Amy Carlson

Acting

Amy Carlson

Born 1968-07-07 · Glen Ellyn, Illinois, USA

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.

Acting credits

Green Lantern poster
5.2

For centuries, a small but powerful force of warriors called the Green Lantern Corps has sworn to keep intergalactic order. Each Green Lantern wears a ring that grants him superpowers. But when a new enemy called Parallax threatens to destroy the balance of power in the Universe, their fate and the fate of Earth lie in the hands of the first human ever recruited.

Green Lantern

2011

Too Big to Fail poster
6.9

An intimate look at the epochal financial crisis of 2008 and the powerful men and women who decided the fate of the world's economy in a matter of a few weeks.

Too Big to Fail

2011

Anamorph poster
5.2

A detective must solve the case of a serial killer who enacts anamorphosis, a painting technique that manipulates the laws of perspective, only with human bodies.

Anamorph

2007

If These Walls Could Talk 2 poster
6.5

The stories of three lesbian couples -- who live in the same house at different periods of time -- who are at a crossroads in their lives. In 1961, Edith loses her lover, Abby, to a stroke. Linda and Amy struggle with feminist issues in 1972. And, in 2000, Kal and Fran try to have a baby with the help of sperm donor.

If These Walls Could Talk 2

2000

Landline poster
6.2

A teenager living with her sister and parents in Manhattan during the 1990s discovers that her father is having an affair.

Landline

2017

Natural Selection poster
5.3

Tyler is a young man who is desperately seeking direction from a world that seems to have abandoned him. Searching for answers he looks to his new friend Indrid who appears to have it all figured out.

Natural Selection

2016

Thanks of a Grateful Nation poster
4.8

An examination of the aftermath of Desert Storm and how servicemen and women were affected by it medically.

Thanks of a Grateful Nation

1998

Know Fear poster
6.0

After discovering an ancient book of the occult, a family activates a dangerous ritual forcing each of them to communicate with and fight a demonic force in their own unique way: to see it, hear it or speak to it.

Know Fear

2022

Stella Shorts 1998-2002 poster
4.0

STELLA is a three-man comedy troupe from New York City, comprised of well-known comedians/actors Michael Showalter, David Wain, and Michael Ian Black. Though the three have made a living performing at comedy clubs, they are perhaps best known for their home-made short films. The STELLA SHORTS have garnered cult success because of their nonsensical plotlines, absurd dialogue, graphic sexual humor, sporatic violence, and sheer hilarity. This DVD showcases the trio's first twenty-three adventures, each one more bizarre and hysterical than the last. Highlights include: a game of whiffleball that goes terribly awry, an expedition to the South Pole (?) to meet Santa Claus, an edge-of-your-seat moustache-growing contest, a twisted "whodunit"-style murder mystery, and much, much more.

Stella Shorts 1998-2002

2002

Everything Put Together poster
4.9

In a quiet suburban community where everything is peaceful and in its place, a single crack has just appeared. Angie and Russ are a young married couple with a bright future. Angie is pregnant and expecting to join her circle of friends in happy motherhood, but fate has other plans.

Everything Put Together

2001

A Midsummer's Hawaiian Dream poster
5.3

Attorney Tanya McQueen has hired a team of anthropologists to find an ancient artifact which, if found, would halt development of Nick Button's shopping mall in the sacred Hemolele Forest on Kaua'i. The team is led by the experienced duo of Helen and Demetri, joined by grad students Zander and Hermione. The team is seen by Omaka, a native Hawaiian kahuna, and his mischievous aide, Puka. Sensing Helen's yearning for passion from Demetri, Puka doses the man with the nectar of a special flower from the forest -- but he has dosed Zander instead, triggering confusion and hilarity. When Puka tries to make amends by dosing Demetri too, and later Tanya as well, the results are surprising and wonderfully zany. Love wins the day.

A Midsummer's Hawaiian Dream

2016

Hits poster
4.8

A talentless teen will do anything to get on TV's "The Voice." Meanwhile, her father, a municipal worker, creates an uproar when a video of his rants at City Hall goes viral.

Hits

2014

Peas and Carrots poster
NR

New York-based 16-year-old Joey Wethersby's parents were part of a 1990s one-hit wonder band. After encouraging her parents to start a new band, Joey finds herself traveling nightly to an alternate reality where everyone repeatedly says the titular three-word phrase.

Peas and Carrots

2025

The Kidnapping poster
5.3

Two crooked cops kidnap the daughter of a bank-securities expert as a last resort to help with a robbery of a safe deposit box. A robbery that failed in the first attempt.

The Kidnapping

2008

The Incoherents poster
5.5

Four forty-somethings each mired in some sort of mid life malaise reunite their 90's indie rock band.

The Incoherents

2019

A Bread Factory, Part One: For the Sake of Gold poster
6.7

After 40 years of running their community arts space The Bread Factory, Dorothea and Greta are suddenly fighting for survival when a pair of celebrity performance artists from China come to Checkford and build an enormous complex down the street, catapulting big changes in their small town.

A Bread Factory, Part One: For the Sake of Gold

2018

Sunny Daze poster
4.0

A life-altering friendship is formed between a man and 11 year old child after the passing of the boy's father.

Sunny Daze

2019