Amy Irving (born September 10, 1953 in Palo Alto, California) is an American actress. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 326 × 500 pixelsFull resolution (326 × 500 pixel, file size: 120 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Amy Irving ... September 10 is the 253rd day of the Gregorian calendar (254th in leap years). ... 1953 (MCMLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... Downtown Palo Alto Palo Alto is a city in Santa Clara County, in the San Francisco Bay Area of California, USA. Palo Alto is located at the northern end of the Silicon Valley, and is home to Stanford University (which is technically located in an adjacent area — Stanford, California... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Area  Ranked 3rd  - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²)  - Width 250 miles (400 km)  - Length 770 miles (1,240 km)  - % water 4. ... Steven Allan Spielberg KBE (born December 18, 1946)[1] is an American film director and producer. ... Bruno Barreto (March 16, 1955) is a Brazilian film director. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... The SAG Award for Best Cast in a Motion Picture is an award given by the Screen Actors Guild to honor the finest acting achievements in film. ... Traffic is an award-winning 2000 crime/drama film directed by Steven Soderbergh. ... September 10 is the 253rd day of the Gregorian calendar (254th in leap years). ... 1953 (MCMLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... Location of Palo Alto within Santa Clara County, California. ...

Life

Amy Irving was born on September 10, 1953, to film and stage director Jules Irving and actress Priscilla Pointer. (Her father is Jewish and her mother is a Christian Scientist). Amy Irving's brother is writer/director David Irving (not the British historian of the same name), and her sister is singer Katie Irving. September 10 is the 253rd day of the Gregorian calendar (254th in leap years). ... 1953 (MCMLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... Priscilla Pointer (b. ... The factual accuracy of this article is disputed. ...

In the late '60s and early '70s, Irving attended acting school at the American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco where she appeared in a number of their theatrical productions. She also trained at LAMDA, (the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art) and made her off-Broadway debut at the age of 17. The London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA), founded 1861, is a leading British drama school in west London. ... Off-Broadway plays or musicals are performed in New York City in smaller theatres than Broadway, but larger than Off-Off-Broadway, productions. ...

Irving was married to the American film director Steven Spielberg from 1985 to 1989. (She received an estimated $100 million divorce settlement). In 1990 she became romantically and professionally involved with the Brazilian film director Bruno Barreto, and they were married in 1996. She has two sons, Max Samuel, (with Spielberg), and Gabriel (with Barreto). Irving and Barreto were divorced in 2005. Steven Allan Spielberg KBE (born December 18, 1946)[1] is an American film director and producer. ... Bruno Barreto (March 16, 1955) is a Brazilian film director. ...

Performances

Amy Irving's screen performances include roles in the Brian DePalma-directed films The Fury as Gillian Bellaver, and Carrie as Sue Snell (in which she co-starred with her mother), as well as in the 1983 film "Yentl" (for which she was nominated for an Oscar), in Susan Sandler's 1988 film, "Crossing Delancey" (for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe) as Isabelle, and Woody Allen's 1997 film Deconstructing Harry. Micki + Maude, directed by Blake Edwards and starring Dudley Moore was a hit for her in 1984. She supplied the singing voice for Jessica Rabbit in the animated film Who Framed Roger Rabbit. Irving also appeared in the television show Alias as Emily Sloane. In the 2000's, Irving had a somewhat comeback with intelligent film and television roles, roles include Traffic (2000), Tuck Everlasting (2002), Thirteen Conversations About One Thing (2002) and a powerful episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit in 2001. The Fury is a 1978 sci-fi/horror/thriller film directed by Brian de Palma. ... Carrie is a 1976 American horror film directed by Brian De Palma based on the novel by Stephen King, with a screenplay written by Lawrence D. Cohen. ... Crossing Delancey is a romantic comedy film released in 1988. ... Deconstructing Harry is a film by Woody Allen released in 1997. ... Micki + Maude (1984) is a comedy film starring Dudley Moores as Rob Salinger, an overworked television reporter. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Dudley Stuart John Moore, CBE (April 19, 1935 – March 27, 2002), was an Academy-Award nominated British comedian, actor and musician. ... Jessica Rabbit is a fictional character created by author Gary Wolf for his humorous novel Who Censored Roger Rabbit?. The character was later used by The Walt Disney Company and Amblin Entertainment for the movie Who Framed Roger Rabbit, loosely based on Wolfs book. ... Who Framed Roger Rabbit is a 1988 film produced by Amblin Entertainment and The Walt Disney Company (on its Touchstone Pictures banner), Using traditional animation and live action. ... Alias was an American Spy-fi television series created by J. J. Abrams that aired on ABC from September 30, 2001 to May 22, 2006. ... Emily Sloane is a fictional character from the American television series Alias. ... Traffic is an award-winning 2000 crime/drama film directed by Steven Soderbergh. ... 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Tuck Everlasting is a 2002 film based on the childrens book of the same title by Natalie Babbitt published in 1975. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... 13 Conversations About One Thing is a 2001 film by Jill Sprecher. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 5 DVD Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (also known as Law & Order: SVU) is the first of three spin-offs of Law & Order (the other two being Law & Order: Criminal Intent and Law & Order: Trial by Jury; all series are presented on the NBC...

Irving's stage work includes The Heidi Chronicles, The Road to Mecca, Celadine, a world premiere at George Street Playhouse in New Brunswick, NJ and, more recently, the 2006 one-woman play, A Safe Harbor for Elizabeth Bishop, by Marta Góes, which was a Primary Stages production at the 59E59 Theaters. The Heidi Chronicles (1988) is an award-winning play by noted 20th century American playwright Wendy Wasserstein. ... George Street Playhouse is a theater in New Brunswick, NJ. George Street Playhouse is one of New Jerseys preeminent professional theatres committed to the production of new and established plays. ... New Brunswick is a city located in Middlesex County, New Jersey. ...

Irving is currently starring in the American premiere of Tom Stoppard's The Coast of Utopia at New York's Lincoln Center. Tom Stoppard in a 1985 documentary for the film Brazil Sir Tom Stoppard, OM, CBE (born Tomáš Straussler on July 3, 1937) is an Academy Award winning British playwright. ... The Coast of Utopia is a 2002 trilogy of plays by Tom Stoppard, focused on the philosophical debates in pre-revolutionary Russia between 1833 and 1866. ... The Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center. ...

Awards and honors

Amy Irving received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in the film Yentl, Golden Globe nominations for her performances in the films Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna and Crossing Delancey, and an Obie Award for her stage performance in The Road to Mecca. Academy Award The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are the most prominent and most watched film awards ceremony in the world. ... Yentl is a play by Leah Napolin and Isaac Bashevis Singer. ... The Golden Globe Awards are American awards for motion pictures and television programs, given out each year during a formal dinner. ... The Obie Awards, short for Off-Broadway Theater Awards, are annual awards bestowed by the newspaper The Village Voice on theater artists performing in New York City. ...

Irving holds the dubious distinction of being one of only two people to be nominated for both an Oscar and a Razzie Award for the same performance. Irving was nominated for both Best and Worst Supporting Actress for her work in Yentl. Only James Coco achieved the same feat for his work in Only When I Laugh. The Golden Raspberries or Razzies were created by John Wilson in 1980, intended to complement the Academy Awards by dishonoring the worst acting, screenwriting, songwriting, directing, and films that the film industry had to offer. ... James Coco (March 21, 1930–February 25, 1987) was an American character actor. ... Only When I Laugh is a 1981 film which tells the story of an alcoholic Broadway actress who tries to stay sober while dealing with the problems of her friends and family. ...

Partial filmography

• Hide and Seek (2005)
• Tuck Everlasting (2002)
• Thirteen Conversations About One Thing (2002)
• Alias (2001)
• Traffic (2000)
• Blue Ridge Fall (1999)
• Bossa Nova (1999)
• The Rage: Carrie 2 (1999)
• The Confession (1999)
• One Tough Cop (1998)
• Deconstructing Harry (1997)
• I'm Not Rappaport (1996)
• Carried Away (1996)
• Kleptomania (1995)
• Benefit of the Doubt (1993)
• An American Tail: Fievel Goes West (1991) (voice)
• A Show of Force (1990)
• Crossing Delancey (1988)
• Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) (voice) As Jessica Rabbit singing “Why Don’t You Do Right”.
• Rumpelstiltskin (1987)
• Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna (1986)
• Micki and Maude (1984)
• The Far Pavilions (1984)
• Yentl (1983)
• The Competition (1980)
• Honeysuckle Rose (1980)
• Voices (1979)
• The Fury (1978)
• I'm a Fool (1976)
• Carrie (1976)

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External links

• Amy Irving at the Internet Movie Database
• Amy Irving at TV.com
• Amy Irving Downstage Center XM radio interview at American Theatre Wing, March 2007