Amy Carlson

At 56 years old, Amy Carlson has this physical status:

Amy Lynn Carlson (born July 7, 1968) is an American television actress best known for her appearances in the CBS police procedural Blue Bloods, as Samantha Taylor on the NBC drama Third Watch and Josie Watts in the NBC daytime soap opera Another World.

Early life

Carlson was born in Elmhurst, Cook County, near Chicago, and was raised in Glen Ellyn, Illinois, by Barbara Jane (Hultman) and Robert Eugene Carlson, the daughter of schoolteacher parents. She is of Swedish descent and has roots in Smland.

Personal life

Carlson and her longtime companion Syd Butler reside in New York City. They have two children.

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Career

She was introduced to Hollywood as a background actress in the film Lucas starring Charlie Sheen, Corey Haim, and Winona Ryder. She then followed her older sister Betsy to Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois. Carlson was active in the school's theatre department, debuting in Noises Off, A Lie of the Mind, and School for Scandal in July. When she directed Wallace Shawn's Aunt Dan and Lemon her senior year, she got her first taste of directing. Carlson received a degree in East Asian Studies with a concentration in theater.

Carlson moved to Chicago where she studied improv with Charna Halpern at the Harold ImprovOlympic and took acting lessons at The Actor's Center with Victor D'Altorio and Eileen Vorbach after graduating college. She appeared in numerous small theater productions, including Dark City, Revenge of the Cheerleader with Warren Leight, and the Folio Theater Company, among others. William Forsythe and Tom Amandes played three different characters in three episodes of The Untouchables. Carlson appeared in three episodes of Missing People with Daniel J. Travanti as three distinct characters. She met Jorja Fox on Missing People, and not only did they celebrate birthdays, but they became lifelong friends. ImprovOlympic, Harold ImprovOlympic, and others have earned other accolades from the Chicago show. She appeared in Legacy of Lies, a made for television film starring Joe Morton.

Carlson landed Josie Watts on Broadway in late December 1993 to make her soap opera debut on Another World. During her first year, she travelled with World Vision to Rwanda to work on an awareness campaign following the war. She wrote numerous articles about the struggles in Rwanda that she witnessed for the large base of supporters in soap opera magazines, including Soap Opera Weekly. She had been nominated for Outstanding Support Actress in a Drama Series in 1998, but she decided it was time to move forward. She travelled to Toronto right away to shoot Because of a Grateful Nation about the Persian Gulf War Syndrome.

Carlson travelled to Los Angeles for the first and only time in 1998, where she appeared on several prime time shows, including NYPD Blue, starring Anne Hathaway and Jesse Eisenberg, and Martha Coolidge. While in Los Angeles, she tested against Mariska Hargitay and Angie Harmon for the role in which Mariska was recognized in Law and Order: SVU. Donny Brasco's wife shot in Toronto shortly after. Falcone brought her back to the United States, where she remained, guest star in Law and Order: SVU and filming independent films such as Winning Girls Through Psychic Mind Control directed by Barry Alexander Brown starring Bronson Pinchot and Ruben Santiago-Hudson. Carlson played a down and out lounge singer, and the project used Regina Spektor, the time-up and coming singer.

Carlson left Third Watch after being shot on Peacemakers, a CSI-inspired film that was shot in Vancouver and set in the late 1800s, starring Tom Berenger and Peter O'Meara. She appeared on several television shows and films, including one entitled "Dead Wives Club" when the show was not renewed. Soon enough, Dick Wolf was ordered to sign her to Law & Order: a trial by Jury, where she co-starred with Bebe Neuwirth, Jerry Orbach, Kirk Acevedo, Fred Thompson, and Scott Cohen. Bradley Cooper, Angela Lansbury, Candice Bergen, Elisabeth Moss, and others were among the series's notable guest stars who were excited to work with such as Bradley Cooper, Bradley Cooper, Angela Lansbury, Elisabeth Moss, and others. Carlson began working on a variety of film and television roles, including Guest Starring roles on Criminal Minds and Fringe after giving birth to her daughter, Lyla Forest in 2006. When her son Nigel was ten months old, she landed the role of Linda Reagan on Blue Bloods. Linda Carlson remained in the role of Linda in the seventh season of Blue Bloods. Curtis Hanson, author of Andrew Ross Sorkin's book chronicling the 2008 financial meltdown of 2008 while collaborating with James Woods, played Erin Callan during her hiatus. Christina Cassertes was also written for her role in Hits, her friend David Cross's debut film. Carlson's deal came to an end after seven years with Blue Bloods. Linda, a nurse who was transporting a patient, died in a helicopter crash in the eighth-season premiere episode, which aired on September 29, 2017.

Carlson appeared on The Society and The Village following Blue Bloods. Sunny Daze, The Incoherents, A Bread Factory Part One, and the indie horror film Know Fear were among the many shots she shot. Carlson co-wrote, produced, and starred in The Letter, a short film co-written by Syd Butler right before COVID-19 shutdowns. As her co-star in Law and Order: Trial by Jury, Scott Cohen played her friend from Law and Order: the Trial by Jury. At the Hollywood International Women's Film Festival, best director and actor, as well as awards from the Cannes Indie Film Festival, Hudson Valley Film Festival, and the Dark Women Film Festival, her work was recognized.

During the 2020 pandemic, Carlson and her collaborator Syd Butler, as well as his bandmate Seth Jabour, joined the band Office Romance to produce their second album and first full length collection, Holidays of Love.

Carlson began firing as a regular cast member of FBI: Most Wanted, opposite her friend and co-star Julian McMahon of Another World.

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