A stone farmhouse nestled in the rolling green hills of upstate New York’s Catskill Mountains might not be the typical place you would find an acclaimed Hollywood star. But for Amanda Seyfried, who lives there with actor husband Thomas Sadoski, their two young children, her mother, Ann, and a menagerie of animals, the idyllic farm provides a comfortable and serene refuge to balance the glamour and chaos that comes with being a seasoned celebrity.
While women worldwide know and love the 36-year-old from her breakthrough hit Mean Girls and her charming performance as Sophie Sheridan in the Mamma Mia! films, the locals in the Catskills are used to seeing the mum with her kids in tow and quite possibly a dog or a goat. In fact, during our Zoom chat, Seyfried glances anxiously at her phone several times, before apologising and explaining, “I’m waiting on a call about two miniature donkeys.”
A few days ago, Seyfried took her five-year-old daughter, Nina, to a gift store on the way home from ice-skating practice and the store owner mentioned she knew of two miniature donkeys that needed a
