The Allentown native plays a Philadelphia police officer in the Kensington-set show based on Liz Moore's book.

I've always wanted to play a cop,” Seyfried says. “It's like a childhood dream to play somebody that I just was always in awe of, even though it's funny [because] I'm not g

For Amanda Seyfried, the Peacock limited series offered a rare opportunity to play a character adapted from a book while working closely alongside the author, Liz Moore.

Amanda Seyfried stars in Peacock’s 2025 crime drama limited TV series Long Bright River, which revolves around the murder of three women.

"We can see ourselves in each of these people, and that's the point of storytelling,” Seyfried tells PEOPLE of the show, now streaming on Peacock