11 of Mandy Moore's Best Roles Over the Years

Mandy Moore is gaining a lot of well-deserved praise for her role on This Is Us, but this certainly isn't her first encounter with the spotlight. Aside from her impressive singing career, she also has quite a few notable acting roles under her belt. Did you know that she was in a Nicholas Sparks movie? Or that she voiced a Disney princess? See some of her most memorable TV and movie moments over the years.

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The Princess Diaries
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The Princess Diaries

Everyone remembers Anne Hathaway's breakout Disney role, but Moore also played a minor character in the 2001 film as her nemesis, Lana Thomas. Honestly, who can forget her memorable number "Stupid Cupid" from the beach party scene?

02
A Walk to Remember
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A Walk to Remember

Moore's big breakout movie role was as Jamie Sullivan in this 2002 Nicholas Sparks adaptation.

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How to Deal
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How to Deal

A Walk to Remember wasn't the only book-to-movie adaptation Moore took on. She also starred in this 2003 romantic comedy based on Sarah Dessen's novels That Summer and Someone Like You.

04
Saved!
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Saved!

Seriously, Moore played a lot of mean girls when she was younger. In this 2004 comedy, she played a devout religious teen who is actually a big hypocrite.

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Chasing Liberty
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Chasing Liberty

In 2004, the actress starred in this sweet movie about the president's rebellious daughter who ends up falling for her attractive Secret Service agent (Matthew Goode).

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American Dreamz
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American Dreamz

In this 2006 satire, the singer/actress played a rising star on a talent show called American Dreamz, which was more or less a parody of the real-life reality show American Idol.

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Because I Said So
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Because I Said So

In 2007, Moore starred opposite Diane Keaton in this film about an overbearing mother and her newly single daughter.

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License to Wed
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License to Wed

She really has starred alongside some attractive actors. In this 2007 comedy, she and John Krasinski played a young couple forced to go through a prenuptial course before tying the knot.

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Tangled
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Tangled

Yep, Mandy Moore is a Disney princess. She voiced the role of Rapunzel in this 2010 animated film.

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Love, Wedding, Marriage
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Love, Wedding, Marriage

In 2011, Moore played a newlywed who finds out that her parents' 30-year marriage isn't as perfect as it seems.

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Red Band Society
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Red Band Society

Before scoring her role on This Is Us, Moore played a doctor on this short-lived series about a group of teens living in a pediatric ward from 2014-2015.

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This Is Us
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This Is Us

The actress currently stars on the hit NBC show about a family and how their lives intertwine.