Amy Wright

 ( Actresses From Chicago ) 

Amy Wright is an American actress and former model. She has appeared in such films as The Deer Hunter, Breaking Away, The Accidental Tourist, Hard Promises, Crossing Delancey, and Miss Firecracker. She is the widow of actor Rip Torn.

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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.

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Career Wright acted in summer-stock productions in Rockford, Illinois, before going to New York, where she studied acting with Uta Hagen. 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.

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Personal life

Wright was married to actor Rip Torn when he died in 2019, and the couple had two daughters, Katie and Claire Torn.

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Filmography

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Film

1976	Not a Pretty Picture	Cindy
1978	Girlfriends	Ceil
1978		Bridesmaid
1979	Breaking Away	Nancy
1979		Jackie
1979	Heartland	Clara Jane
1979	Wise Blood	Sabbath Lily
1980	Stardust Memories	Shelley
1980	Inside Moves	Anne
1985	Beer	Stacy
1986	Off Beat	Mary Ellen Gruenwald
1988	The Telephone	Honey Boxe / Various
1988	Crossing Delancey	Ricki
1988		Rose Leary
1989	Miss Firecracker	Missy Mahoney
1990		Lurlene Turnover
1990	Love Hurts	Karen Weaver
1991	Hard Promises	Shelly
1991	Deceived	Evelyn
1993	Where the Rivers Flow North	Loose Woman
1993	Josh and S.A.M.	Waitress
1994	Robot in the Family	Kristina Shamir
1995		Goody Gotwick
1995	Tom and Huck	Aunt Polly
1999	Joe the King	Mary
1999	Day and an Arabian Knight	Day	Short film
2001	Besotted	Mona
2002	Winning Girls Through Psychic Mind Control	Psychiatrist
2004	Messengers	Nan Parrish
2006		Pam
2006		Safe House Operations Officer
2008	Synecdoche, New York	Burning House Realtor
2009	Scratch... Play for Keeps	Ma	Short film
2010	Please Give	Erin

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Television

1980	Special Treat	Bobba June	"Sunshine's on the Way"
1983		Jean	TV film
1986	Trapped in Silence	Dana Wendolowski	TV film
1989	Men	Joyce	"The Trouble with Harvey"
1989	Settle the Score	Becky	TV film
1991	In the Line of Duty: Manhunt in the Dakotas	Karen	TV film
1991	Final Verdict	Queenie	TV film
1991	Lethal Innocence	Margaret Stokely	TV film
1993	To Dance with the White Dog	Carrie	TV film
2001	Amy & Isabelle	Rosie	TV film
2002	Undeclared	Debra Karp	"Parents' Weekend"
2005		Sister Dorothy	"Acts of Contrition"
2011	Wingin' It	Choreographer / School Teacher	"Me Carl, You Jane-ish", "Friday Afternoon Fever"

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External links

Categories: Actresses From Chicago, American Film Actresses, Living People, Beloit College Alumni, University Of Chicago Laboratory Schools Alumni, 20th-century American Actresses, 21st-century American Actresses, Year Of Birth Missing

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