Amy Carlson
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- July 7, 1968 (age 58)
- Birthplace
- Glen Ellyn, Illinois, USA
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Amy Lynn Carlson (born July 7, 1968 height 5' 6" (1,68 m)) is an American actress best known for playing Josie Watts on Another World and Alex Taylor on Third Watch. More recently, she played Kelly Gaffney on the short-lived NBC courtroom drama, Law & Order: Trial by Jury. She currently plays Linda Reagan on the CBS drama Blue Bloods.When Carlson was 13, her family (consisting of her parents, herself, and three siblings) moved to Amman, Jordan, for one year, where her parents had been hired to teach at the American Community School. After returning to the United States, Carlson attended Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois. While in college, Carlson was active in the school’s theatre department, appearing in Fifth of July, Noises Off, A Lie of the Mind, and School for Scandal. Carlson graduated cum laude. Carlson is represented by Karen Foreman on behalf of the The Domain Agency. She is managed by Estelle Lasher and Principal Entertainment. Carlson currently resides in Chinatown in Manhattan with her daughter, born in 2006, her son, born in August 2009 and her husband, Syd Butler, bass guitar player of Les Savy Fav and owner of the independent label Frenchkiss Records. In 2013, Carlson's first starring role in a feature film, Sight Unseen (filmed in 2005), will be completed, with no further details of a release date.
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Filmography
Drift
TV · 1 ep
Peas and Carrots
Movie · as Laurie Wethersby
Daredevil: Born Again
TV · as Gloria Blake · 1 ep
Smoke
TV · as Captain Pearson · 1 ep
Know Fear
Movie · as Wendy
Would I Lie to You?
TV · as Self · 1 ep
FBI: Most Wanted
TV · as Jackie Ward · 2 eps
The Incoherents
Movie · as Jerry
Sunny Daze
Movie · as Samantha
A Bread Factory, Part One: For the Sake of Gold
Movie · as Grace
Landline
Movie · as Carla
Natural Selection
Movie · as Laura
A Midsummer's Hawaiian Dream
Movie · as Helen
Hits
Movie · as Christina Casserta
Sight Unseen
Movie · as Rachel Sampson
Too Big to Fail
Movie · as Erin Callan
Green Lantern
Movie · as Jessica Jordan
Blue Bloods
TV · as Linda Reagan · 90 eps
The Kidnapping
Movie · as Rachel McKenzie
Fringe
TV · as Maureen Donovan · 1 ep
Anamorph
Movie · as Alexandra Fredericks
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
TV · as Kelly Gaffney · 13 eps
Criminal Minds
TV · as Cece Hillenbrand · 1 ep
Peacemakers
TV · as Katie Owen · 10 eps
NCIS
TV · as Karen Sutherland · 1 ep
Stella Shorts 1998-2002
Movie · as Park Dancer
Everything Put Together
Movie · as Jane
If These Walls Could Talk 2
Movie · as Michelle
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
TV · as Kate Armstrong · 1 ep
Third Watch
TV · as Alex Taylor · 56 eps
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV · as Patricia Andrews, Katie McGrath · 1 ep
Get Real
TV · as Dr. Sedgwick · 4 eps
Thanks of a Grateful Nation
Movie · as Tammy Boyer
Martial Law
TV · as Cassie McGill · 1 ep
ER
TV · as Alex Taylor · 1 ep
Law & Order
TV · as Collette Connolly · 1 ep
Another World
TV · 1547 eps