95 Facts About Mandy Moore

Amanda Leigh Moore was born on April 10,1984 and is an American singer-songwriter and actress.

Mandy Moore rose to fame with her 1999 debut single "Candy", which peaked at number 41 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Mandy Moore made her feature film debut in 2001 with a minor voice role in Dr Dolittle 2, before playing a supporting role in the comedy The Princess Diaries.

Mandy Moore received recognition for her starring role in the romantic drama A Walk to Remember.

Mandy Moore voiced Rapunzel in the Disney animated musical fantasy film Tangled.

Mandy Moore was born on April 10,1984, in Nashua, New Hampshire, to Stacy, a former news reporter who once worked for the Orlando Sentinel, and Donald Mandy Moore, a pilot for American Airlines.

Mandy Moore was raised Catholic, but had stopped practicing religion by 2004 and has since developed a "hodgepodge of things" that she believes.

Mandy Moore has an older brother, Scott, and a younger brother, Kyle.

When Mandy Moore was two months old, she and her family moved to Longwood, Florida, outside of Orlando, because of her father's job.

Mandy Moore became interested in singing and acting at a young age, and called her British maternal grandmother, Eileen Friedman, a professional ballerina in London, one of her inspirations.

Mandy Moore began acting in lead roles in a number of local productions and performing the national anthem at a number of events in Orlando.

Mandy Moore was twelve years old when she went to the Stagedoor Manor performing arts camp.

Later that year, Mandy Moore toured with the boy band Backstreet Boys.

Mandy Moore's debut single, "Candy", was released on August 17,1999, in the US The single was a commercial success in a number of countries, and has been compared to the singles of fellow teen pop singers Jessica Simpson, Christina Aguilera, and Britney Spears.

Mandy Moore won the Kids' Choice Awards for Favorite Rising Star for the album in 2000.

In 2001, Mandy Moore began working on her second studio album, which was said to move away from the bubblegum pop sound and image she became known for.

Mandy Moore said during an interview with Billboard magazine that "All of the music has started to look and sound the same" and that she chose to move in a different musical direction.

Moore's self-titled second studio album, Mandy Moore, was released on June 19,2001.

Mandy Moore made her feature film debut in 2001, where she voiced a Girl Bear Cub in the comedy Dr Dolittle 2, which starred Eddie Murphy.

Later that year, Mandy Moore co-starred with Anne Hathaway in the comedy The Princess Diaries, based on Meg Cabot's novel The Princess Diaries, and was released on August 3,2001.

Mandy Moore played Lana Thomas, the rival of Mia Thermopolis.

In 2002, Mandy Moore made her starring debut with Shane West and Peter Coyote in the romantic drama A Walk to Remember, based on Nicholas Sparks's novel A Walk to Remember.

Mandy Moore played Jamie Sullivan, the unpopular daughter of Reverend Sullivan.

Mandy Moore received a number of nominations and awards for her performance in the film.

In 2003, Mandy Moore began working on her third studio album, later revealed to be a cover album called Coverage.

Mandy Moore's cover of John Hiatt's 1987 song "Have a Little Faith in Me" was released as the album's lead single shortly before the album.

Mandy Moore's cover of XTC's 1982 song "Senses Working Overtime" was released as the album's second single and failed to have any chart success.

Later that year, Mandy Moore's cover of Carole King's 1971 song "I Feel the Earth Move" was included on the compilation album Love Rocks from LGBT rights supporters.

In 2004, Mandy Moore left Epic after five years because of creative differences.

In 2003, Mandy Moore co-starred with Allison Janney, Peter Gallagher, and Trent Ford in the romantic comedy-drama How to Deal which was based on Sarah Dessen's novels That Summer and Someone like You.

Mandy Moore played Halley Martin, a cynical and rebellious seventeen-year-old who deals with falling in love with Macon Forrester, the new boy at her school and her relationships and issues with her family and friends.

In 2004, Mandy Moore co-starred with Matthew Goode in the romantic comedy Chasing Liberty.

Mandy Moore played Anna Foster, the rebellious eighteen-year-old "First Daughter" who wants more freedom from the Secret Service.

Mandy Moore played Hilary Faye Stockard, a proper and popular girl at a Christian high school.

Mandy Moore's performance was praised, with one critic calling her a "demented delight" and another calling it her best performance to date.

In 2005, Mandy Moore co-starred in the sports family comedy-drama Racing Stripes, where she voiced Sandy the white horse, and guest-starred in the HBO comedy-drama Entourage.

Mandy Moore was scheduled to star in the films Cursed, Havoc and The Upside of Anger, which were all eventually released in 2005, but without her involvement in any of them.

In 2006, Mandy Moore guest-starred as Julie Quinn in two episodes of the fifth season of the NBC medical sitcom Scrubs, that were the ninth episode "My Half-Acre" and the tenth episode "Her Story II".

Mandy Moore co-starred with Hugh Grant, Dennis Quaid and William Dafoe in Paul Weitz's satirical comedy American Dreamz, which was released in April 2006.

Mandy Moore played Sally Kendoo, a sociopathic contestant on a singing competition series modelled after American Idol.

Later in 2006, Mandy Moore voiced Nita, the heroine of the Disney animated sequel Brother Bear 2, which was released directly to DVD on August 29,2006.

That same year, Mandy Moore was originally cast in Emilio Estevez's drama Bobby, but was replaced by Mary Elizabeth Winstead.

In early 2006, Mandy Moore said that she missed her music career and that singing is what she was the "most passionate about".

In 2004, Mandy Moore signed with Sire Records after her contract with Epic ended, but she left the label in May 2006 because of creative differences.

Mandy Moore co-starred with Diane Keaton, Gabriel Macht and Tom Everett Scott in the romantic comedy Because I Said So.

Later that year, Mandy Moore co-starred with John Krasinski and Robin Williams in the romantic comedy License to Wed which was released on July 3,2007.

On September 24,2007, Mandy Moore guest-starred in the CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother in the third-season premiere episode "Wait for It".

Mandy Moore played Lucy Reilly, a struggling children's book illustrator who falls in love with Henry Roth.

Mandy Moore stayed alone in a house in Woodstock in Upstate New York while recording the album in late 2006.

Mandy Moore performed the album's lead single "Extraordinary" at the Brick Awards on April 12,2007, and launched a tour in the summer of 2007.

On February 23,2008, Mandy Moore released the album in Australia, and subsequently toured with musician Ben Lee and the West Australian Symphony Orchestra in Western Australia, supporting inaugural American Idol winner Kelly Clarkson on her tour.

Mandy Moore began working on her fifth studio album Amanda Leigh in 2008.

Mandy Moore co-starred with Kellan Lutz in the romantic comedy Love, Wedding, Marriage.

In 2010, Mandy Moore made a guest-starring appearance as Mary Portman in the ABC medical drama Grey's Anatomy, for the two-part sixth-season finale, her first television role since 2007.

Mandy Moore returned to the show for two episodes of the seventh season.

Also that year, Mandy Moore co-starred with Zachary Levi where she voiced Rapunzel in the CGI Disney animated fantasy musical comedy Tangled.

In 2012, she co-starred with Carla Gugino and Rufus Sewell in Sebastian Gutierrez's crime drama Hotel Noir, which was released on October 9,2012, in the US From 2012 to 2013, Mandy Moore voiced Mara in the short-lived Disney XD animated science fiction series Tron: Uprising.

Mandy Moore voiced the title character in the Disney Junior animated series Sheriff Callie's Wild West from 2014 to 2015.

In July 2012, Mandy Moore announced that she would be collaborating with her then-husband, musician Ryan Adams, on her upcoming sixth studio album.

Mandy Moore asked to leave the pilot and ABC agreed to it.

From 2014 to 2015, Mandy Moore had a recurring role as Dr Erin Grace in the short-lived Fox medical comedy-drama Red Band Society.

Mandy Moore co-starred with Claire Holt in the underwater survival thriller 47 Meters Down.

In September 2015, Mandy Moore said that she was continuing to work on her sixth album.

In September 2016, Mandy Moore began co-starring as Rebecca Pearson in the NBC family comedy-drama This Is Us, where she later received a Golden Globe Award nomination for her role.

In July 2017, Mandy Moore announced her intentions to return to music in an interview with People.

In February 2019, Mandy Moore co-starred with Justin Bartha, Barbara Jacques and Paul Lieberstein in the short comedic action film The Big Break.

On March 25,2019, Mandy Moore received her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

On September 17,2019, Mandy Moore released her first original song in over a decade, the single "When I Wasn't Watching", with an accompanying music video; this was followed by the single "I'd Rather Lose" on October 31.

On March 6,2020, Mandy Moore released her sixth studio album Silver Landings via Verve Forecast Records.

On May 13,2022, Mandy Moore released her seventh studio album, In Real Life.

In 2006, Mandy Moore talked about her early albums, saying she believed her debut album So Real was appropriate for her age at their time of release, but that she "would give a refund to everyone who bought [her] first two albums" if she could.

Mandy Moore has since said that she has become more comfortable with her older music, and that she has found new ways to present her more bubblegum-friendly songs with contemporary musical arrangements.

Mandy Moore has often been praised by music critics for branching off and writing her own music.

AllMusic said, "Mandy Moore smoothly evolved from adolescent starlet to mature songwriter, continuing to distance herself from the scene that had launched her career one decade prior".

Mandy Moore has said that she was inspired by film and television as a child.

Mandy Moore advocates "giving with your head", endorsing the philosophy of effective altruism.

Mandy Moore has served as the Honorary Chairperson of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society's division on awareness for youth.

Mandy Moore served as a spokesperson by helping young people be aware of the seriousness of leukemia and lymphoma.

Mandy Moore made a surprise visit at Children's Hospital Los Angeles as a part of Get Well Soon Tour.

Mandy Moore is the ambassador for the UN Foundation's Nothing But Nets malaria prevention campaign.

Mandy Moore is the spokesperson for Dove's self-esteem movement and the "Women who should be famous" campaign.

Mandy Moore teamed up with Indrani Goradia, a domestic violence survivor and founder of Indrani's Light Foundation, along with Mom Bloggers Club, to help raise awareness and campaign against domestic violence.

In July 2016, Mandy Moore appeared on an a cappella version of Rachel Platten's song "Fight Song" along with several other celebrities for the 2016 Democratic National Convention for Hillary Clinton's unsuccessful second bid at the presidency.

Mandy Moore was one of the demonstrators at the Los Angeles 2017 Women's March held on January 21,2017.

On January 13,2020, Mandy Moore officially endorsed Pete Buttigieg for President of the United States prior to the Iowa caucuses.

Mandy Moore uses her social media platforms to support criminal justice reform and Black Lives Matter.

In February 2009, Mandy Moore announced that the line would be discontinued, but that she hoped to return to her fashion career under different circumstances in the future.

In January 2015, Mandy Moore filed for divorce from Adams while he was in New York, citing "irreconcilable differences".

Mandy Moore announced the birth of her daughter in September 2024.

In 2019, Mandy Moore revealed that she suffers from digestive issues and gluten sensitivity, which causes fatigue, gas, and bloating.

Mandy Moore later learned that her house was still standing, but that almost all of the contents inside were lost due to damage from being surrounded by fire from all sides.

Mandy Moore was criticized online after sharing on Instagram that a GoFundMe page had been set up for them.

Mandy Moore responded by telling her fans that she was helping out her relatives, and to "kindly F OFF".

In 2012, Mandy Moore was ranked number 96 on VH1's list of "100 Greatest Women in Music" as well as number 63 on their "Sexiest Artists of All Time List".

In June 2024, Mandy Moore received the inaugural Lifetime of Culture Award at the Las Culturistas Culture Awards.