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Amy Irving

Amy Irving

Birthday: 1953-09-10 | Place of Birth: Palo Alto, California, USA

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Amy Irving, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2021
A Mouthful of Air

as    Bobbi Davis

2018
Unsane

as    Angela Valentini

2009
Adam

as    Rebecca Buchwald

2005
Hide and Seek

as    Alison Callaway

2002
Tuck Everlasting

as    Mother Foster

2002
2000
Bossa Nova

as    Mary Ann Simpson

1999
Blue Ridge Fall

as    Ellie Perkins

1999
The Confession

as    Sarah Fertig

1999
The Rage: Carrie 2

as    Sue Snell

1996
Carried Away

as    Rosealee Henson

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

1988
Crossing Delancey

as    Isabelle Grossman

1987
Rumpelstiltskin

as    Katie

1986
Anastasia - The Mystery of Anna

as    Anastasia "Anna" Anderson

1984
The Far Pavilions

as    Anjuli

1984
Micki + Maude

as    Maude Salinger

1980
The Competition

as    Heidi Joan Schoonover

1980
Honeysuckle Rose

as    Lily

1979
Voices

as    Rosemarie Lemon

1978
The Fury

as    Gillian Bellaver

1976
Dynasty

as    Amanda Blackwood

1976
Once an Eagle

as    Emily Pawlfrey Massengale

1976
Carrie

as    Sue Snell