Amanda Crew Biography

Amanda Crew (born June 5, 1986) is a Canadian television and film actress. She is best known for her role on the television series 15/Love and Whistler, and in the feature-length films Final Destination 3, She's The Man, Sex Drive, The Haunting in Connecticut, and Charlie St. Cloud. She has also made cameos in shows like Life as We Know It, Suits and Smallville.

Early life

Crew was born in Langley, British Columbia. Her mother is a legal secretary and her father is a telecom worker. Crew attended Brookswood Secondary School in Langley. She began her acting career when she was cast in the musical Dragon Tales during her fourth grade in elementary school. Three agents contacted her, and she has been acting ever since. She did a Coca-Cola commercial and acted in stage plays like Stalling, Cordstons Courts, and Langley, the Musical. Crew attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts.

Career

Television

Crew got her big break at age 18 for playing Tanis McTaggart on the YTV teen dramedy series 15/Love. After leaving the show in 2005, she guest starred on the television series Life as We Know It and Smallville. From 2006 to 2008, she played Carrie Miller on the CTV drama series Whistler, for which she won Best Lead Performance by a Female in a Dramatic Series at the Vancouver-based Leo Awards.

Film

Crew got her Hollywood break when she landed a role in the 2006 horror film Final Destination 3, which went on to international success, grossing $19,173,094 in its opening weekend and eventually grossing $112,798,051 worldwide. She then continued to star in several successful Hollywood productions including She's the Man and Sex Drive. In 2009, Crew starred in the horror film The Haunting in Connecticut. The film opened at #2 at the box office and ultimately grossed $55,325,526 in the United States and Canada alone, making her highest grossing picture to date and went on to make $72,742,856 worldwide. In 2009, Crew was cast alongside Zac Efron and Kim Basinger in Charlie St. Cloud, which was released on July 30, 2010. She also starred in the thriller film Repeaters.

Personal life

Since filming the movie Final Destination 3, Crew has been close friends with actor Dustin Milligan, and has worked with him throughout the years in several other projects. Crew is an aunt to her sister's son, Austin.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006	Final Destination 3	Julie Christensen	Film Debut
2006	She's the Man	Kia
2006	John Tucker Must Die	Hallway Girl	Cameo
2006	Meltdown: Days of Destruction	Kimberly
2008	That One Night	Marie
2008	Sex Drive	Felicia Alpine
2008	Monster Ark	Joanna
2009	'	Britney
2009	'	Wendy Campbell
2010	Charlie St. Cloud	Tess Carroll
2010	Repeaters	Sonia Logan
2011	Charlie Zone	Jan
2011	Sisters & Brothers	Nikki
2012	Knife Fight	Helena St. John
2012	Ferocious	Leigh Parrish
2012	Awesometown	Sam
2013	Crazy Kind of Love	Bette
2013	Miss Dial	Amanda
2013	Jobs	Julie
2013	The F Word	Lisa
2013	The Identical	Helen Hemsley
2014	Bad City	Izzy Fontaine

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2005	Life as We Know It	Polly Brewer	Episode: "Friends Don't Let Friends Drive Junk" Episode: "You Must Be Trippin'"
2005	Smallville	Sorority Girl	Episode: "Recruit"
2005–2006	15/Love	Tanis McTaggart	23 episodes
2006–2007	Whistler	Carrie Miller	26 episodes
2011	Suits	Lola Jensen	Episode: "Identity Crisis"
TBA	Silicon Valley	Monica	Pre-production

Other

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2010	All That Glitters	Whitney Carmichael
2013	Sexy Pool Party	Herself