Line #31 Creator/AmyAcker


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3	->''"A recent report from the World Health Organisation has estimated there are at least 359,003 men worldwide who are still single because they had hoped to find someone like Amy Acker. The WHO report also notes that Acker is the only woman in her 30's known to be getting cuter with each year."''
4	-->-- '''Website/{{Uncyclopedia}}'''
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6	Amy Louise Acker (born December 5, 1976 in Dallas, Texas) is an American actress, best known for the TV shows ''Series/{{Angel}}'', ''Series/{{Dollhouse}}'', ''Series/PersonOfInterest'', and ''[[Series/TheGifted2017 The Gifted]]''.
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8	!!Film roles
9	* 2002 ''Film/CatchMeIfYouCan'' as Miggy
10	* 2003 ''Film/ReturnToTheBatcaveTheMisadventuresOfAdamAndBurt'' as Bonnie Lindsey
11	* 2012 ''Film/TheCabinInTheWoods'' as Wendy Lin
12	* 2012 ''Film/{{Much Ado About Nothing\|2012}}'' as Beatrice
13	!!Television roles
14	* 1997 ''Series/{{Wishbone}}'' as [[Literature/TheCourtshipOfMilesStandish Priscilla Mullins]] in "[[Recap/WishboneS2E05ABoneOfContention A Bone of Contention]]," [[Literature/NorthangerAbbey Catherine Morland]] in "[[Recap/WishboneS2E09PupFiction Pup Fiction]]," and [[Literature/TheAeneid Venus]] in "[[Recap/WishboneS2E10TheRoaminNose The Roamin' Nose]]"
15	* 2001-2004 ''Series/{{Angel}}'' as Winifred 'Fred' Burkle/Illyria
16	* 2005 ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' as Andrea Barr
17	* 2005-2006 ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueUnlimited'' as [[ComicBook/{{Huntress}} Huntress/Helena Bertinelli]]
18	* 2005-2006 ''Series/{{Alias}}'' as Kelly Peyton
19	* 2006 ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'' as Penelope
20	* 2007 ''Series/Drive2007'' as Kathryn Tully
21	* 2007 ''Series/LawAndOrderCriminalIntent'' as Leslie [=LeZard=]
22	* 2007 ''Series/GhostWhisperer'' as Tessa
23	* 2008 ''Series/PrivatePractice'' as Molly Madison
24	* 2009-2010 ''Series/{{Dollhouse}}'' as Dr. Claire Saunders/Whiskey
25	* 2010 ''Series/HumanTarget'' as Katherine Walters
26	* 2010 ''Series/TheGoodWife'' as Trish Arkin
27	* 2010 ''Series/HappyTown'' as Rachel Conroy
28	* 2010 ''Series/NoOrdinaryFamily'' as Amanda Grayson
29	* 2011-2013 ''Series/CSICrimeSceneInvestigation'' as Sandy Colfax
30	* 2012 ''Series/{{Grimm}}'' as Lena Marcenko
31	* 2012 ''Series/OnceUponATime'' as Astrid/Nova
32	* 2012 ''Series/{{Warehouse 13}}'' as Tracey
33	* 2012-2016 ''Series/PersonOfInterest'' as Root/Samantha Groves & [[spoiler:The Machine (voice)]]
34	* 2013 ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooMysteryIncorporated'' as Nova
35	* 2014 ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' as Audrey Nathan, the Cellist
36	* 2015-2016 ''Series/HolbyCity'' (uncredited)
37	* 2017-2019 ''[[Series/TheGifted2017 The Gifted]]'' as Kate Strucker
38	* 2023 ''Series/TheWatchfulEye'' as Tory Ayres
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41	!!Tropes associated with her work:
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43	* ActingForTwo:[[invoked]] In Season 5 of ''{{Series/Angel}}'', she plays both Fred and the demon Illyria.
44	* ActorInspiredElement:[[invoked]] Dr Saunders of ''{{Series/Dollhouse}}'' was first conceived as an older man. The part was rewritten so that Amy could play it. [[spoiler: Then they ended up revealing Amy was really playing a doll imprinted with the original Dr Saunders personality after he was killed]].
45	* CareerResurrection:[[invoked]] After the cancellation of ''{{Series/Angel}}'' and ''{{Series/Dollhouse}}'', she mainly showed up in guest star roles on other TV shows - as well as taking time off to raise her children. ''Series/PersonOfInterest'' helped bring her back into prominence.
46	* PlayingAgainstType:[[invoked]]
47	** In an episode of ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'', she plays a snarky GranolaGirl.
48	** The bloodthristy Illyria from ''{{Series/Angel}}'' counts too as a radical departure from the cute nerdy Fred.
49	** Root from ''Series/PersonOfInterest'' continues to show her range outside her earlier type casting as a CuteClumsyGirl by giving her a main role as a gleefully sadistic TokenEvilTeammate.
50	* PlayingWithCharacterType: She usually plays sweet, EndearinglyDorky types. In {{Series/Alias}}, she has many of her usual mannerisms, but turns out to secretly be evil. She then displays the same kind of persona in order to be FauxAffablyEvil.
51	* ProductionPosse:[[invoked]] She's appeared in three Joss Whedon projects - ''{{Series/Angel}}'', ''{{Series/Dollhouse}}'' and ''Film/TheCabinInTheWoods''.
52	* PromotedToOpeningTitles: In ''{{Series/Alias}}'' Season 5.
53	* ThrowItIn:[[invoked]] In ''Series/PersonOfInterest'', the writers noted her chemistry with Sarah Shahi and decided to play up the sexual tension between their characters.
54	* TypeCasting:[[invoked]] She tends to end up as a dorky CuteClumsyGirl.

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