Amanda Seyfried was born in Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, on December 3, 1985.[2] Her mother, Ann (née Sander), is an occupational therapist, and her father, Jack Seyfried, is a pharmacist.[2][3] She is of mostly German descent, and also has some Scots-Irish and English ancestry.[4][5][6] Seyfried graduated in 2003 from Allentown's William Allen High School.[7] She has an older sister, Jennifer Seyfried, who is a musician in the Philadelphia organ-driven rock band, Love City.[2][8]