Acting credits
33
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Amy Carlson
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 17Series: 16
TMDB ID: 81321
IMDb ID: nm0137856
Known for: Acting
Born: July 7, 1968
Age: 57
Place of birth: Glen Ellyn, Illinois, USA
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1964 - 2025
Years active: 62
Average TMDB rating: 6.91
Wikidata: Q450322
Also known as
Amy Lynn Carlson
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.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Amy Carlson.
Peas and Carrots
as Laurie Wethersby
2025 Movie
5.8
Know Fear
as Wendy
2022 Movie
5.5
The Incoherents
as Jerry
2019 Movie
4.0
Sunny Daze
as Samantha
2019 Movie
6.6
A Bread Factory, Part One: For the Sake of Gold
as Grace
2018 Movie
6.1
Landline
as Carla
2017 Movie
5.3
Natural Selection
as Laura
2016 Movie
5.2
A Midsummer's Hawaiian Dream
as Helen
2016 Movie
4.9
Hits
as Christina Casserta
2014 Movie
7.0
Too Big to Fail
as Erin Callan
2011 Movie
5.2
Green Lantern
as Jessica Jordan
2011 Movie
5.3
Black Friday
as Rachel McKenzie
2007 Movie
5.1
Anamorph
as Alexandra Fredericks
2007 Movie
3.0
Stella Shorts 1998-2002
as Park Dancer
2002 Movie
4.8
Everything Put Together
as Jane
2001 Movie
6.5
If These Walls Could Talk 2
as Michelle
2000 Movie
4.0
Thanks of a Grateful Nation
as Tammy Boyer
1998 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Amy Carlson.
4.0
Would I Lie to You?
as Self • 1 eps
2022 Series
7.6
FBI: Most Wanted
as Jackie Ward • 2 eps
2020 Series
7.8
Blue Bloods
as Linda Reagan • 90 eps
2010 Series
8.1
Fringe
as Maureen Donovan • 1 eps
2008 Series
8.3
Criminal Minds
as Cece Hillenbrand • 1 eps
2005 Series
8.1
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
as Kelly Gaffney • 13 eps
2005 Series
7.6
NCIS
as Karen Sutherland • 1 eps
2003 Series
7.3
Peacemakers
as Katie Owen • 10 eps
2003 Series
7.6
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Kate Armstrong • 1 eps
2000 Series
7.9
Third Watch
as Alex Taylor • 56 eps
1999 Series
7.9
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Patricia Andrews • 1 eps
1999 Series
7.3
Get Real
as Dr. Sedgwick • 4 eps
1999 Series
7.1
Martial Law
as Cassie McGill • 1 eps
1998 Series
7.8
ER
as Alex Taylor • 1 eps
1994 Series
7.3
Law & Order
as Collette Connolly • 1 eps
1990 Series
5.2
Another World
1547 eps
1964 Series