A pretty, bouncy singer and actress originating from teen pop Orlando, Florida, Mandy Moore went from local musical theater and fame as the "National Anthem Girl" for her performance of "The Star Spangled Banner" at Orlando sports events, to her smash hit first music album at age fifteen. Seen by producers who heard her sing the patriotic tune and recommended she produce a demo tape, Mandy Moore was soon a fourteen year old pretty young girl with a record deal. Touring with the "Backstreet Boys" and "*NSYNC" in 1999 showed the young singer to a huge bubble gum and teen romance audience, and backlog orders for her first single "Candy" was so solid that her album release date was pushed up ny three months,  not a common event in the record business.

With a complementary music video that was bizarrely stimulating and sexy, although the teen aged Moore's wardrobe was conventional in relationship to her young teen pop competition, Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera, "Candy" started her MTV television career as well. Hitting the coveted platinum sales by 2000, Moore was now a regular on MTV, guest hosting and appearing on the the popular music series "T.R.L." and starring in television specials such as "Mandy's Spring Break Makeover." Seeing the performer's appeal, personality and brilliant screen poise, the network hired Moore for her own television series during the Fall of 2000, "The Mandy Moore Show," which was re-tooled and picked up for the second season simply titled "Mandy.”

A sexy celebrity whose work combined both music and acting from the start, Moore began working as a Neutrogena spokesperson soon after "Candy" was released, and in 2000, the home video "Magic Al and the Mind Factory" appeared, a children's production she had filmed in 1998. Mandy made her big screen debut in 2001, first, with a tiny voice talent role in "Dr. Dolittle 2" where Moore got to act alongside one of her idols Eddie Murphy, and next as a crucial supporting role in the G-rated Garry Marshall comedy "The Princess Diaries" with Anne Hathaway  As the admired bad-girl of dubious princess Mia (Anne Hathaway), Moore put away her good-girl image to play your typical sexy schoolgirl tyrant. Happy for the opportunity to act with with legends Marshall and lead star Julie Andrews, Moore enjoyed an tremendously encouraging reaction to her work in the movie. Of all her sexy blonde pop super stars competitors - Christina Aguilera, Britney Spears and Jessica Simpson - only the fresh young  brunette Mandy Moore had the talent to make it as a Hollywood actress and movie star.

By the time "The Princess Diaries" was released in 2001, Moore had just completed filming and production edits on "A Walk to Remember" with Daryl Hannah (2002), a sex filled romance set in small town U.S.A. that combined her tranquil, good girl personality opposite problematic trendy boy Shane West in a sappy but successful young boy/girl teen "Love Story" genre type plot. The movie was a smash hit. Moore also had the release of a second album that showed a more adult, musically experimental aspect to the singer, which gave way to a hit single "In My Pocket".

After her first lead starring role pulled reasonable box office numbers, Moore was next hired as the lead in "How to Deal" (2003), portraying a young teen girl whose skeptical views on romance, caused by her shattered family's misfortunes in romance and love, is turned upside down when she falls in love for the first time. That film was followed by another musical release, “Coverage” (2003), where Moore tried to bring songs by Elton John, Todd Rundgren, Cat Stevens and other classic rock and pop artists to her age group of fans. Moore next starred as the unruly, coddled daughter of the United States President who unknowingly becomes romantically involved with the undercover Secret Service agent assigned to protect her, in "Chasing Liberty" (2004).

Next, Moore co-starred in the clever independent comedy movie "Saved!", truly her best movie to that point, and showed a amazingly believable side in her role of Hilary Faye, an anxious and self righteous Christian school student who shows an amazing degree of prejudice when her pregnant best friend refuses to be "saved".  Moore's remarkable depth and improvisational skills added multiple layers of complexity to her character. 

For “Racing Stripes” (2005), a family movie combining live action and animated scenes and editing, Moore provided the voice of Sandy, a young horse who helps Stripes the zebra run his first race. The movie did well and Moore had the opportunity to work along side one of her new-found Hollywood friends Hayden Panettiere.

In 2005, Moore was still able to impress audiences on the big movie screen, when she was hired for recurring series role on the comedy series "Entourage" (HBO, 2004- ) playing herself in her role where she is having a difficult romance with her co-star Vincent Chase (Adrian Grenier) while shooting a big screen super hero movie for director James Cameron. 

After appearing in the “American Idol” big screen parody, “American Dreamz” (2006), Moore adorably played Diane Keaton's daughter in the misadventure comedy adventure, "Because I Said So" (2007). Mandy Moore then delivered two movie projects during the summer of 2007, first, with the release of "Wild Hope" which she wrote herself, followed by her role in the hot sexy romantic comedy, “License to Wed,” co-starring John Krasinski of “The Office”, and mega star celebrity and funny man Robin Williams as Reverend Frank. "License to Wed" was the feel-good movie of the summer and not only did well at the box office, but showcased exactly what Mandy Moore was capable of if given the chance. 

• Also Credited As:
  Amanda Leigh Moore, Mandy More
• Born:
  on 04/10/1984 in Nashua, New Hampshire
• Job Titles:
  Actor, Singer, TV host

Family

• Brother: Kyle Moore. born  1986; appeared in Moore's debut video "Candy"
• Brother: Scott Moore. born  1981
• Father: Don Moore.
• Mother: Stacy Moore.

Significant Others

• Companion: Adam Goldstein. reportedly dated for two months, from January to March 2007
• Companion: Greg Laswell. Began dating in April 2007
• Companion: Zach Braff. began dating early 2005; split in June 2006
• Companion: Andy Roddick. dating as of December 2002
• Companion: Wilmer Valderrama. played foreign exchange student Fez on Fox's "That '70s Show"; together from July 25, 2000 to early 2002