Amy Irving, an accomplished actress with dark hair, natural beauty, and genetic charm, was born in California in 1953. Daughter for Jules Irving, and Priscilla Pointer, and sister for David K Irving (successful director by himself) and Katie Irving, Amy was born to act. Amy's mother, Priscilla, was a proven actress by herself, and many times they were playing along as a mother and her daughter, or a motherly figure and a daughter. They were playing together in Carrie (1976), Carried Away (1996), and Honeysuckle Rose (1980).
She studied in the American Conservatory Theatre San Francisco, California, in the High School of Music and Art New York, and in the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art London. With such resume, she could not forsake acting.
She started her career as a guest cast on screen and on stage. However, she soon had the job the promoted her, Sue Snell, a teen survivor in the hit movie Carrie (1976). Soon, she's also got two paranormal roles, one as a psychokinetic woman (The Furry, 1978), and an Indian princess (HBO's miniseries The Far Pavilions, 1984). Meanwhile, she also attended Broadway's stage, as Mozart's wife (Amadeus, 1980), and in the revival of Heartbreak House (1983).
One of her major roles were in Barbra Streisand's first debut film Yentl. She played Hadass, the bride of Yentl, a woman masquerading as a man. She had mixed feeling about the job, but eventually provided her best work, being also awarded for Best Supporting Actress by the Academy.
Unfortunately, not the talent was what affected Amy's career the most. Her relationships with the then-rising director Steven Spielberg, and the marriage in 1985, shadowed her progress. Later, she said she felt like a politician's wife in the marriage, and that she knew she was taking a "role" that is too big, but she kept going: Czar's daughter (Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna, 1986), sophisticated New Yorker (Crossing Delancey, 1988), and Jessica Rabbit's singing voice (animated Who Framed Roger Rabbit, 1988). Ay and Steven have a mutual son, Max Spielberg.
In 1989, she couldn't handle the pressure anymore, and split up with Spielberg. She immediately moved together with Bruno Barreto, in which she fell in love while filming A Show of Force, still married to Spielberg. They had their first child in 1990, Gabriel Barreto. She was given a fine role by her husband, a school teacher finding romance, in Carried Away, 1996. She visited Broadway from time to time, playing in Arthur Miller's Broken Glass (1995), and in Chekov's Three Sisters (1997), with Lili Taylor and Jeanne Tripplehorn. She returned to be Sue Snell in the sequel The Rage: Carrie II, and played a teacher once again in Bossa Nova (2000).
During 2002-2003 Amy was featured in ABC's Alias, as Amily Sloane, the wife of Arvin Sloane (Ron Rifkin). Her character was killed at the end of the second season.
Amy was recently awarded Best Actor Outstanding Performance for Traffic, by the Cast of a Theatrical Motion (2000).
In 2005, she appeared opposite to Rebert De Niro in the hit movie Hide and Seek.
Amy is a verified actress, and she overcame the tragedies successfully. Being such an excellent actress on TV, stage and film, she is only in the beginning of the way.
She studied in the American Conservatory Theatre San Francisco, California, in the High School of Music and Art New York, and in the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art London. With such resume, she could not forsake acting.
She started her career as a guest cast on screen and on stage. However, she soon had the job the promoted her, Sue Snell, a teen survivor in the hit movie Carrie (1976). Soon, she's also got two paranormal roles, one as a psychokinetic woman (The Furry, 1978), and an Indian princess (HBO's miniseries The Far Pavilions, 1984). Meanwhile, she also attended Broadway's stage, as Mozart's wife (Amadeus, 1980), and in the revival of Heartbreak House (1983).
One of her major roles were in Barbra Streisand's first debut film Yentl. She played Hadass, the bride of Yentl, a woman masquerading as a man. She had mixed feeling about the job, but eventually provided her best work, being also awarded for Best Supporting Actress by the Academy.
Unfortunately, not the talent was what affected Amy's career the most. Her relationships with the then-rising director Steven Spielberg, and the marriage in 1985, shadowed her progress. Later, she said she felt like a politician's wife in the marriage, and that she knew she was taking a "role" that is too big, but she kept going: Czar's daughter (Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna, 1986), sophisticated New Yorker (Crossing Delancey, 1988), and Jessica Rabbit's singing voice (animated Who Framed Roger Rabbit, 1988). Ay and Steven have a mutual son, Max Spielberg.
In 1989, she couldn't handle the pressure anymore, and split up with Spielberg. She immediately moved together with Bruno Barreto, in which she fell in love while filming A Show of Force, still married to Spielberg. They had their first child in 1990, Gabriel Barreto. She was given a fine role by her husband, a school teacher finding romance, in Carried Away, 1996. She visited Broadway from time to time, playing in Arthur Miller's Broken Glass (1995), and in Chekov's Three Sisters (1997), with Lili Taylor and Jeanne Tripplehorn. She returned to be Sue Snell in the sequel The Rage: Carrie II, and played a teacher once again in Bossa Nova (2000).
During 2002-2003 Amy was featured in ABC's Alias, as Amily Sloane, the wife of Arvin Sloane (Ron Rifkin). Her character was killed at the end of the second season.
Amy was recently awarded Best Actor Outstanding Performance for Traffic, by the Cast of a Theatrical Motion (2000).
In 2005, she appeared opposite to Rebert De Niro in the hit movie Hide and Seek.
Amy is a verified actress, and she overcame the tragedies successfully. Being such an excellent actress on TV, stage and film, she is only in the beginning of the way.
Amy's father, Jules Irving, was an acting teacher.
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Amy appeared in the movie Yentl (in 1983). Amy played Hadass, alongside Barbara Streisand, who was Yentl, the Jewish girl.
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Amy played quite complicated roles: Deaf woman in the movie Voices (1979) and a Concert Pianist in the movie The Competition (1980).
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Amy has blue eyes.
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Amy Irving was listed as one of the 12 "Promising New Actress" of 1979 by John Willis' Screen World magazine.
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Amy is well known for her role as Sue Snell in Brian De Palma's movie Carrie, in 1976.
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Amy's first satge performance was in 1974, in Rumpelstiltskin, at the Actor's Workshop, San Francisco.
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Amy is a step mother to Helena Barreto, born 1977, the daughter of Bruno Barreto from previous marriage.
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Amy attended the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, London, England, from 1972 to 1975.
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Between 1971-1972, Amy attended the American Conservatory Theatre, San Francisco, California.
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Amy attended the High School of Music and Art, New York, New York.
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Amy participated in the first two seasons of Alias, as Emily Sloane, the wife of Arvin Sloane. After her character was killed, she also appeared once as a guest.
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Amy is 5' 4" (1.63 m).
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Amy is completely against cosmetic surgeries.
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Amy was dubbing the singing parts of Jessica Rabbit in the famous 1988 movie Who Framed Roger Rabbit, alongside Kathleen Turner, who was the speaking voice.
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Amy's mother, Priscilla Pointer, co-starred as her mother in 3 movies: Carried Away (in 1996), Carrie (in 1976) and Honeysuckle Rose (in 1980).
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Amy's parents are Priscilla Pointer and Jules Irving. She has a brother, David Irving, who is a famous TV director by himself, and a sister, Katie Irving.
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Amy was married to the Brazilian director Bruno Barreto, from 1996 to 2005. They are divorced and also have one child, named Gabriel.
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Amy was married to Steven Spielberg from November 27, 1985, to 1989. They had one child, called Max.
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