Acting · Palo Alto, California, USA · Born September 10, 1953
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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as Self
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2021
as Bobbi Davis
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2020
as Helen
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2019
as Polly
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2018
as Angela Valentini
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2014
as Nan
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2009
as Phyllis Barsetto
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2009
as Rebecca Buchwald
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2005
as Alison Callaway
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2004
as Alice Tanner
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2004
as Self
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2002
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2001
as Emily Sloane
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2001
as Patricia
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2001
as Self
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2000
as Barbara Wakefield
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2000
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1999
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1999
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1999
as Sarah Fertig
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1999
as Sue Snell
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1998
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1997
as Jane
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1996
as Clara Gelber
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1996
as Lindsay Shaw
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1996
as Rosealee Henson
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1995
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1994
as Melissa Sanders (segment "The Theatre")
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1993
as Self
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1993
as Karen Braswell
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1991
as Miss Kitty (voice)
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1990
as Kate Melendez
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1989
as Girl on the Train (voice) (uncredited)
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1989
as The Governess
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1989
as The Governess
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1988
as Isabelle Grossman
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1988
as Jessica Rabbit (singing voice) (uncredited)
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1988
as Amy Irving (uncredited)
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as Self - Actress / Wife
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as Anastasia "Anna" Anderson
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1984
as Maude Salinger
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1984
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1983
as Hadass
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1980
as Heidi Joan Schoonover
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1980
as Lily
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1979
as Rosemarie Lemon
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1978
as Gillian Bellaver
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1977
as Lucy
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1976
as Emily Pawlfrey Massengale
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1976
as Sue Snell
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1976
as Anne
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1976
as Amanda Blackwood
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1976
as Norma Jean
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1974
as June Hummel
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1974
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1972
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1971
as Ellie Dunn
TVTony Awards
1956
as Self - Host
TVThe Oscars
1953
as Self
TVThe George Lucas Talk Show: Live
as Self
