Amy Carlson

Amy Carlson Biography

Amy Lynn Carlson (born July 7, 1968) 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.

Background

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.

Awards and nominations

1998 " Carlson was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award in the category of "Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Daytime Drama Series."
1997 " Amy Carlson and Timothy Gibbs were nominated for "Hottest Romance" for their portrayal of Josie and Gary Sinclair on the NBC drama, Another World.
1995 " Carlson was nominated for "Outstanding Newcomer" at the Soap Opera Awards for her role as Josie Watts on Another World.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1992	'	Girl on Stairs
2000	Everything Put Together	Jane
2002	Winning Girls Through Psychic Mind Control	Kathy
2002	Stella Shorts	Hippy Girl	Video
2007	Anamorph	Alexandra Fredericks
2010	Trio		Short film

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1992	Legacy of Lies	Marianna Nania	TV film
1993	Missing Persons	Helena Brusich	Episodes: "Pilot", "I'm Gonna Miss Him Too...", "Right Neighborhood... Wrong Door"
1993	'	Former Prostitute	Episodes: "Pilot - Part 1", "Cuba: Part 2"
1993-1998	Another World	Josephine Watts	TV series
1994	'	Nurse Hardy	Episode: "Mind Games"
1998	Thanks of a Grateful Nation	Tammy Boyer	TV miniseries
1999	St. Michael's Crossing	Kelly McGloin	TV series
1999	Martial Law	Cassie McGill	Episode: "Big Trouble"
1999	Get Real	Dr. Sedgwick	Episodes: "Sexual Healing", "Anatomy of a Rumor", "Prey"
2000	NYPD Blue	Lisa Marantz	Episode: "Along Came Jones"
2000	If These Walls Could Talk 2	Michelle	Segment, "1972"
2000	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Kate Armstrong	Episode: "Friends & Lovers"
2000	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Patricia Andrews	Episode: "Asunder"
2000	Falcone	Maggie Pistone Egan	TV series
2000-2003	Third Watch	Alex Taylor	Main role (50 episodes)
2002	ER	Alex Taylor	Episode: "Brothers and Sisters"
2002	Get Real	Dr. Sedgwick	Episode: "The Last Weekend"
2003	Peacemakers	Katie Owen	Main role (9 episodes)
2004	Law & Order	Collette Connolly	Episode: "Dead Wives Club"
2005	Franklin Charter	Maggie Keeler	TV film
2005-2006	Law & Order: Trial by Jury	A.D.A. Kelly Gaffney	Main role (13 episodes)
2006	Drift	Lauren	TV film
2007	'	Rachel McKenzie	TV film
2007	NCIS	Karen Sutherland	Episode: "Corporal Punishment"
2008	Criminal Minds	Cece Hillenbrand	Episode: "Tabula Rasa"
2010	Fringe	Maureen Donovan	Episode: "Unearthed"
2010-2013	Blue Bloods	Linda Reagan	Main role (57 episodes)
2011	Too Big to Fail	Erin Callan	TV film

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