Amanda Righetti

Amanda Elizabeth Righetti (born Amanda Elizabeth Righetti) is an American producer and actor. She became famous for her part as special agent Grace Van Pelt on CBS's Police procedural drama, 'The Mentalist. Righetti, from the state of Utah, Utah born native, who was raised in Utah, the Utah state Utah was always thinking about being a performer. When she was in the fourth year of her life, she began dancing. Her debut was on the big screen in 1995 with the movie "Love and Happiness. Aside from being a CBS' CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Guest, Righetti's debut was on a small screen. Righetti began her modeling career at age fourteen. A few years later, she made the move into Los Angeles and continued to perform small, but important roles before she was cast as the character of recurring Hailey Nichol in Fox's teen drama 'The O.C.'. Righetti was in roles on the horror film "Friday the 13th" and in the super-hero film "Captain America - The First Avenger", the soap opera 'North Shore,' and the drama series 'Reunion.' She played Grace Van Pelt from 2008 through 2015 in the well-known "The Mentalist.' Her role was highly praised by the critics. Righetti has recently played Madeline Kenner on USA Network's science-fiction series "Colony".