Mandy Moore
Mandy Moore (real name - Amanda Leigh Moore) is an American pop singer, songwriter, model, and actress. She was born on April 10, 1984.
She grew up in Florida and came to fame as a teenager in the early 2000s, after the release of her teen-oriented pop albums So Real, I Wanna Be with You, and Mandy Moore. Moore has branched out into a film career, starring in 2002's A Walk to Remember and later appearing in the lead roles of other movies also aimed at teenage audiences.
Two of her later films, American Dreamz and Saved!, were satires in which Moore portrayed darker characters than in her previous roles. Moore's private life, including her relationships with tennis player Andy Roddick as well as with actors Wilmer Valderrama and Zach Braff, has been much discussed in the media. Moore's fifth album, Wild Hope, was released in 2007.
In 2006, Moore commented on her early albums with ill feelings, noting that although she believed that her first album was appropriate for her age, she felt it "sucked" and that her first albums were "just awful". Moore also said that she "would give a refund to everyone who bought my first two albums" if she could; during a radio interview in April 2006, the show's co-host (who had seen her comments) asked her for a refund on the first album, a request that Moore fulfilled.
Moore surprised many with a free concert in Boston on July 18, 2007. Moore sang several songs from her newest album, Wild Hope.
On February 23, 2008, Moore released Wild Hope in Australia, and subsequently toured with Ben Lee and the West Australian Symphony Orchestra in Western Australia, supporting Kelly Clarkson on her tour. Mandy's last stop on her Pacific Tour was at Eastwood City in the Philippines.
After her 2007 album "Wild Hope" didnt manage to make it into any big charts, Mandy has stated in an interview she is hoping to release a new album by fall 2008 saying "I'm going back to my pop roots"