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Amy Carlson
Glen Ellyn, Illinois, USA
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Amy Lynn Carlson (born July 7, 1968 height 5' 6" (1,68 m)) is an American actress best known for playing Josie Watts on Another World and Al…
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Amy Lynn Carlson (born July 7, 1968 height 5' 6" (1,68 m)) is an American actress best known for playing Josie Watts on Another World and Alex Taylor on Third Watch. More recently, she played Kelly Gaffney on the short-lived NBC courtroom drama, Law & Order: Trial by Jury. She currently plays Linda Reagan on the CBS drama Blue Bloods.When Carlson was 13, her family (consisting of her parents, herself, and three siblings) moved to Amman, Jordan, for one year, where her parents had been hired to teach at the American Community School. After returning to the United States, Carlson attended Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois. While in college, Carlson was active in the school’s theatre department, appearing in Fifth of July, Noises Off, A Lie of the Mind, and School for Scandal. Carlson graduated cum laude. Carlson is represented by Karen Foreman on behalf of the The Domain Agency. She is managed by Estelle Lasher and Principal Entertainment. Carlson currently resides in Chinatown in Manhattan with her daughter, born in 2006, her son, born in August 2009 and her husband, Syd Butler, bass guitar player of Les Savy Fav and owner of the independent label Frenchkiss Records. In 2013, Carlson's first starring role in a feature film, Sight Unseen (filmed in 2005), will be completed, with no further details of a release date.
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2025
Peas and Carrots
Movie Laurie Wethersby
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2025
Smoke
TV show Captain Pearson
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2025
Daredevil: Born Again
TV show Gloria Blake
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2022
Would I Lie to You?
TV show Self
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2022
Know Fear
Movie Wendy
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2020
FBI: Most Wanted
TV show Jackie Ward
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2019
The Incoherents
Movie Jerry
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2019
Sunny Daze
Movie Samantha
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2018
A Bread Factory, Part One: For the Sake of Gold
Movie Grace
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2017
Landline
Movie Carla
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2016
Natural Selection
Movie Laura
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2016
A Midsummer's Hawaiian Dream
Movie Helen
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2014
Hits
Movie Christina Casserta
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2011
Too Big to Fail
Movie Erin Callan
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2011
Green Lantern
Movie Jessica Jordan
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2010
Blue Bloods
TV show Linda Reagan
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2008
Fringe
TV show Maureen Donovan
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2008
The Kidnapping
Movie Rachel McKenzie
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2007
Anamorph
Movie Alexandra Fredericks
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2005
Criminal Minds
TV show Cece Hillenbrand
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2005
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
TV show Kelly Gaffney
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2003
NCIS
TV show Karen Sutherland
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2003
Peacemakers
TV show Katie Owen
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2002
Stella Shorts 1998-2002
Movie Park Dancer
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2001
Everything Put Together
Movie Jane
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2000
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
TV show Kate Armstrong
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2000
If These Walls Could Talk 2
Movie Michelle
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1999
Third Watch
TV show Alex Taylor
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1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV show Patricia Andrews
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1999
Get Real
TV show Dr. Sedgwick
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1998
Martial Law
TV show Cassie McGill
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1998
Thanks of a Grateful Nation
Movie Tammy Boyer
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1994
ER
TV show Alex Taylor
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1990
Law & Order
TV show Collette Connolly
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1964
Another World
TV show
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Drift
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