in the horror film Isabelle, playing a woman who begins seeing a supernatural entity following the death of her stillborn son.^[9] The film had its world premiere in the Midnight Passion section at the Busan International Film Festival on October 6, 2018.

She will star with Robert Patrick and Ray Wise in the horror film Tone Deaf. The film will be released sometime in 2019.

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