Amy Carlson

Amy Carlson was raised in Glen Ellyn (Illinois) and spent her entire childhood living in Chicago. But when Amy was in high school her family also resided in the Middle East where her parents, Bob and Barb, taught at the American School. Amy has two sisters, Betsy and Lori, as well as a brother Joe. Amy has traveled extensively across Europe with her family as well as independently. Because her parents were teachers who taught, they could travel together every summer, and camping all across the United States. They've camped across every state with the exception of Alaska. Amy traveled to Rwanda in 1994 after the war to assist with the relief efforts. Amy was a talented actor in school plays and also won writing contests. She was a promising athlete during high school, and was a participant in the very first 3200-meter relay in Illinois girls track. In college, after an accident, she returned to the theater with many roles on stage beginning with Lanford Wilson's "Fifth of July" and directing Wallace Shawn's "Aunt Dan and Lemon". Amy was a Knox College student from Galesburg, Illinois. She graduated with an B.A. in East Asian history and a concentration in Theater. After graduation, she relocated to Chicago and studied Improv at The Improv Olympic. She also took acting classes at The Actor's Center. After graduation, she was offered a contract job on the now-defunct soap opera Another World (1964). She was nominated in the "Outstanding Supporting Actress in Daytime Drama Series" category for the Daytime Emmy Award. Her most memorable roles have been of strong women playing Alex Taylor in Third Watch (1999), Maggie Pistone in Falcone (2000), Katie Owen in Peacemakers (2003) alongside Tom Berenger in Peacemakers (2003) and Linda Reagan in Blue Bloods. Carlson lives in New York City with husband Syd Butler, the bassist of Les Savy Fav, where she is also employed in the music industry as an independent business as the co-owner of the independent label "Frenchkiss Records". Amy is continuing to write and search for diverse and distinctive films and roles.