Amy Irving

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Amy Irving

Irving at the Governor's Ball party, after the 1989 Academy Awards
Born Amy Davis Irving
September 10, 1953 (1953-09-10) (age 54)
Palo Alto, California
Spouse(s) Steven Spielberg (1985-1989)
Bruno Barreto (1996-2005)

Amy Davis Irving (born September 10, 1953) is an American actress, known for her films Crossing Delancey, The Fury, Carrie and her Oscar- and Razzie nominated role in Yentl as well as acclaimed roles on Broadway and off-Broadway.

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[edit] Biography

[edit] Early life

Irving was born in Palo Alto, California, the daughter of film and stage director Jules Irving (né Jules Israel) and actress Priscilla Pointer. Irving's brother is writer/director David Irving (not the British holocaust denier of the same name), and her sister is singer Katie Irving. Irving is of Jewish descent on her father's side and has Welsh and Cherokee ancestry on her mother's.[1] She was raised in Christian Science.[1]

In the late '60s and early '70s, Irving attended the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco where she appeared in a number of their productions. She also trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art,and made her off-Broadway debut when she was seventeen.

[edit] Career

Irving's screen performances include roles in the Brian DePalma-directed films The Fury as Gillian Bellaver, and Carrie as Sue Snell (in which she co-starred with her mother), as well as in the 1983 film Yentl (for which she was nominated for an Oscar), in Susan Sandler's 1988 film, Crossing Delancey (for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe) as Isabelle, and Woody Allen's 1997 film Deconstructing Harry. Micki + Maude, directed by Blake Edwards and starring Dudley Moore was a hit for her in 1984. She supplied the singing voice for Jessica Rabbit in the animated film Who Framed Roger Rabbit. Irving also appeared in the television show Alias as Emily Sloane. In the 2000's, Irving appeared in Traffic (2000), Tuck Everlasting (2002), Thirteen Conversations About One Thing (2002) and an episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit in 2001.

Irving's stage work includes The Heidi Chronicles, The Road to Mecca, Celadine, a world premiere at George Street Playhouse in New Brunswick, NJ and, more recently, the 2006 one-woman play, A Safe Harbor for Elizabeth Bishop, by Marta Góes, which was a Primary Stages production at the 59E59 Theaters.

Irving starred in the American premiere of Tom Stoppard's The Coast of Utopia at New York's Lincoln Center.

[edit] Awards and honors

Irving received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in the film Yentl, Golden Globe nominations for her performances in the films Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna and Crossing Delancey, and an Obie Award for her stage performance in The Road to Mecca.

Irving holds the distinction of being one of only two people to be nominated for both an Oscar and a Razzie Award for the same performance. Irving was nominated for both Best and Worst Supporting Actress for her work in Yentl. Only James Coco achieved the same feat for his work in Only When I Laugh.

[edit] Personal life

Irving was married to the American film director Steven Spielberg from 1985 to 1989; upon their divorce she received an estimated $100 million settlement. In 1990 she became romantically and professionally involved with the Brazilian film director Bruno Barreto, and they were married in 1996. She has two sons, Max Samuel (with Spielberg), and Gabriel (with Barreto). Irving and Barreto were divorced in 2005.

[edit] Filmography

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b McBride, Joseph (1999). Steven Spielberg: A Biography. Da Capo Press, 293. ISBN0306809001. 

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