| Seyfried was born in Allentown and is a 2003 graduate of Allentown's William Allen High School. She is currently a student at New York City's Fordham University. Seyfried started her career as an actress in soap operas. In 2000, she was the first actress to play the role of Lucy Montgomery on CBS's As the World Turns. She went on, from 2002 to 2003, to play the role of Joni Stafford on ABC's All My Children. Continuing her television career, Seyfried was cast in UPN's Veronica Mars as the title character's murdered best friend Lilly Kane. In her role as Lilly, she appeared on the show through a series of flashbacks, which portrayed her as a wild, stylish, and bubbly teenage daughter of a business executive. Lilly is sometimes compared to the character of Laura Palmer of Twin Peaks, who also was deceased and appeared through various flashbacks as the plot unfolded. While appearing often during Mars' first season, she also appeared briefly during season 2's premier and finale. Seyfried has had primetime cameo appearances on Fox's House,NBC's Law & Order: SVUand CBS's "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" and currently appears as Rebecca on ABC Family's television series Wildfire. She is also a main character, Sarah Henrickson, in the highly-touted HBO original series Big Love. In 2006, she will appear in the film Alpha Dog, starring pop icon Justin Timberlake.
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