Amy was brought up in the world of theater. She was put on stage from the time she was nine-months-old, her father was the director and her mother was the actress, they didn't want baby sitters for their children, so if she wasn't performing, she would stay in the wardrobe department or her mother used to put her in the second row center where she could watch her. And, before she was years-old, she had already worked in several plays. She made her off-Broadway debut at the age of 17 and, from that moment to date, she received critical acclaim, appearing in such plays as: "Heartbreak House" , "The Road to Mecca" , "Broken Glass" , "The Three Sisters" , "The Guys" , "Ghosts" and "Celadine" , among others. In , Amy made her film debut, playing "Sue Snell", one of her most unforgettable characters in Stephen King 's Carrie , a classic in the horror genre, taken to the big screen by director Brian De Palma.

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Amy was brought up in the world of theater. She was put on stage from the time she was nine-months-old, her father was the director and her mother was the actress, they didn't want baby sitters for their children, so if she wasn't performing, she would stay in the wardrobe department or her mother used to put her in the second row center where she could watch her. And, before she was years-old, she had already worked in several plays. She made her off-Broadway debut at the age of 17 and, from that moment to date, she received critical acclaim, appearing in such plays as: "Heartbreak House" , "The Road to Mecca" , "Broken Glass" , "The Three Sisters" , "The Guys" , "Ghosts" and "Celadine" , among others. In , Amy made her film debut, playing "Sue Snell", one of her most unforgettable characters in Stephen King's Carrie , a classic in the horror genre, taken to the big screen by director Brian De Palma. Later, in , she gave a fine performance as "Hadass", in Barbra Streisand's Yentl , and won an Oscar nomination for her great work in that successful film. Two of her best opportunities arrived in the late 80s, when she played "Anna Anderson" in Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna and "Isabelle Grossman" in the romantic comedy, Crossing Delancey ; she received a Golden Globe nomination for each movie. Amy was married to director Steven Spielberg from to and she has a son with him, Max Spielberg.
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