Girl amick
Girl E. Amick (born December 12, 1970 in Sparks , Nevada ) is an American actress . She owes her first name to her mother, Judy, of German descent, who didn't want a common American first name.
Life
Girl Amick's parents Judy and Bill divorced when she was two and a half years old. A short time later, her mother married a musician who taught the three-year-old child to play the piano . Later, under the guidance of the stepfather, other instruments such as bass , violin and guitar followed .
While still at school she had the desire to become an actress and took acting classes at Robert McQueen High School in Reno . In addition, she learned different dance styles, including tap dance , ballet , jazz dance and modern dance .
In 1987, at the age of 16, Amick moved to Los Angeles to become a professional actress. She first worked as a model and dancer in various music videos by Rick Astley and Julio Iglesias . In 1989 she made her first appearances in the television series Spaceship Enterprise - The Next Century and Baywatch - The Lifeguards of Malibu .
Amick gained greater fame from 1989 to 1990 through her fixed role in David Lynch's TV series Twin Peaks , in which she plays the waitress Shelly Johnson , who is oppressed and abused by her husband Leo .
In 1992 Amick got one of the lead roles in Stephen King 's horror film Sleepwalker , and a year later she shot the thriller Nightmare Lover with James Spader .
On television, Amick had lead roles in the short-lived series Central Park West (1995-1996) and Fantasy Island (1998-1999), as well as guest roles in Dawson's Creek (1999), Gilmore Girls (2002-2003), Joey (2005) and Shark (2008) ). In the eleventh season (2004-2005) of the successful hospital series Emergency Room - The emergency room she played as a recurring supporting actress a social worker, in the short-lived sitcom Freddie from 2005 to 2006 Allison , sister-in-law of the title character Freddie . In the second season of the series Californication (2008-2009) she impersonated Janie Jones in four episodes . In 2008 she played the role of duchess Catherine Beaton in four episodes of the television series Gossip Girl . In 2010 she made several appearances in the series Damages - Im Netz der Macht and CSI: NY . From October 2013 to October 2014 she starred as Wendy Beauchamp in The Witches of East End on Lifetime .
Since 2017 she has played the role of Alice Cooper in the Riverdale series . In the same year she took over the role of Shelly in the sequel to Twin Peaks .
Private life
In 1990 Amick met the musician and songwriter David Alexis , whom she married two years later. The couple have a daughter and a son and live in Los Angeles.
Filmography (selection)
- 1989: Spaceship Enterprise - The Next Century ( Star Trek: The Next Generation , TV series, episode 2x10 The Heir to the Throne )
- 1989: Baywatch - The Lifeguards of Malibu ( Baywatch , TV series, episode 1x01 Pilot )
- 1990–1991, 2017: Twin Peaks (TV series, 33 episodes)
- 1990: With the Best of Intentions ( Don't Tell Her It's Me )
- 1990: I'm Dangerous Tonight (TV movie)
- 1991: Alienkiller (The Borrower)
- 1992: Twin Peaks : Fire Walk with Me
- 1992: Sleepwalkers (Sleepwalkers)
- 1993: Evil Shadows (Love, Cheat & Steal)
- 1994: Nightmare Lover (Dream Lover)
- 1994: Snowstorm in Paradise (Trapped in Paradise)
- 1995: The Voice of the Killer ( The Courtyard , TV movie)
- 1995: You again! ( French Exit )
- 1995–1996: Central Park West (TV series, 21 episodes)
- 1997: Bombshell
- 1997: Orchids for a corpse ( Heartless , TV movie)
- 1997: The Only Witness ( Wounded )
- 1998: Girlfriends Beyond Death ( Twist of Fate )
- 1998: The Hunted - A Woman Fights for Her Life ( The Hunted , Movie made for TV)
- 1998–1999: Fantasy Island (TV series, 13 episodes)
- 1999: Mr. Rock 'n' Roll: Die Alan Freed Story ( Mr. Rock 'n' Roll: The Alan Freed Story , TV movie)
- 1999: Dawson's Creek (TV series, 3 episodes)
- 2000: The List
- 2001: Scenes of the Crime
- 2001: Hangman - The Murderous Game (Hangman)
- 2002: Global Effect - On the Edge of Destruction (Global Effect)
- 2002: rats - they're everywhere! (The Rats)
- 2003: Ed - The Bowling Lawyer ( Ed , TV series, episode 4x11)
- 2002–2003: Gilmore Girls (TV series, 3 episodes)
- 2004–2005: Emergency Room - Die Notaufnahme ( ER , TV series, 10 episodes)
- 2005: Four Corners of Suburbia
- 2005: Joey (TV series, 5 episodes)
- 2005: The Double Life of Sam Brooks (Lies and Deception)
- 2006: Law & Order (TV series, episode 17x03)
- 2005–2006: Freddie (TV series, 22 episodes)
- 2006–2007: Kidnapped - 13 Days of Hope ( Kidnapped , TV series, 3 episodes)
- 2008: Shark (TV series, episode 2x15)
- 2008: Californication (TV series, 5 episodes)
- 2008: My Own Worst Enemy (TV series, 9 episodes)
- 2008: Gossip Girl (TV series, 4 episodes)
- 2010: Unanswered Prayers (TV movie)
- 2010: CSI: NY (TV series, 3 episodes)
- 2010: Damages - Im Netz der Macht ( Damages , TV series, 6 episodes)
- 2011: Priest
- 2011: Metro
- 2011: White Collar (TV series, episode 3x05 In the Black Widow's Network )
- 2012: Psych (TV series, episode 6x10 Indiana Shawn and the Temple of the Rusty Dagger )
- 2012: In Plain Sight ( In Plain Sight , TV series, episode 5x02 Four Marshals and a Baby )
- 2012: Mad Men (TV series, episode 5x04 Fever )
- 2012: Wrestler (TV series, 2 episodes)
- 2012: Drop Dead Diva (TV series, 2 episodes)
- 2012: Beauty and the Beast (TV series, episode 1x04 Verbotene Liebe )
- 2013: Longmire (TV series, 3 episodes)
- 2013–2014: Witches of East End (TV series, 23 episodes)
- 2014: Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces
- 2015: American Horror Story (TV series, 3 episodes)
- 2016: Second Chance (TV series, episode 1x08)
- 2016–2017: Love (TV series, 3 episodes)
- since 2017: Riverdale (TV series)
Web links
- Mädchen Amick in the Internet Movie Database (English)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Amick, girl |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Amick, girl E. |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | US-american actress |
DATE OF BIRTH | December 12, 1970 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Sparks , Nevada , United States |