Biography
Amy Davis Irving (born September 10, 1953) is an American actress and singer, who worked in film, stage, and television. Her accolades include an Obie Award, two Golden Globe Award nominations, and one Academy Award nomination. Born in Palo Alto, California, to actors Jules Irving and Priscilla Pointer, Irving spent her early life in San Francisco before her family relocated to New York City during her teenage years. In New York, she made her Broadway debut in The Country Wife (1965–1966) at age 13. Irving subsequently studied theater at San Francisco's American Conservatory Theater and at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art before making her feature film debut in Brian De Palma's Carrie (1976), followed by a lead role in the 1978 supernatural thriller The Fury (1978). In 1980, Irving appeared in a Broadway production of Amadeus before being cast in Yentl (1983), for which she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. In 1988, she received an Obie Award for her Off-Broadway performance in a production of The Road to Mecca, and was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for her performance in the comedy Crossing Delancey (1988). Irving went on to appear …
Movies & TV Shows
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House (2004) — Alice Tanner
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Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) — Jessica Rabbit (singing voice) (uncredited)
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Carrie (1976) — Sue Snell
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999) — Rebecca Ramsey
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Traffic (2000) — Barbara Wakefield
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Hide and Seek (2005) — Alison Callaway
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Unsane (2018) — Angela Valentini
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Deconstructing Harry (1997) — Jane
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Casualties of War (1989) — Girl on the Train (voice) (uncredited)
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An American Tail: Fievel Goes West (1991) — Miss Kitty (voice)
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Alias (2001) — Emily Sloane
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The Good Wife (2009) — Phyllis Barsetto
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Tuck Everlasting (2002) — Mother Foster
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Adam (2009) — Rebecca Buchwald
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The Rage: Carrie 2 (1999) — Sue Snell
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The Affair (2014) — Nan
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The Fury (1978) — Gillian Bellaver
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Spin City (1996) — Lindsay Shaw
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Happy Days (1974)
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Yentl (1983) — Hadass
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She's Having a Baby (1988) — Amy Irving (uncredited)
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Thirteen Conversations About One Thing (2001) — Patricia
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A Mouthful of Air (2021) — Bobbi Davis
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The Oscars (1953) — Self
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Micki & Maude (1984) — Maude Salinger
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Crossing Delancey (1988) — Isabelle Grossman
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The Confession (1999) — Sarah Fertig
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I'm Not Rappaport (1996) — Clara Gelber
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Soundtrack (2019) — Polly
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Police Woman (1974) — June Hummel
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Honeysuckle Rose (1980) — Lily
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Bossa Nova (2000) — Mary Ann Simpson
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Great Performances (1971) — Ellie Dunn
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The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics (1994) — Melissa Sanders (segment "The Theatre")
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Carried Away (1996) — Rosealee Henson
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The Competition (1980) — Heidi Joan Schoonover
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The Rookies (1972)
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Benefit of the Doubt (1993) — Karen Braswell
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King on Screen (2023) — Self
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A Show of Force (1990) — Kate Melendez