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Known For
Acting
Birthday
July 7, 1968
Place of Birth
Glen Ellyn, Illinois, USA
Also Known As
- Amy Lynn Carlson
Amy Carlson
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Biography
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.
Known For
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Laurie Wethersby
Peas and Carrots
2025
4.0
Self
Would I Lie to You?
2022
5.8
Wendy
Know Fear
2022
7.6
Jackie Ward
FBI: Most Wanted
2020
5.5
Jerry
The Incoherents
2019
4.0
Samantha
Sunny Daze
2019
6.6
Grace
A Bread Factory, Part One: For the Sake of Gold
2018
6.1
Carla
Landline
2017
5.3
Laura
Natural Selection
2016
5.2
Helen
A Midsummer's Hawaiian Dream
2016
Credits
Peas and Carrots
as Laurie Wethersby
2025
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Would I Lie to You?
as Self
2022
4.0
Know Fear
as Wendy
2022
5.8
FBI: Most Wanted
as Jackie Ward
2020
7.6
The Incoherents
as Jerry
2019
5.5
Sunny Daze
as Samantha
2019
4.0
A Bread Factory, Part One: For the Sake of Gold
as Grace
2018
6.6
Landline
as Carla
2017
6.1
Natural Selection
as Laura
2016
5.3
A Midsummer's Hawaiian Dream
as Helen
2016
5.2
Hits
as Christina Casserta
2014
4.9
Too Big to Fail
as Erin Callan
2011
7.0
Green Lantern
as Jessica Jordan
2011
5.2
Blue Bloods
as Linda Reagan
2010
7.8
Blue Bloods
as Linda Reaga
2010
7.8
Fringe
as Maureen Donovan
2008
8.1
Black Friday
as Rachel McKenzie
2007
5.3
Anamorph
as Alexandra Fredericks
2007
5.1
Criminal Minds
as Cece Hillenbrand
2005
8.3
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
as Kelly Gaffney
2005
8.1
NCIS
as Karen Sutherland
2003
7.6
Peacemakers
as Katie Owen
2003
7.3
Stella Shorts 1998-2002
as Park Dancer
2002
3.0
Everything Put Together
as Jane
2001
4.8
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Kate Armstrong
2000
7.6
If These Walls Could Talk 2
as Michelle
2000
6.5
Third Watch
as Alex Taylor
1999
7.9
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Patricia Andrews
1999
7.9
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Katie McGrath
1999
7.9
Get Real
as Dr. Sedgwick
1999
7.3
Martial Law
1998
7.1
Thanks of a Grateful Nation
as Tammy Boyer
1998
4.0
ER
as Alex Taylor
1994
7.8
Law & Order
as Collette Connolly
1990
7.4
Another World
1964
5.2
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