Amanda Righetti

Amanda Elizabeth Righetti, an American actor and producer. She is well known for her role as CBS police procedural "The Mentalist"'s special agent Grace Van Pelt. Righetti was an Utah citizen who grew up in Utah, the Utah state Utah she had always dreamed of becoming a professional performer. When she was just four years old, older, she started dancing. Her debut was on the big screen in 1995 the movie 'Love and Happiness. in CSI: Crime Scene Investigation the film, she made her debut on TV as an CBS guest-star. Righetti started her modeling career at age 14. A few years later, she made the move from New York to Los Angeles and continued to perform small, but important roles prior to her being cast as the character of recurring Hailey Nichol in Fox's teen drama , 'The O.C.'. Righetti was also a key character in the 2009 slasher film 'Friday the 13th, the superhero film 'Captain America: The First Avenger' as well as Fox's soap-opera North Shore, as well as the drama series "Reunion'. She played Grace Van Pelt from 2008 through 2015 in the well-known The Mentalist. The performance was praised by critics. Recently, Righetti portrayed Madeline Kenner in USA Network's sci-fi show, 'Colony'.