Amy Irving

Amy Irving (born the September 10th 1953 with Palo Alto, California (the United States)) is an American actress.

Its life

Amy Irving was born in 1953 in a family from artist. His/her father, Jules Irving, was realizer of film and director to the theater, and his/her mother, Priscilla Pointer, was actress (His/her father was Jewish and his/her mother belonged to the church of Christian Science). The brother of Irving is the author and director David Irving (not to be confused with the British historian of the same name), and his/her sister is the singer Katie Irving.

Around the Seventies, Amy Irving attended a dramatic school with the American Conservatory Theater of San Francisco where she played in several their theatrical productions. She made also a training course with LAMDA (the London Academy off Music and Dramatic Art ) and made her beginnings with Off-Broadway at the 17 years age.

She was married with the American realizer Steven Spielberg between 1985 and 1989 (she touched approximately 100 million dollars of pension at the time of the divorce). In 1990 it had a professional and sentimental adventure with the Brazilian realizer Bruno Barreto, and they married in 1996. She has two children, max Samuel (with Spielberg) and Gabriel (with Barreto). She divorced Barreto in 2005.

Catalog of films

The roles of Amy Irving to the screen go as well from films of Brian De Palma as The Fury (where it holds the role of Gillian Bellaver) and Carrie (where it is Sue Snell and plays side of her mother), as with the film Yentl in 1983, for whom it was named with the Oscar S, and Harry in all its states in 1997. It was the voice of Jessica Rabbit at the time of the parts sung in film with half of animation Which wants the skin of Roger Rabbit? . It has a recurring role in the televised series Alias as a Emily Sloane. Since 2000 it has cost on the front of the scene with interesting roles in films and telefilms, of which Traffic in 2000, Tuck Everlasting in 2002, and a strong episode of New York special unit in 2001.

Rewards

Amy Irving received a nomination with the Academy Award S as a best supporting role for its service in the film Yentl , of the nominations to the Golden Globe S for the films Anastasia: The Mystery off Anna and Crossing Delancey , and a Obie Award for its role with the theater in The Road to Mecca .

It holds a little absurd characteristic to be one of the two only people to be named at the same time with the Oscars and the Razzie Awards for the same role: it was named for the role either of better, or of worse supporting role for his service in Yentl . Only James Coco had arrived at the same exploit for its employment in Only When I Laught .

Actress

Producing

  • 1996 : State of force

Singer

External bonds

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