Amy Wright

Known for: Acting

Born: April 15, 1950 in Chicago, Illinois, U.S.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Amy Wright (born April 15, 1950) is an American actress. She has appeared in such films as The Deer Hunter, Breaking Away, The Amityville Horror, Heartland, Wise Blood, Stardust Memories, The Accidental Tourist, Hard Promises, Crossing Delancey and Miss Firecracker. Wright is married to actor Rip Torn and the couple have two daughters. Wright is a graduate of the University of Chicago Laboratory School and Beloit College. She also starred with Eric Schweig ...

Top Movies

The Deer Hunter as Bridesmaid (1978)
Not a Pretty Picture as Cindy (1976)
Synecdoche, New York as Burning House Realtor (2008)
To Dance with the White Dog as Carrie (1993)
Breaking Away as Nancy (1979)
Stardust Memories as Shelley (1980)
The Namesake as Pam (2006)
Girlfriends as Ceil (1978)

Top TV Shows

Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)
Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Sister Dorothy (2001)
Undeclared as Debra (2001)

IMDb

Full Filmography (37 movies, 3 TV shows)

Movies

A Blind Bargain (2025) as Mature Joy Fontaine
My Amityville Diaries (2022) as Self
Please Give (2010) as Erin
Synecdoche, New York (2008) as Burning House Realtor
The Good Shepherd (2006) as Safe House Operations Officer
The Namesake (2006) as Pam
Messengers (2004) as Nan Parrish
Joe the King (1999) as Mary
Tom and Huck (1995) as Aunt Polly
The Scarlet Letter (1995) as Goody Gotwick
Robot in the Family (1994) as Kristina Shamir
To Dance with the White Dog (1993) as Carrie
Where the Rivers Flow North (1993) as Loose Woman
Hard Promises (1992) as Shelley
Deceived (1991) as Evelyn
Final Verdict (1991) as Queenie
In the Line of Duty: Manhunt in the Dakotas (1991) as Karen
Daddy's Dyin'... Who's Got the Will? (1990) as Lurlene
Largo Desolato (1990) as Lucy
Love Hurts (1990) as Karen Weaver
Settle the Score (1989) as Becky
Miss Firecracker (1989) as Missy Mahoney
The Accidental Tourist (1988) as Rose Leary
Crossing Delancey (1988) as Ricki
The Telephone (1988)
Trapped In Silence (1986) as Dana Wendolowski
Off Beat (1986) as Mary Ellen Gruenwald
Heartland (1981) as Clara Jane
Inside Moves (1980) as Anne
Stardust Memories (1980) as Shelley
Wise Blood (1979) as Sabbath Lily
The Amityville Horror (1979) as Jackie
Breaking Away (1979) as Nancy
The Deer Hunter (1978) as Bridesmaid
Girlfriends (1978) as Ceil
Not a Pretty Picture (1976) as Cindy

TV Shows

Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001) as Sister Dorothy
Undeclared (2001) as Debra
Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)

Amy Wright

Birthday

April 15, 1950

76 years old

Place of Birth

Chicago, Illinois, U.S.

Known For

Acting

Popularity

0.7

External Links

IMDb

Known For

Hallmark Hall of Fame

The Deer Hunter

as Bridesmaid

Not a Pretty Picture

as Cindy

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

as Sister Dorothy

Synecdoche, New York

as Burning House Realtor

Undeclared

as Debra

To Dance with the White Dog

as Carrie

Breaking Away

as Nancy

Stardust Memories

as Shelley

The Namesake

as Pam

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Amy Wright (born April 15, 1950) is an American actress. She has appeared in such films as The Deer Hunter, Breaking Away, The Amityville Horror, Heartland, Wise Blood, Stardust Memories, The Accidental Tourist, Hard Promises, Crossing Delancey and Miss Firecracker. Wright is married to actor Rip Torn and the couple have two daughters. Wright is a graduate of the University of Chicago Laboratory School and Beloit College. She also starred with Eric Schweig in The Scarlet Letter and Tom and Huck (both made in 1995). She starred in the original production of Breakfast with Les and Bess as Shelby. Wright currently is on the faculty of HB Studio in New York City. Description above from the Wikipedia article Amy Wright, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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April 15, 1950

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Chicago, Illinois, U.S.

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Acting

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