Amy Irving
Acting
Born: Sep 10, 1953
From: Palo Alto, California, USA
Credits: 30 titles
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 …
Filmography
| Title | Character | Year | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| A Mouthful of Air | Bobbi Davis | 2021 | 6.5 |
| Adam | Rebecca Buchwald | 2009 | 6.811 |
| Hide and Seek | Alison Callaway | 2005 | 6.347 |
| Tuck Everlasting | Mother Foster | 2002 | 6.681 |
| Acting 'Carrie' | Self | 2001 | 7.5 |
| Thirteen Conversations About One Thing | Patricia | 2001 | 6.3 |
| Bossa Nova | Mary Ann Simpson | 2000 | 5.483 |
| Inside Traffic: The Making of 'Traffic' | Self | 2000 | 7.0 |
| The Confession | Sarah Fertig | 1999 | 5.776 |
| The Rage: Carrie 2 | Sue Snell | 1999 | 5.644 |
| Blue Ridge Fall | Ellie Perkins | 1999 | 5.045 |
| Deconstructing Harry | Jane | 1997 | 7.261 |
| Carried Away | Rosealee Henson | 1996 | 5.738 |
| I'm Not Rappaport | Clara Gelber | 1996 | 5.706 |
| The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics | Melissa Sanders (segment "The Theatre") | 1994 | 6.795 |
| Benefit of the Doubt | Karen Braswell | 1993 | 4.813 |
| An American Tail: Fievel Goes West | Miss Kitty (voice) | 1991 | 6.335 |
| The Turn of the Screw | The Governess | 1989 | 9.0 |
| Crossing Delancey | Isabelle Grossman | 1988 | 5.927 |
| The Velveteen Rabbit | Narrator (voice) | 1988 | — |
| Citizen Steve | Self - Actress / Wife | 1987 | 6.0 |
| Rumpelstiltskin | Katie | 1987 | 4.3 |
| Micki & Maude | Maude Salinger | 1984 | 5.598 |
| Yentl | Hadass | 1983 | 6.687 |
| Honeysuckle Rose | Lily | 1980 | 5.31 |
| The Competition | Heidi Joan Schoonover | 1980 | 6.119 |
| Voices | Rosemarie Lemon | 1979 | 3.75 |
| The Fury | Gillian Bellaver | 1978 | 6.301 |
| Carrie | Sue Snell | 1976 | 7.331 |
| Panache | Anne | 1976 | 10.0 |
| Known for | Acting |
| Credits | 30 |
| Born | 1953 |
| From | Palo Alto, California, … |