Amy Brenneman

Amy Brenneman Biography

 Date of Birth
22 June 1964, New London, Connecticut, USA
Birth Name
Amy Frederica Brenneman
Nickname
Ames
Height
5' 6" (1.68 m)

Amy's mother, a superior court judge, was one of the first women to graduate from Harvard. Her father is an environmental lawyer. Amy is also a graduate of Harvard, where she majored in comparative religion. She spent one semester studying sacred dances in Nepal. While in college, she formed the Cornerstone Theater Company, a touring production company that takes classics to small towns and encourages locals to participate in them. After touring for five years, she moved to New York, where she became a teacher in Brooklyn. She landed her first TV role in 1992.

Spouse
Brad Silberling (30 September 1995 - present) 2 children

Trivia
Amy has two older brothers. Matthew, a lawyer; and Andrew, an interactive software producer.

Daughter, Charlotte Tucker, was born weighing 7 lbs. 12 oz. [20 March 2001]

Graduated from Glastonbury High School, Glastonbury, Connecticut, in 1982.

Graduated from Harvard University in 1986, majoring in comparative religion.

Recently spoke at the March for Women's Lives rally in Washington, DC.

Announced in January 2005 that she is expecting her second child in the spring.

Born to Russell L. Brenneman, an environmental lawyer, and his wife Frederica S. Brenneman, the first female Senior Judge at the Connecticut Supreme Court.

Gave birth to her second child, a boy, Bodhi Russell Silberling, on 8 June 2005.

Her parents were the first married couple at Harvard Law School, where they were both enrolled.

Has played a character called "Amy" in two different shows and one movie: "Judging Amy" (1999)and in an episode of "Murder, She Wrote" (1984) called "A Christmas Secret" (1992), and in the movie Casper (1995).

After Tyne Daly had been her co-star on "Judging Amy" (1999), Tyne's brother Tim Daly currently appears with her on "Private Practice" (2007).

Pro-choice activist.

One of the founding members of the Cornerstone Theater Company, Inc. in Los Angeles together with her husband Brad Silberling.


Personal Quotes
In court [on the "Judging Amy" set], I am completely at ease. And that's just because I'm imitating my mother.

I know for me, a lot of my 20s was about going off and proving that I wasn't like my mother. I was so different, I wasn't going to do anything like her. And then, we all know, you fall flat on your face, because you're exactly like your parents.

I was very surprised how controversial it [her nude scene on "NYPD Blue"] was, with entire cities not running it - especially because I knew the scenes weren't gratuitous.

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Amy Brenneman reads "Big Blue Ball"

The Talk : Amy Brenneman's 'Bucket List'