Known For
Acting
Born
Jul 07, 1968
Place of Birth
Glen Ellyn, Illinois, USA
Credits
36 titles
Amy Carlson
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Amy Lynn Carlson (born July 7, 1968 height 5' 6" (1,68 m)) 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.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.
Known For
Filmography
Peas and Carrots
Laurie Wethersby
Smoke
Captain Pearson
Daredevil: Born Again
Gloria Blake
Would I Lie to You?
Self
Know Fear
Wendy
FBI: Most Wanted
Jackie Ward
The Incoherents
Jerry
Sunny Daze
Samantha
A Bread Factory, Part One: For the Sake of Gold
Grace
Landline
Carla
Natural Selection
Laura
A Midsummer's Hawaiian Dream
Helen
Hits
Christina Casserta
Too Big to Fail
Erin Callan
Green Lantern
Jessica Jordan
Blue Bloods
Linda Reagan
Fringe
Maureen Donovan
The Kidnapping
Rachel McKenzie
Anamorph
Alexandra Fredericks
Criminal Minds
Cece Hillenbrand
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
Kelly Gaffney
NCIS
Karen Sutherland
Peacemakers
Katie Owen
Stella Shorts 1998-2002
Park Dancer
Everything Put Together
Jane
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Kate Armstrong
If These Walls Could Talk 2
Michelle
Third Watch
Alex Taylor
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Patricia Andrews
Get Real
Dr. Sedgwick
Martial Law
Cassie McGill
Thanks of a Grateful Nation
Tammy Boyer
ER
Alex Taylor
Law & Order
Collette Connolly
Another World
Drift