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Amy Irving
Actor, ProducerBorn September 10, 1953 (71 years)
Amy Davis Irving (born September 10, 1953) is an American actress and singer, who worked in film, stage, and television. Her accolades include an Obie Award, two Golden Globe Award nominations, and one Academy Award nomination.
Born in Palo Alto, California, to actors Jules Irving and Priscilla Pointer, Irving spent her early life in San Francisco before her family relocated to New York City during her teenage years. In New York, she made her Broadway debut in The Country Wife (1965–1966) at age 13. Irving subsequently studied theater at San Francisco's American Conservatory Theater and at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art before making her feature film debut in Brian De Palma's Carrie (1976), followed by a lead role in the 1978 supernatural thriller The Fury (1978).
In 1980, Irving appeared in a Broadway production of Amadeus before being cast in Yentl (1983), for which she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. In 1988, she received an Obie Award for her Off-Broadway performance in a production of The Road to Mecca, and was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for her performance in the comedy Crossing Delancey (1988). Irving went on to appear in the original Broadway production of Broken Glass (1994) and the revival of Three Sisters (1997). In film, she starred in the ensemble comedy Deconstructing Harry (1997), and reprised her role in The Rage: Carrie 2 (1999) before co-starring opposite Michael Douglas in Steven Soderbergh's crime-drama Traffic (2000). She subsequently appeared in the independent films Thirteen Conversations About One Thing (2001) and Adam (2009). From 2006 to 2007, she starred in the Broadway production of The Coast of Utopia. In 2018, she reunited with Soderbergh, appearing in a supporting role in his horror film Unsane.
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Born in Palo Alto, California, to actors Jules Irving and Priscilla Pointer, Irving spent her early life in San Francisco before her family relocated to New York City during her teenage years. In New York, she made her Broadway debut in The Country Wife (1965–1966) at age 13. Irving subsequently studied theater at San Francisco's American Conservatory Theater and at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art before making her feature film debut in Brian De Palma's Carrie (1976), followed by a lead role in the 1978 supernatural thriller The Fury (1978).
In 1980, Irving appeared in a Broadway production of Amadeus before being cast in Yentl (1983), for which she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. In 1988, she received an Obie Award for her Off-Broadway performance in a production of The Road to Mecca, and was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for her performance in the comedy Crossing Delancey (1988). Irving went on to appear in the original Broadway production of Broken Glass (1994) and the revival of Three Sisters (1997). In film, she starred in the ensemble comedy Deconstructing Harry (1997), and reprised her role in The Rage: Carrie 2 (1999) before co-starring opposite Michael Douglas in Steven Soderbergh's crime-drama Traffic (2000). She subsequently appeared in the independent films Thirteen Conversations About One Thing (2001) and Adam (2009). From 2006 to 2007, she starred in the Broadway production of The Coast of Utopia. In 2018, she reunited with Soderbergh, appearing in a supporting role in his horror film Unsane.
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Known For
Filmography
| 2021 | A Mouthful of Air · as Bobbi Davis |
| 2021 | Confetti · as Helen |
| 2019 | Soundtrack (TV Series) · as Polly |
| 2018 | Unsane · as Angela Valentini |
| 2014 | The Affair (TV Series) · as Nan |
| 2013 | Zero Hour (2013) (TV Series) · as Melanie Lynch |
| 2011 | A Night at the Movies: The Horrors of Stephen King · as Sue Snell |
| 2009 | The Good Wife (TV Series) · as Phyllis Barsetto |
| 2009 | Adam · as Rebecca Buchwald |
| 2005 | ... A Father... A Son... Once Upon a Time in Hollywood · as Barbara Wakefield |
| 2005 | Hide and Seek · as Alison Callaway |
| 2004 | House (TV Series) · as Alice Tanner |
| 2002 | Tuck Everlasting · as Mother Foster |
| 2001 | Alias (TV Series) · as Emily Sloane |
| 2001 | 13 Conversations About One Thing · as Patricia |
| 2001 | The Impressionists (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 2000 | Traffic · as Barbara Wakefield |
| 2000 | Programa do Jô (TV Series) |
| 2000 | Bossa Nova · as Mary Ann Simpson |
| 1999 | Blue Ridge Fall · as Ellie Perkins |
| 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series) · as Rebecca Ramsey |
| 1999 | The Rage: Carrie 2 · as Sue Snell |
| 1999 | The Confession · as Sarah Fertig |
| 1998 | One Tough Cop · as Fbi Agent Jean Devlin |
| 1998 | Mikhail Baryshnikov's Stories from My Childhood (TV Series) · as Anastasia |
| 1997 | Deconstructing Harry · as Jane |
| 1996 | I'm Not Rappaport · as Clara Gelber |
| 1996 | Spin City (TV Series) · as Lindsay Shaw |
| 1996 | Carried Away · as Rosealee Henson |
| 1994 | Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics · as Melissa Sanders (segment "the Theatre") |
| 1993 | Kleptomania · as Diana Allen |
| 1993 | Benefit of the Doubt · as Karen Braswell |
| 1991 | An American Tail: Fievel Goes West · as Miss Kitty (voice) |
| 1990 | A Show of Force · as Kate Melendez |
| 1989 | Casualties of War · as Girl On The Train (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1989 | Nightmare Classics (TV Series) · as The Governess |
| 1988 | Crossing Delancey · as Isabelle Grossman |
| 1988 | Who Framed Roger Rabbit · as Jessica Rabbit (singing Voice) (uncredited) |
| 1988 | She's Having a Baby · as Amy Irving (uncredited) |
| 1987 | Rumpelstiltskin · as Katie |
| 1986 | Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna (TV Series) · as Anastasia "anna" Anderson |
| 1985 | American Masters (TV Series) · as Novels |
| 1984 | Micki + Maude · as Maude Salinger |
| 1984 | The Far Pavilions (TV Series) · as Anjuli |
| 1983 | Yentl · as Hadass |
| 1980 | The Competition · as Heidi Joan Schoonover |
| 1980 | Honeysuckle Rose · as Lily |
| 1979 | Voices · as Rosemarie Lemon |
| 1978 | The Fury · as Gillian Bellaver |
| 1977 | I'm a Fool · as Lucy |
| 1976 | Once an Eagle (TV Series) · as Emily Pawlfrey Massengale |
| 1976 | Carrie · as Sue Snell |
| 1976 | Dynasty · as Amanda Blackwood |
| 1976 | James Dean · as Norma Jean |
| 1974 | Police Woman (TV Series) |
| 1974 | Happy Days (TV Series) |
| 1972 | The Rookies (TV Series) |
| 1971 | Great Performances (TV Series) · as Ellie Dunn |