Amanda Setton

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Amanda Setton
File:Amanda Setton 2013 (cropped).jpg
Setton at the CW, CBS and Showtime 2013 Summer TCA Party
Born (1985-12-16) December 16, 1985 (age 38)
New York City, New York, U.S.
Occupation Actress
Years active 2005–present

Amanda Setton (born December 16, 1985) is an American actress. She is best known for her recurring role as Penelope Shafai on The CW's teen drama Gossip Girl (2008–12) and for her role as Kimberly Andrews on the ABC soap opera One Life to Live (2009–11). She made her Off-Broadway debut in the comedy play Love, Loss, and What I Wore in late 2011,[1] and was on the first half of season one of the Fox comedy The Mindy Project.

Personal life

Setton was born in New York City, and grew up in Great Neck, where she was president of her high school's theater club.[2] She is Jewish (of both Syrian Jewish and Ashkenazi Jewish descent).[3][4] Setton majored in drama at Ithaca College, where she graduated in 2007.[2] In her junior year she studied abroad in Barcelona, Spain in an IES program. Setton completed a comprehensive two-year Meisner technique program at The Actor's Workshop of Ithaca under the instruction of Eliza VanCort.[5]

Career

Setton played Penelope Shafai on the teen drama Gossip Girl from 2008 to 2012. She made her debut on the ABC soap opera One Life to Live as Kimberly Andrews on August 14, 2009.[6][7] Setton also had small roles in the 2008 films Sex and the City and What Happens in Vegas. The website Daytime Confidential reported on February 21, 2010 that Setton had taped her last episode as Kim on One Life to Live despite being offered a contract and a pay increase.[8]

Setton returned to Gossip Girl in 2010. It was announced on June 22, 2011 that Setton would be returning to One Life to Live as Kimberly Andrews in August 2011.[9] On July 11, 2012, Setton was cast as a series regular on the Fox comedy series The Mindy Project, playing the role of Shauna Dicanio.[10] However, it was reported on November 20, 2012 that her character would be written out of the show.[11] Setton had a guest role on the pilot episode of the CBS crime drama series Golden Boy, which premiered February 26, 2013,[12] the same day that Setton was cast in the CBS sitcom The Crazy Ones.[13] She played recurring character Dr. Mindy Shaw during the fifth season of Hawaii Five-0.[14]

Filmography

Film roles
Year Title Role Notes
2005 Surrendering Serendipity: A Rock Opera The God Short film
2008 What Happens in Vegas Hot woman
2008 Sex and the City Girl slapping guy
2008 All the World's a Stage Director's assistant
2012 Pasolini's Last Words Carlo I/Signora xxx Documentary
2013 That Thing with the Cat Erica
2016 Black Dog, Red Dog Aazeen Post-production
Television roles
Year Title Role Notes
2008–12 Gossip Girl Penelope Shafai Recurring role; 31 episodes
2009–11 One Life to Live Kimberly Andrews Contract: August 14, 2009 – April 2, 2010
Recurring: August 22 – December 29, 2011
2010 Mercy Barb 2 episodes (1 uncredited)
2011 Blue Bloods Sylvia Episode: "To Tell the Truth"
2012–13 The Mindy Project Shauna Dicanio Main cast (season 1); 12 episodes
2013 Golden Boy Gemma Bar-Lev Episode: Pilot
2013–14 The Crazy Ones Lauren Slotsky Main cast; 22 episodes
2014–15 Hawaii Five-0 Assistant Medical Examiner Dr. Mindy Shaw Recurring cast (season 5); 6 episodes

References

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