Amy Irving
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
A Mouthful of Air
Confetti
Soundtrack
Unsane
And the Oscar Goes To...
Adam
Hide and Seek
House
Tuck Everlasting
Alias
Thirteen Conversations About One Thing
Acting 'Carrie'
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Barbra Streisand
Traffic
Programa do Jô
Bossa Nova
Blue Ridge Fall
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
The Confession
The Rage: Carrie 2
One Tough Cop
Deconstructing Harry
I'm Not Rappaport
Spin City
Carried Away
Kleptomania
Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics
Intimate Portrait
Benefit of the Doubt
An American Tail: Fievel Goes West
A Show of Force
Casualties of War
Nightmare Classics
The Turn of the Screw
Crossing Delancey
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
She's Having a Baby
The Velveteen Rabbit
Rumpelstiltskin
Citizen Steve
Anastasia - The Mystery of Anna
Micki + Maude
The Far Pavilions
Yentl
The Competition
Honeysuckle Rose
Voices
The Fury
I'm a Fool
Once an Eagle
Carrie
Panache
Dynasty
James Dean
Police Woman
Happy Days
The Rookies
Great Performances
Tony Awards
The Oscars
Acting
1994
Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics
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Melissa Sanders - James' Fiancee (segment "The Theater")