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BIOGRAPHY

Mandy Moore
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Amanda Leigh Moore, born April 10, 1984, is an American pop singer and actress.

Moore was born in Nashua, New Hampshire to Don Moore (a pilot for American Airlines) and Stacy (a former newspaper reporter); her maternal grandmother was English and a dancer in the theater district in the West End of London, England, while her maternal grandfather was Jewish. Moore has two brothers, Scott and Kyle; she grew up in Seminole County, Florida, outside of Orlando, moving there shortly after her birth. Moore was raised a Catholic, and attended Bishop Moore Catholic High School, as well Lake Brantley High School in Altamonte Springs.

Moore's interest in singing grew after seeing the musical Oklahoma!. She subsequently sang the National Anthem at a few athletic events. She was spotted and signed on to a record deal with Sony Records after recording a demo at the age of 14. Throughout 1999, Moore toured with The Backstreet Boys.

n early 2004, after Moore was dropped from Sony's Epic Records, she signed with Warner Brothers Records. Sony released The Best of Mandy Moore on November 16, 2004, which included all of Moore's biggest hits from the past five years. However, due to little promotion, the album peaked at a noticably low #148 on the Billboard 200.

Another compilation album, Candy was released around the time Moore began working on her 2006 album. It was released with no promotion and never appeared on the charts. This was the final release of Moore's music from Epic Records.

A new studio album from Moore will be released in the spring of 2006 through her new record label, Sire Records; the title of the album is currently unknown. The album was co-written by singers Michelle Branch, Rachael Yamagata, and Lori McKenna. Moore will also collaborate with Adam Duritz, Chantal Kreviazuk, and James Renald who wrote Hey! and her single "Cry". "Instyle Magazine" UK (2/06) has reported that Moore's fourth album and first album for Sire Records may be titled Slummin' in Paradise.

Moore began her acting career with an appearance in the straight-to-video children's movie Magic Al and the Mind Factory, a voiceover role in Dr. Dolittle 2, and a small part in the Good Charlotte music video, "Little Things". Later in 2001, 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. In the movie, Moore's character performs a song from the film's soundtrack, "Stupid Cupid". Her other films include:

2006 Romance and Cigarettes as Baby
2006 American Dreamz as Sally Kendoo
2004 Saved! as Hilary Faye
2004 Chasing Liberty as Anna Foster
2003 Try Seventeen as Lisa direct-to-video
2003 How to Deal as Halley Martin
2002 A Walk to Remember as Jamie Sullivan
2001 The Princess Diaries as Lana Thomas