Amanda Seyfried is the mother of two children with her husband Thomas Sadoski
Amanda Seyfried has taken on the role of a lifetime – being a mom to her two children, Nina and Thomas.
The Dear mother! the actress and her husband Thomas Sadoski whom she met in 2015 while acting in an off-Broadway play The way we passtogether they have two children: daughter Nina and son Thomas.
Seyfried — who became a mother for the first time in 2017 with the arrival of their daughter — found childbirth to be such an amazing experience that she considered becoming a doula herself.
“I thought, this is the most amazing thing I’ve ever been a part of. I have to be with the women; childbirth is amazing,” she told Marie Claire. “I talked to my doula a lot about what she was doing. I said, ‘That sounds like the best thing,’ and I just wanted to be there when people had babies.”
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Although Seyfried hasn’t moved forward with getting the necessary certifications to make it official, she has ventured into another business involving children — creating a line of durable, sustainable, and aesthetically pleasing playhouses called Make It Cute. When it came time to test the prototype, the actress enlisted the help of her children.
“My kids love to play in it. They just want to go and explore and create their own space,” she told PEOPLE in April 2023. “Sometimes I’ll look away and go out into the living room and wonder, where are they? And both are in the house… and they play nicely.”
Amanda Seyfried with her baby.
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Although Relegation actress admits that juggling her busy career while raising her two children can be “chaotic” at times, she’s grateful to have the support of those around her, including her own mother.
“I have a full-time career and two kids,” she previously told PEOPLE. “It’s a lot of work, but I love it. My family is very supportive… It sure sounds like it’s chaotic, and in a way it is, but I’ve also found so much peace in where I live. Plus, my mom lives with me which helps.”
From the movies she can’t wait to show her kids to how she’s raising them on a farm away from the spotlight, here’s everything you need to know about Amanda Seyfried’s two kids.
Nina, 7
Amanda Seyfried and her daughter Nina.
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Seyfried and Sadoski welcomed their daughter Nina on March 24, 2017. Her arrival came just weeks after the couple eloped when Seyfried was nine months pregnant.
“I really wanted to wear the rings in the hospital, you know? And what if something goes wrong and he’s not legally my husband?” she said PorterEdit.
Seyfried shared during an appearance on Dr. Berlin’s Informed Pregnancy Podcast that the pregnancy came as a surprise. “We knew we wanted to be together and have a baby, but you know, sometimes things happen and that’s the greatest blessing in the world,” she said. “We were so excited.”
The actress also revealed that she was in labor for 24 hours, but that everything was worth it because of the arrival of her daughter. “It was just perfect,” she said. “It was quiet and beautiful, and it’s certainly the best moment of my life. And I would do it again in a heartbeat.”
After Nina’s birth, the family moved from California to a farm in the Catskill Mountains of New York. “It was very conscious,” she said of the move during an interview withSunday TODAY with host Willie Geist. “I’ve always wanted to live on a farm. I just need to feel grounded somewhere where I can trust that he’ll always be there.”
Amanda Seyfried’s children celebrate Easter.
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While Seyfried maintains a private life for her children, she shares glimpses of life on the farm, including her daughter helping out.
Amanda Seyfried shared a rare photo of her son Thomas and daughter Nina on an alleged joint picnic
“She is hired,” she captioned the video of Nina collecting food in bowls, opening the barn door and inviting the goats to come inside.
In addition to her passion for animals, Nina shares a similar interest with her parents – performing. “She doesn’t work, but deep down I know that’s who she is. She’s a performer,” she told PEOPLE in 2023. “Will she make it a career? Who knows?”
Seyfried said she would be supportive if her daughter followed in her famous mom’s footsteps. “Absolutely,” Seyfried told PEOPLE at the 2022 Emmy Awards when asked if she would support her daughter pursuing acting. “My husband says, ‘I’m terrified.’ ”
“And I said, ‘Let her do what she wants. She’s a fucking child actor. What do you expect?’ she joked.
Seyfried shared that her daughter is starting to understand what her job entails. “She’s really starting to appreciate what I do for a living and understands it as much as any six-year-old can,” Dear mother! star told PEOPLE. “When I say ‘I’m going to do it, you’ll see me on TV,’ she’ll say, ‘Okay mom,’ and she misses me, but when I come back, she’s proud… She has that pride.”
Amanda Seyfried’s daughter Nina.
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Seyfried tries to involve her daughter in certain aspects of her career, including when she’s getting ready for red carpet events. For the 2021 Golden Globe Awards, she told how she included her daughter in the glamorous team.
“I didn’t let her do my makeup tonight so she brushed my hand,” Seyfried wrote in an Instagram Story of Nina applying makeup to her hand.
The actress – who had a two-decade career in film, theater and television – revealed to PEOPLE two years after the birth of her daughter which works in her repertoire she would like her daughter to see when she gets older.
“I want her to see Letters to Julia because so many young girls—girls of all ages, in fact—come up to me and say, ‘I loved Letters to Julia. It was so nice.’ ”
Seyfried continued, “So I would be very excited to see it with her. I haven’t watched it since it came out. AND Dear mother! when she is older. But now I’m excited to show her all the Disney movies I grew up with.”
Thomas, 3
Amanda Seyfried and her son Thomas kiss.
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On September 28, 2020, Seyfried and Sadoski revealed that they had welcomed their second child, son Thomas, after keeping the pregnancy a secret.
The couple announced his birth in a statement to INARA and War Child USA along with a photo of their newborn. “Since the birth of our daughter 3 years ago, our commitment to the innocent children so brutally affected by conflict and war has been a driving force in our lives,” the couple said. “With the birth of our son, the work of INARA and War Child became our North Star.”
Seyfried shared with PEOPLE in 2021 that the birth of her son did not go as smoothly as she had hoped. “Something went wrong during my second birth,” she said. “The baby was fine but it was hard and painful and it didn’t have to happen and it did so it added an extra level of trauma.”
Welcoming a baby during the pandemic has been good for the actress as she has been able to attend press events virtually, including the 2021 Golden Globes.
While speaking to E!’s Giuliana Rancic on the red carpet, Seyfried looked at Thomas off camera and told her, “My son, who’s 5 months old, is laying on a pillow in a tuxedo. I wish I could show you, he’s in a tuxedo. We didn’t actually put on a bow tie. I was just feeding him… It’s a really wonderful time, isn’t it for everybody?”
Amanda Seyfried and her son Thomas.
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Just a few months later, Thomas made his first TV appearance when he crashed his mother’s virtual interview forSunday TODAY with host Willie Geist.
“Say hello. Look at that handsome man,” she said to Thomas.
“Hi buddy. Oh my gosh, what a cute boy. Come on,” Geist said of the then 7-month-old.
Seyfried told Geist that while she has to “squeeze in so much more work” doing press from home, “the benefits outweigh everything.”
Despite her son being in front of the cameras from a young age, Seyfried revealed that he doesn’t understand what she does for a living.
“My son is only 2½ years old, so I have no idea how he understands. When I was at Today show I watched with him, and his reaction was sad!” she told PEOPLE in April 2023, explaining that he associates her presence on TV with being away from home. “He’s like, ‘Mom!’ and I said, ‘Hey, I’m here!’ Makes no sense [to him]and it shouldn’t.”
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