Amanda Setton

She made her Off-Broadway debut in the comedy play Love, Loss, and What I Wore in late 2011 and was on the first half of season one of the Fox comedy The Mindy Project.

• Name — Amanda Setton • Born — 16 December 1985 • Birthplace — New York City, U.S. • Occupation — Actress • Years Active — 2005–present • Children — 3

Setton was born in New York City and grew up in Great Neck, where she was vice president of her high school's theater club. She is of Syrian-Jewish ancestry on her father's side and Ashkenazi Jewish on her mother's side. Setton majored in drama at Ithaca College, where she graduated in 2007. In her junior year she studied abroad in Barcelona, Spain in an IES program. Setton completed a comprehensive, two-year Meisner technique program at The Actor's Workshop of Ithaca under the instruction of Eliza VanCort.

Setton played Penelope Shafai on the teen drama Gossip Girl from 2008 to 2012. She made her debut on the ABC soap opera One Life to Live as Kimberly Andrews on August 14, 2009. Setton also had small roles in the 2008 films Sex and the City and What Happens in Vegas. The website Daytime Confidential reported on February 21, 2010, that Setton had taped her last episode as Kim on One Life to Live despite being offered a contract and a pay increase. Setton returned to Gossip Girl in 2010. In April of 2011, she had a heartbreaking role on the 18th episode during the first season of Blue Bloods. It was announced on June 22, 2011, that Setton would be returning to One Life to Live as Kimberly Andrews in August 2011. On July 11, 2012, Setton was cast as a series regular on the Fox comedy series The Mindy Project, playing the role of Shauna Dicanio. However, it was reported on November 20, 2012, that her character would be written out of the show. Setton had a guest role on the pilot episode of the CBS crime drama series Golden Boy, which premiered February 26, 2013, the same day that Setton was cast in the CBS sitcom The Crazy Ones. She portrayed Dr. Mindy Shaw during the fifth season of Hawaii Five-0. In 2019, she was cast in the role of Brook Lynn Ashton on General Hospital..

Setton is married, and has three children.

• Year — Claim — Role — Notes • 2008–2012 — Gossip Girl — Penelope Shafai — Recurring role; 31 episodes • 2009–2011 — One Life to Live — Kimberly Andrews — Contract: August 14, 2009 – April 2, 2010 Recurring: August 22 – December 29, 2011 • 2010 — Mercy — Barb — 2 episodes (1 uncredited) • 2011 — Blue Bloods — Sylvia — Episode: "To Tell the Truth" • 2012–2013 — The — Shauna Dicanio — Main role (Season 1); 12 episodes • 2013 — Golden Boy — Gemma Bar-Lev — Episode: "Pilot" • 2013–2014 — The — Lauren Slotsky — Main cast; 22 episodes • 2014–2015 — Hawaii Five-0 — Dr. Mindy Shaw — Recurring role; 6 episodes • 2016 — Beauty & the Beast — Bootsy Durbrige — Episode: "Beast Interrupted" • 2019–present — General Hospital — Brook Lynn Quartermaine — Series regular