Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
September 10, 1953
Place of Birth:
Palo Alto, California, USA
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Amy Irving
Biography
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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Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | King on Screen | Self |
| 2021 | A Mouthful of Air | Bobbi Davis |
| 2020 | Confetti | Helen |
| 2018 | Unsane | Angela Valentini |
| 2014 | And the Oscar Goes To... | Self (archive footage) |
| 2009 | Adam | Rebecca Buchwald |
| 2005 | Hide and Seek | Alison Callaway |
| 2002 | Tuck Everlasting | Mother Foster |
| 2001 | Acting 'Carrie' | Self |
| 2001 | Thirteen Conversations About One Thing | Patricia |
| 2000 | Bossa Nova | Mary Ann Simpson |
| 2000 | Inside Traffic: The Making of 'Traffic' | Self |
| 2000 | Traffic | Barbara Wakefield |
| 1999 | The Confession | Sarah Fertig |
| 1999 | The Rage: Carrie 2 | Sue Snell |
| 1999 | Blue Ridge Fall | Ellie Perkins |
| 1998 | One Tough Cop | FBI Agent Jean Devlin |
| 1997 | Deconstructing Harry | Jane |
| 1996 | Carried Away | Rosealee Henson |
| 1996 | I'm Not Rappaport | Clara Gelber |
| 1995 | Kleptomania | Diana Allen |
| 1994 | The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics | Melissa Sanders (segment "The Theatre") |
| 1993 | Benefit of the Doubt | Karen Braswell |
| 1991 | An American Tail: Fievel Goes West | Miss Kitty (voice) |
| 1990 | A Show of Force | Kate Melendez |
| 1989 | The Turn of the Screw | The Governess |
| 1989 | Casualties of War | Girl on the Train (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1988 | Crossing Delancey | Isabelle Grossman |
| 1988 | The Velveteen Rabbit | Narrator (voice) |
| 1988 | She's Having a Baby | Amy Irving (uncredited) |
| 1988 | Who Framed Roger Rabbit | Jessica Rabbit (singing voice) (uncredited) |
| 1987 | Citizen Steve | Self - Actress / Wife |
| 1987 | Rumpelstiltskin | Katie |
| 1984 | Micki & Maude | Maude Salinger |
| 1983 | Yentl | Hadass |
| 1980 | Honeysuckle Rose | Lily |
| 1980 | The Competition | Heidi Joan Schoonover |
| 1979 | Voices | Rosemarie Lemon |
| 1978 | The Fury | Gillian Bellaver |
| 1977 | I'm a Fool | Lucy |
| 1976 | Carrie | Sue Snell |
| 1976 | Panache | Anne |
| 1976 | Dynasty | Amanda Blackwood |
| 1976 | James Dean | Norma Jean |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Soundtrack | Polly |
| 2009 | The Good Wife | Phyllis Barsetto |
| 2004 | The Tony Danza Show | Self |
| 2004 | House | Alice Tanner |
| 2001 | Alias | Emily Sloane |
| 2000 | Programa do Jô | |
| 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Rebecca Ramsey |
| 1996 | Spin City | Lindsay Shaw |
| 1993 | Intimate Portrait | Self |
| 1989 | Nightmare Classics | The Governess |
| 1986 | Anastasia - The Mystery of Anna | Anastasia "Anna" Anderson |
| 1984 | The Far Pavilions | Anjuli |
| 1976 | Once an Eagle | Emily Pawlfrey Massengale |
| 1974 | Happy Days | |
| 1974 | Police Woman | |
| 1972 | The Rookies | |
| 1971 | Great Performances | Ellie Dunn |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Host |
| 1953 | The Oscars | Self |