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Amy Acker

Amy Louise Acker was born on the 5th December 1976 in Dallas in Texas. She started as a model for the J. Crew clothing catalogue.
In 1999, she was nominated for a Leon Rabin award for "Outstanding Performance by an Actress in A Lead Role" for her performance in the play Thérèse Raquin. She received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in the same year.
Amy has had guest starring roles in Private Practice in the episode called "A Family Thing" as Molly with Kate Walsh and Tim Daly and in Ghost Whisperer in the episode called "Weight Of What Was" as Tessa opposite Jennifer Love Hewitt.
She has appeared in Law & Order: Criminal Intent in the episode called "Smile" as Leslie LeZard opposite Kathryn Erbe and Vincent D'Onofrio and in Justice League Unlimited as a voice over for the Huntress.
She has starred in Angel alongside David Boreanaz, Charisma Carpenter, Andy Hallett, J. August Richards and Alexis Denisof as Winifred "Fred" Burkle and also as Illyria.
She won the 2003 Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress on Television for her portrayal of Fred and Illyria.
Other roles followed as the evil Kelly Peyton in Alias - Season 5 with Jennifer Garner and in Supernatural - Season 1 - Part 1 as Andrea Barr alongside Jensen Ackles, Jared Padalecki and Callum Keith Rennie.
Amy had a small part as Miggy in Catch Me If You Can with Tom Hanks and Leonardo Di Caprio.
She has also appeared in Dollhouse - Series 1 and Dollhouse - Series 2 as Dr. Claire Saunders with Eliza Dushku and Reed Diamond.
Other roles include Drive as Kathryn Tully with Kristin Lehman, Emma Stone and Nathan Fillion, Return to the Batcave - The Misadventures of Adam and Burt as Kathy Kersh alongside Adam West and Burt Ward.
Amy has been in To Serve and Protect as Melissa Jorgensen and as various characters in Wishbone with Larry Brantley, Jordan Wall and Adam Springfield.
Amy also starred in Alyson Hannigan's new show called How I Met Your Mother - Series 1 as Penelope, in which she was reunited with Angel co-star Alexis Denisof (who is Alyson Hannigan's real-life husband), who had a recurring role on the show and also stars Josh Radnor, Neil Patrick Harris and Cobie Smulders.
Amy has also had roles in the films 21 and a Wake-Up as Caitlin Murphy opposite Faye Dunaway, Danica McKellar and Ed Begley Jr., Dragon Chronicles - Fire and Ice as Princess Luisa alongside Tom Wisdom and John Rhys-Davies and in A Near Death Experience as Ellie.
Other roles include the short Mr Dramatic as Jodi opposite Oliver Hudson, The Novice (renamed to Crossroads) as Jill, Groom Lake as Kate with William Shatner and The Accident as Nina.
Another new role is in the TV series Happy Town as Rachel Conroy with Sam Neill and Dean Winters.
Amy has appeared in The Cabin In The Woods as Wendy Lin opposite Richard Jenkins and Bradley Whitford.

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Amy Acker - what members say

Supernatural - Season 1 - Part 1 review by Orangeorange2003 from Southampton

Sexy Is Back 14 December 2008
...ed and was traumatized into silence. Stars - Jensen Ackles - Jared Padalecki - Amy Acker Written by - Sara Gamble - Raelle Tucker Directed By - Kim Manner 4) Phantom... Read customer review

Dollhouse - Series 1 review by monkeyboy1980 from Walsall

Shades of moral grey... 11 August 2009
... fall prey to a mind altering drug. The show also features former Joss fave Amy Acker as Dr Saunders, computer genius Tofer, and Adele DeWitt, the cold and removed h... Read customer review

Dragon Chronicles - Fire and Ice review by Nicki5886 from Leeds

WTF!! 14 October 2009
...Absolute poppycock! expected more from Amy Acker from what I'd seen of her in the Angel series but this is really rubbish, Arnold Vosloo's performance was autrocious, d... Read customer review

Amy Acker - filmography

Dollhouse - Series 2 - Complete (2010)
Starring: Eliza Dushku, Amy Acker, Reed Diamond
Director: Joss Whedon
Certificate:
Dollhouse is a dramatic series from creator Joss Whedon centering on a group of people who are imprinted with the personalities and abilities they need to carry out specific missions. Afterward, their memories are wiped clean and they are confined between missions to a secret facility known as the "..read more »

84% from 160 members
Not available for rental

Dollhouse - Series 2 - Complete - Blu-ray (2010)
Starring: Eliza Dushku, Amy Acker, Reed Diamond
Director: Joss Whedon
Certificate:
BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER and FIREFLY creator Joss Whedon crafts this science-fiction-themed television series concerning a highly-illegal, underground organization known as the Dollhouse that caters to the wealthy, powerful, and connected by leasing out 'Actives', people whose personalities have ..read more »

83% from 71 members
Not available for rental

Dollhouse - Series 1 - Blu-ray (2009)
Starring: Eliza Dushku, Fran Kranz, Tahmoh Penikett
Director: Joss Whedon, Rod Hardy, Steven S. DeKnight
Certificate:
BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER and FIREFLY creator Joss Whedon crafts this science-fiction-themed television series concerning a highly-illegal, underground organization known as the Dollhouse that caters to the wealthy, powerful, and connected by leasing out 'Actives', people whose personalities have ..read more »

82% from 90 members
Not available for rental

Dollhouse - Series 1 (4 discs) on DVD (2009)
Starring: Eliza Dushku, Amy Acker, Reed Diamond
Director: Joss Whedon, Rod Hardy, Steven S. DeKnight
Certificate:
BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER and FIREFLY creator Joss Whedon crafts this science-fiction-themed television series concerning a highly-illegal, underground organization known as the Dollhouse that caters to the wealthy, powerful, and connected by leasing out 'Actives', people whose personalities have ..read more »

78% from 3,287 members

Dragon Chronicles - Fire and Ice on DVD (2008)
Starring: Amy Acker, Tom Wisdom, John Rhys-Davies
Director: Pitof
Certificate:
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Ruled by the mighty King Augustin, Carpia is a peaceful kingdom in a fantasy world inhabited by dragons, knights and magical forces. The land's serenity is unexpectedly shattered by a Fire Dragon rising from a faraway land whose rampage spreads almighty fear and death amongst the kingdom's innocent ..read more »

46% from 2,487 members

Supernatural - Season 2 - Complete - Blu-ray (4 discs) (2006)
Starring: Jensen Ackles, Jared Padalecki, Callum Keith Rennie
Director: Kim Manners, Robert Singer, Philip Sgriccia
Certificate:
Dean and Sam Winchester are two brothers with a special talent. Well-versed in the supernatural after their father became convinced that their mother was captured by unholy spirits, Dean and Sam dedicated their young lives to hunting down these otherworldly terrors. But adulthood saw Sam drift away ..read more »

89% from 253 members

Supernatural - Season 1 - Part 2 (3 discs) on DVD (2006)
Starring: Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles, Callum Keith Rennie
Director: Kim Manners, Robert Singer, Tony Wharmby
Certificate:
For Months, Sam And Dean Winchester Have Hunted The Spirits And Spooks That Terrorize The Living. And they have also searched for their father, John. They've found ghouls aplenty. And - at last - they've found John. Now, father and sons set out to destroy the demon that murdered the boys' mother. ..read more »

84% from 5,915 members

Supernatural - Season 2 - Part 1 (3 discs) on DVD (2006)
Starring: Jensen Ackles, Jared Padalecki, Callum Keith Rennie
Director: Kim Manners, Robert Singer, Philip Sgriccia
Certificate:
Supernatural stars Jensen Ackles and Jared Padalecki as Dean and Sam Winchester, two brothers who travel the country looking for their missing father and battling evil spirits along the way.This release features the first half of the second season.

88% from 5,207 members

Supernatural - Season 1 - Complete - Blu-ray (4 discs) (2005)
Starring: Jensen Ackles, Jared Padalecki, Callum Keith Rennie
Director: David Nutter, Kim Manners
Certificate:
From the moment their mother is brutally murdered by a demon, brothers Dean and Sam are changed forever. Spurred on by their father's quest for revenge, the boys grow up battling malignant spirits and the like. Adulthood sees Sam drift away from his paranormal past, instead choosing to settle down ..read more »

85% from 397 members

Supernatural - Season 1 - Part 1 (3 discs) on DVD (2005)
Starring: Jensen Ackles, Jared Padalecki, Callum Keith Rennie
Director: David Nutter, Kim Manners
Certificate:
Scary just got sexy... After the mysterious disappearance of their father, two brothers seek out and combat paranormal and supernatural events to figure the meaning linking their mother's death whom was killed years earlier by a malevolent poltergeist.

80% from 9,086 members

Angel - The Vampire Anthology - Fred on DVD (2000)
Starring: David Boreanaz, Amy Acker
Director: Frederick King Keller, Marita Grabiak
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Fred works for Angel Investigations. Angel rescued Fred from another world. Episodes include: 'Over The Rainbow', 'Fredless', 'Supersymmetry', and 'Shiny Happy People'.

74% from 2,410 members

Angel - Season Five (6 discs) on DVD (1999)
Starring: David Boreanaz, Alexis Denisof, Andy Hallett
Certificate:
Episode titles: Conviction, Just Rewards, Unleashed, Hell Bound, Life of the Party, The Cautionary Tale of Numero Cinco, Lineage, Destiny, Harm's Way, Soul Purpose, Damage, You're Welcome, Why We Fight, Smile Time, A Whole in the World, Shells, Underneath, Origin, Time Bomb, The Girl in Question, ..read more »

77% from 8,616 members

Angel - Season Four (6 discs) on DVD (1999)
Starring: David Boreanaz, Julie Benz, Charisma Carpenter
Certificate:
The entire fourth season of the cult TV show ANGEL featuring BUFFY's David Boreanaz. Features all 22 episodes including "Deep Down", "Ground State", "The House Always Wins", "Slouching Toward Bethlehem" and "Supersymmetry", "Spin the Bottle", "Apocalypse, Nowish", "Habeas Corpses", "Long Day's ..read more »

76% from 7,806 members

Amy Acker facts

5 most recent films

Dollhouse - Series 2 - Complete - 4.0 stars
Dollhouse - Series 2 - Complete - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Dollhouse - Series 1 - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Dollhouse - Series 1 - 4.0 stars
Dragon Chronicles - Fire and Ice - 2.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Supernatural - Season 2 - Complete - Blu-ray - 4.5 stars
Supernatural - Season 2 - Part 1 - 4.5 stars
Supernatural - Season 1 - Complete - Blu-ray - 4.5 stars
Supernatural - Season 1 - Part 2 - 4.5 stars
Dollhouse - Series 2 - Complete - 4.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Dragon Chronicles - Fire and Ice - 2.5 stars
Angel - The Vampire Anthology - Fred - 3.5 stars
Angel - Season Four - 4.0 stars
Angel - Season Five - 4.0 stars
Dollhouse - Series 1 - 4.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Alexis Denisof - 21 times - show films
Eliza Dushku - 15 times - show films
David Boreanaz - 15 times - show films
Callum Keith Rennie - 14 times - show films
J. August Richards - 14 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Kim Manners - 22 times - show films
none - 17 times - show films
Robert Singer - 13 times - show films
Philip Sgriccia - 9 times - show films
David Nutter - 9 times - show films