Mandy Moore (full name - Amanda Lee Moore), American movie star, singer, was born on April 10, 1984 in Orlando, Florida. Mandy's father is Don Moore, a civil aviation pilot, mother is Stacy Moore, a newspaper reporter. Mandy had Cherokee Indians on the paternal side, and Jews on the maternal side.
"Oklahoma!"
Since the girl’s parents were busy all day, she was raised by her grandmother, a former dancer from the London West End Theater. When Mandy grew up, she revealed her singing talent. Grandmother in every possible way encouraged timid attempts by her beloved granddaughter to sing some song, and once they went to the theater to the musical “Oklahoma!”. The ten-year-old Mandy Moore, whose biography began with the theater, sat like a spell over the whole performance, and at home she sang a few songs for memory. After that, the girl decided to become a singer.
National anthem
The family supported Mandy, she studied at a music school without enrollment, and also rehearsed vocals with visiting teachers for a year and a half. Practical training of the little singer gave an unexpected result - Mandy suddenly sang the national anthem of America. Young Moore painstakingly displayed each note, and her already strong voice sounded more confident. Soon, Mandy was invited to sing an anthem at the opening of a sporting event in Jacksonville. She went there with her grandmother, who became for her something like a musical agent. Moore performed the anthem on disk at Epic Records, and so the fourteen-year-old could already be considered a professional singer.
First album
The aforementioned studio signed a contract with Mandy Moore to release all of her future albums, and the singer began to create her first disc, which was called "So Real" and was released in late 1999. Moore began the hectic life of the pop singer, studio recordings and concerts, rehearsals and tours. But the girl was only 15 years old. Nevertheless, she coped with the tasks, and the work pleased her. Especially the young singer liked to meet with composers to listen to new songs. She was not afraid of complex compositions requiring multi-stage arrangements. The girl considered the proposals primarily in terms of the popularity of the future song. She already then felt which single would appeal to young people and which not.
First successes
Gradually, a team of professionals gathered around Mandy who helped her in arranging, recording songs and their subsequent composition. And while the singer’s friends were arranging the already recorded singles on the album, Moore went on a tour with the famous band from the city of Orlando, “Backstreet Boys”. Meanwhile, the singer’s first album, “So Real,” took 31st place on the Billboard 200 charts, which was a good start. Fifteen-year-old Mandy was compared by critics with Jessica Simpson and Christina Aguilera, although the girl was nevertheless put behind these eminent performers. But there was a hint of equality according to vocal data.
Criticism
There was an unflattering criticism of Moore. Entertainment Weekly magazine called her songs too professionally performed and even boring, devoid of a twinkle. And the ballads present in the album were dubbed completely nauseous. Nevertheless, "So Real" sold well, reached a platinum mark, and individual singles were included in most of the music programs on the air. Comparison with Britney Spears, Aguilera and Jessica Simpson was not in favor of Moore, but she was already on the road to success.
The single "Candy" was called "a song of sugary pleasure instead of love," and it became gold. He was called "surprisingly challenging," and he entered the hot top billboard. In 2000, critics again fell upon Mandy Moore when her second album "I Wanna Be With You" was released. New songs were mixed with old ones from "So Real", slightly reworked in a different format. The singer was reproached for the lack of further development and stagnation of creativity. And the site "All Music Guide" went even further and spoke of the singer’s new album as "vulgar, trashy, tasteless." And the collection, not in the least embarrassed, took the 21st line in Billboard 200, the 24th line in Hot 100 and sold 790 thousand disks. The dominant track "I Wanna Be With You" was included as a soundtrack in the movie "The Stage Scene."
Film debut
In the summer of 2001, Mandy Moore's third album, "Saturate Me", was released with a variety of songs, including on the theme of the East. Entertainment Weekly magazine compared the singer to Natalia Imbruli, drawing an analogy based on deliberate hoarseness in her voice, and the All Music Guide called the new album a "multi-layer product." Rolling Stone Magazine outplayed everyone, calling Mandy an “up-and-coming rocker and R&B upstart”. The album, meanwhile, stood at line 31 of Billboard 200 and was sold in the amount of half a million copies, becoming gold. In February 2002, the single "Cry" was released, which entered as a soundtrack to the film "Hurry to Love." This film was the debut for the singer in the movie.
First major roles
At first, the girl did not dare to participate in film projects. The reason for this was Mandy Moore's tall stature, which is 178 cm, but still in 1996, the singer starred in three films: “Street Rats”, “Doctor Dolittle” and “The Princess Diaries”. All three roles were episodic and insignificant in content. In 2002, Mandy has already taken the lead, playing Jamie Sullivan, the modest daughter of a priest. In 2003, the actress played another main character in the film "How to Be" directed by Claire Kilner. The heroine Mandy, young Halle Martin, is disappointed in love. Everything that happens around her does not add peace of mind. Father made a new mistress, which Halle simply hates. Sister decided to jump out to get married. Best friend became pregnant from some strange friend. And everyone is talking about love. The schoolgirl concludes that this feeling does not exist. However, after an unexpected meeting with a certain young man, Halley Martin changes his mind.
Drama and Comedy
In the next film, “First Daughter”, directed by Andy Cadiff, Mandy Moore, an actress and singer, also played a major role. Her character was eighteen-year-old Anna Foster, the daughter of the American president. The plot of the film is reminiscent of "Roman Vacations" with Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck. Anna also escapes from the guard and does this with the help of Ben Calder, her new acquaintance. Adventures bring young people together, and Foster falls in love with his friend. She does not know that Ben is also an intelligence agent and is assigned to ensure her safety.
The romantic comedy American Dream was filmed in 2006 by director Paul Weitz. Mandy Moore played her next major role in the film - Sally Kendou, the singer. The main male role was played by Hugh Grant. His character is the morally unscrupulous host of a popular reality television show, Martin Tweed. He goes to any tricks, if only to raise the prestige of his transfer. This time, the presenter arranges a singing contest in which random people will participate. Among them there is even a terrorist, a certain Omer. Somehow, Martin Tweed even invited the President of the United States as a special member of the jury.
The comedy melodrama directed by Michael Lehmann entitled “Because I Want It” has become for Mandy Moore another project for the use of her acting abilities. She again performed in the usual status of the leading woman, playing the charming Millie, the youngest of the three daughters of Daphne Wilder, a loving mother. Millie has a problem - she can’t establish communication with the opposite sex. Daphne decides to help her and for this she places an ad in a dating newspaper on behalf of her youngest daughter. After Millie finds out about this, the family has problems of a different nature.
Filmography
Mandy Moore, whose filmography is not very extensive, starred in the period from 2001 to 2011 in only fifteen prominent films:
- Year 2001 - "The Princess Diaries", directed by Harry Marshall. Moore as Lana Thomas.
- Year 2002 - "Hurry to Love," directed by Adam Shankman (Jamie Sullivan). Seventeen Years, directed by Jeffrey Porter (Lisa).
- Year 2003 - "How to Be," directed by Claire Kilner (Helly Martin).
- Year 2004 - "First Daughter", directed by Andy Cadiff (Anna Foster).
- Year 2005 - "Crazy Horse Racing", directed by Frederick Du Chau (Sandy). "Love and Cigarettes," directed by John Turturro (Baby).
- Year 2006 - "American Dream," directed by Paul Weitz (Sally Kendu). Tales of the South, directed by Richard Kelly (Madeleine).
- Year 2007 - Dedication, directed by Justin Theroux (Lucy Railley). "Because I want it that way," directed by David Kitey (Millie Wilder). “Marriage License,” directed by Ken Quapis (Sadie Jones). "How I Met Your Mother," directed by Pamela Freiman (Amy).
- Year 2010 - "Anatomy of Passion", directed by Rob Korn (Mary Portman).
- Year 2011 - “Sex Exchange,” directed by Jonathan Newman (Eli Finkel).
Personal life
The personal life of Mandy Moore is not of interest to the newspaper, nothing obviously scandalous can be seen in it. The actress had only three alliances with men, and even those were unintelligible. Mandy's first choice was a tall American tennis player Andy Roddick, did not meet for long, broke up even before Moore learned to play tennis. The second boyfriend of the actress, Zach Braff - a popular Hollywood actor, known for the role of John Dorian from the series "Clinic". And finally, Wilmer Valderrama, whose relationship was not motivated. There was a period when Mandy Moore and Shane West, the actress’s partner in the film “Hurry to Love,” also almost became spouses with the easy hands of journalists. In time followed by a denial of rumors.
In March 2009, Mandy Moore, tired of meaningless meetings in hotel rooms, officially married singer and composer Ryan Adams, who also writes poetry and short stories. The newlyweds got married in the wonderful city of Savannah, Georgia. Mandy Moore and her husband live in complete harmony and understanding. They have a ton of common interests. Wife - singer and actress, husband - singer, composer and writer. Soon, the couple are going to acquire offspring. This will happen as soon as the weight of Mandy Moore can be slightly reduced. The actress believes that a normal estimated weight is necessary for a normal pregnancy, in accordance with the recommendations of doctors.