Amy Davis Irving (born September 10, 1953) is an American actress and singer, who worked in film, stage, and television. Her accolades include an Obie Award, two Golden Globe Award nominations, and one Academy Award nomination.
Born in Palo Alto, California, to actors Jules Irving and Priscilla Pointer, Irving spent her early life in San Francisco before her family relocated to New York City during her teenage years. In New York, she made her Broadway debut in The Country Wife (1965–1966) at age 13. Irving subsequently studied theater at San Francisco's American Conservatory Theater and at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art before making her feature film debut in Brian De Palma's Carrie (1976), followed by a lead role in the 1978 supernatural thriller The Fury (1978).
In 1980, Irving appeared in a Broadway production of Amadeus before being cast in Yentl (1983), for which she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. In 1988, she received an Obie Award for her Off-Broadway performance in a production of The Road to Mecca, and was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for her performance in the comedy Crossing Delancey (1988). Irving went on to appear in the original Broadway production of Broken Glass (1994) and the revival of Three Sisters (1997). In film, she starred in the ensemble comedy Deconstructing Harry (1997), and reprised her role in The Rage: Carrie 2 (1999) before co-starring opposite Michael Douglas in Steven Soderbergh's crime-drama Traffic (2000). She subsequently appeared in the independent films Thirteen Conversations About One Thing (2001) and Adam (2009). From 2006 to 2007, she starred in the Broadway production of The Coast of Utopia. In 2018, she reunited with Soderbergh, appearing in a supporting role in his horror film Unsane.
Recent movies
| # | Name | Character | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | King on Screen (2023) | Self | - |
| 2 | A Mouthful of Air (2021) | Bobbi Davis | - |
| 3 | Unsane (2018) | Angela Valentini | 6.9 |
| 4 | Adam (2009) | Rebecca Buchwald | 6.7 |
| 5 | Hide and Seek (2005) | Alison Callaway | 5.8 |
| 6 | Tuck Everlasting (2002) | Mother Foster | 6.5 |
| 7 | Thirteen Conversations About One Thing (2001) | Patricia | 6 |
| 8 | Traffic (2000) Oscars 2001 | Barbara Wakefield | 6.9 |
| 9 | Bossa Nova (2000) | Mary Ann Simpson | 5 |
| 10 | The Rage: Carrie 2 (1999) | Sue Snell | 5.3 |
| 11 | The Confession (1999) | Sarah Fertig | - |
| 12 | One Tough Cop (1998) | FBI Agent Jean Devlin | - |
| 13 | Deconstructing Harry (1997) Oscars 1998 | Jane | 7.4 |
| 14 | The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics (1994) | Melissa Sanders (segment "The Theatre") | - |
| 15 | Benefit of the Doubt (1993) | Karen Braswell | - |
| 16 | An American Tail: Fievel Goes West (1991) | Miss Kitty (voice) | 6.7 |
| 17 | The Turn of the Screw (1989) | The Governess | - |
| 18 | Casualties of War (1989) | Girl on the Train (voice) (uncredited) | 7.8 |
| 19 | Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) | Jessica Rabbit (singing voice) (uncredited) | 7.5 |
| 20 | Crossing Delancey (1988) | Isabelle Grossman | 5 |
| 21 | She's Having a Baby (1988) | Amy Irving (uncredited) | - |
| 22 | Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna (1986) | Anna Anderson | - |
| 23 | Micki & Maude (1984) | Maude Salinger | - |
| 24 | Yentl (1983) | Hadass | 6 |
| 25 | Honeysuckle Rose (1980) | Lily | - |
| 26 | The Fury (1978) | Gillian Bellaver | 6.4 |
| 27 | James Dean (1976) | Norma Jean | - |
| 28 | Carrie (1976) | Sue Snell | 7.6 |
