Amy Wright is an American actress and former model. She has appeared in such films as Not a Pretty Picture, The Deer Hunter, Breaking Away, The Accidental Tourist, Hard Promises, Crossing Delancey, and Miss Firecracker. She is the widow of actor Rip Torn.
Early years Born in Chicago, Wright is a graduate of Beloit College. Her father was a professor of psychology at the University of Chicago. She developed an interest in acting when she was in high school. Encouragement from a teacher at an acting workshop led her to appear in school plays, and she majored in theater arts at Beloit. After that, she taught high school in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. During that time she acted in summer stock theater.
Career Wright acted in summer-stock productions in Rockford, Illinois, before going to New York, where she studied acting with Uta Hagen. She was directed by Martha Coolidge in Not a Pretty Picture(1976); later she starred with Eric Schweig in The Scarlet Letter and Tom and Huck (both made in 1995). She produced a Netflix series called The Next Step.
Wright starred in the original production of Breakfast with Les and Bess as Shelby. Wright also appeared on Broadway in the original productions of Fifth of July and Noises Off. Wright currently is on the faculty of HB Studio in New York City.
Personal life Wright was married to actor Rip Torn when he died in 2019, and the couple had two daughters, Katie and Claire Torn.
Filmography
Film Year Title Role Notes1976Not a Pretty PictureCindy1978GirlfriendsCeil1978Bridesmaid1979Breaking AwayNancy1979Jackie1979HeartlandClara Jane1979Wise BloodSabbath Lily1980Stardust MemoriesShelley1980Inside MovesAnne1985BeerStacy1986Off BeatMary Ellen Gruenwald1988The TelephoneHoney Boxe / Various1988Crossing DelanceyRicki1988Rose Leary1989Miss FirecrackerMissy Mahoney1990Daddy's Dyin': Who's Got the Will?Lurlene Turnover1990Love HurtsKaren Weaver1991Hard PromisesShelly1991DeceivedEvelyn1993Where the Rivers Flow NorthLoose Woman1993Josh and S.A.M.Waitress1994Robot in the FamilyKristina Shamir1995Goody Gotwick1995Tom and HuckAunt Polly1999Joe the KingMary1999Day and an Arabian KnightDayShort film2001BesottedMona2002Winning Girls Through Psychic Mind ControlPsychiatrist2004MessengersNan Parrish2006Pam2006Safe House Operations Officer2008Synecdoche, New YorkBurning House Realtor2009Scratch... Play for KeepsMaShort film2010Please GiveErin2025A Blind BargainMature Joy
Television Year Title Role Notes1980Special TreatBobba June"Sunshine's on the Way"1983JeanTV film1986Trapped in SilenceDana WendolowskiTV film1989MenJoyce"The Trouble with Harvey"1989Settle the ScoreBeckyTV film1991In the Line of Duty: Manhunt in the DakotasKarenTV film1991Final VerdictQueenieTV film1991Lethal InnocenceMargaret StokelyTV film1993To Dance with the White DogCarrieTV film2001Amy & IsabelleRosieTV film2002UndeclaredDebra Karp"Parents' Weekend"2005Law & Order: Criminal IntentSister Dorothy"Acts of Contrition"2011Wingin' ItChoreographer / School Teacher"Me Carl, You Jane-ish", "Friday Afternoon Fever"2019Private EyesChoreographer"Dance, Dance Retribution"
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