Amanda Seyfried is getting rave reviews!
The 39-year-old actress hit the red carpet at the 2025 Venice Film Festival for the premiere of her new movie The Testament of Ann Lee on Monday (September 1) in Venice, Italy.
Co-stars and celebs hit the red carpet at the event, including Thomasin McKenzie, Scott Handy, Christopher Abbott, Tim Blake Nelson, David Cale, Lewis Pullman, Jamie Bogyo, Viola Prettejohn, Brady Corbet, Celia Rowlson-Hall, Daniel Blumberg, and Maria Sand and Stacy Martin.
She also embraced director Mona Fastvold at the event.
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The film reportedly received a rave 15-minute ovation inside, moving Amanda to tears while being comforted by co-star Thomasin. She and the director also reenacted the Shaker dances to thank the crowd, per Deadline.
The movie is described by the festival as “an epic fable inspired by the life of Ann Lee, the founder of the Shakers, a radical religious movement that began in the late 1700s.”
“Our film is a speculative retelling of the life of Ann Lee, one of the few female religious leaders of the 18th century. She and her followers, known as the Shakers, worshipped through ecstatic song and movement — trembling, exuberant, and physically expressive acts of devotion,” Mona said in a statement to the festival.
“I was raised in a secular household, and yet Ann Lee’s prophecies — however implausible — moved me deeply. Not because I share her faith, but because I recognise in her a yearning for justice, transcendence, and communal grace. Her radical pursuit of a self- fashioned utopia speaks to the creative impulse at the heart of all artistic endeavour: the urgent need to shape the world anew. In particular, her clarity of vision and ability to guide others toward a shared ideal recalls the collaborative spirit that underpins any creative undertaking — whether composing a symphony, building a building, or making a film. Each discipline is defined by the same striving: the search for moments of grace. This film is offered as a tribute to her dream — and the silence that now surrounds it.”
FYI: Amanda is wearing a Prada outfit and Tiffany & Co. jewelry.
Amanda also just borrowed an A-lister’s outfit for the photocall!