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| BACKGROUND |
Born
and raised in Dallas, Texas, Amy Acker is
the daughter of a lawyer and a housewife.
Amy studied ballet dancing for thirteen
years before heading to the Southern Methodist
University where she studied Fine Arts and
earned her BFA in acting.
With a love for theatre, Amy studied at
the Undermain theatre in Dallas, and starred
in productions of THE TEMPEST and MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING,
earning the Therese Raquin Award for one
of her star performances. After college,
Amy pressed her luck and moved to New York
City were she quickly landed leading roles
in the independent features THE
EMERGENCY SPECIALIST, opposite
Ged Dickerson, and THE ACCIDENT.
Soon after she completed both films, Amy
moved to Los Angeles.
Shortly after arriving in Los Angeles, Amy
landed a role in GROOM LAKE,
an independent feature written and directed
by William Shatner.
After a reading for ANGEL, Amy nailed the role
of Fred and was cast as a series regular,
joining the main cast for season 3.
During the hiatus period between the third
and fourth seasons, Amy worked on the film CATCH ME IF YOU CAN opposite
Leonardo di Caprio, and more recently she
starred as Kathy Kersh in the TV movie BACK
TO THE BATCAVE: THE MISADVENTURES OF ADAM
AND BURT, about the making of the
sixties BATMAN TV series.
Since ANGEL came to the
end of it's run, Amy took the female lead
of Jill in the independent feature, THE
NOVICE; leant her voice to the
character of The Huntress on the popular
cartoon JUSTICE LEAGUE;
and guest starred in SUPERNATURAL.
Currently Amy has a recurring role on the
hit TV series, ALIAS, as
Kelly Peyton.
In 2003 Amy was married to James Carpinello,
and 2005 they had their first child, Jackson. |
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