Amy Irving
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Amy Irving (born September 10, 1953 in Palo Alto, California) is an American actress.
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Life
Amy Irving was born on September 10, 1953, to the film director, Jules Irving, and the actress, Priscilla Pointer. (Her father is Jewish and her mother is a Christian Scientist). Amy Irving's brother is the writer/director David Irving, and her sister is the singer, Katie Irving.
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.
Performances
Amy Irving's screen performances include roles in the Brian Palma-directed films "The Fury", and Carrie, (in which she co-starred with her mother), as well as in the 1986 film "Yentl" (for which she was nominated for an Oscar), and Woody Allen's 1997 film Deconstructing Harry. (She also supplied the singing voice for Jessica Rabbit in the animated film Who Framed Roger Rabbit).
Irving's stage work includes The Road to Mecca, 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.
Irving was married to the American film director Steven Spielberg from 1985 to 1989. (Due to their prenuptial agreement, she received an estimated $100 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).
Awards & 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.
Selected filmography
- Tuck Everlasting (2002)
- Thirteen Conversations About One Thing (2002)
- 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)
- Rumpelstiltskin (1987)
- 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)