Mandy Moore: Snapshot
- Name
- Mandy Moore
- Date of Birth
- April 10, 1984
- Birth Place
- Nashua, N.H.
After releasing radio-friendly hits like "Candy," Moore switched her focus to acting, proving she could carry a film as a brunette pastor's daughter in the tear-jerker, A Walk to Remember. She has since starred alongside Diane Keaton in Because I Said So and John Krasinski in License to Wed.
In March 2009, after a long string of boyfriends (including tennis pro Andy Roddick and actors Wilmer Valderrama and Zach Braff), Moore quietly married rocker Ryan Adams.
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Mandy Moore: Five Fun Facts
- Mandy Moore adores Bette Midler. "I remember being 9, 10-years-old, singing "The Wind Beneath My Wings" on my little karaoke machine I got for Christmas."
- Mandy Moore got a heart tattoo on her toe with Jack Osbourne in January 2004.
- Mandy Moore vows to "never do nudity. Ever." And, "No men's magazines. Never," reports the Minneapolis Star Tribune in 2004. Then, in a mishap with Cosmopolitan, Moore is horrified when she appears on the May 2006 cover with the headline, "Orgasms Unlimited" printed next to her face.
- Mandy Moore sang with R.E.M.'s Michael Stipe for the Saved! soundtrack. They covered the Beach Boys' "God Only Knows."
- One of Mandy Moore's dreams is to play Miss Adelaide in a Broadway revival of Guys and Dolls.
Mandy Moore: Biography 
- 1996
Super Camper
Moore attends upstate New York's Stagedoor Manor theater camp, where future beau Zach Braff, Natalie Portman and Robert Downey Jr. also fine-tuned their talents. "She was a quiet, sweet girl," production director Konnie Kittrell tells PEOPLE. Moore often lands solos, but, the director adds, "She wasn't a spotlight seeker."
- 1997
Discovered
A Federal Express employee making a delivery overhears 13-year-old Moore singing in an Orlando studio, where she is recording a demo on her own. The deliveryman tells a friend in Sony Music's A&R department, and Moore's demo eventually makes it to the label's Epic 550 Music imprint where she scores a record deal. A freshman, Moore leaves Bishop Moore Catholic High School in Orlando to start working.
- 1999
Sweet Tour
Moore hits the road to open for 'N Sync on a sold-out summer concert tour, during which she promotes her hit single "Candy" in anticipation of her debut album. Still a teen, she continues her education with tutors.
Photo Credits
Top Left: Chris Pizzello/Contour Photos
BIOGRAPHY (top to bottom): COURTESY STAGEDOOR MANOR; Kevin Mazur/WireImage
