"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."
Amy Louise Acker (born December 5, 1976 in Dallas, Texas) is an American actress, best known for the TV shows Angel, Dollhouse, Person of Interest, and The Gifted.
Film roles
- 2002 Catch Me If You Can as Miggy
- 2003 Return to the Batcave: The Misadventures of Adam and Burt as Bonnie Lindsey
- 2012 The Cabin in the Woods as Wendy Lin
- 2012 Much Ado About Nothing as Beatrice
Television roles
- 2001-2004 Angel as Winifred 'Fred' Burkle/Illyria
- 2005 Supernatural as Andrea Barr
- 2005-2006 Justice League Unlimited as Huntress/Helena Bertinelli
- 2005-2006 Alias as Kelly Peyton
- 2006 How I Met Your Mother as Penelope
- 2007 Drive (2007) as Kathryn Tully
- 2007 Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Leslie LeZard
- 2007 Ghost Whisperer as Tessa
- 2008 Private Practice as Molly Madison
- 2009-2010 Dollhouse as Dr. Claire Saunders/Whiskey
- 2010 Human Target as Katherine Walters
- 2010 The Good Wife as Trish Arkin
- 2010 Happy Town as Rachel Conroy
- 2010 No Ordinary Family as Amanda Grayson
- 2011-2013 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Sandy Colfax
- 2012 Grimm as Lena Marcenko
- 2012 Once Upon a Time as Astrid/Nova
- 2012 Warehouse 13 as Tracey
- 2012-2016 Person of Interest as Root/Samantha Groves & The Machine (voice)
- 2013 Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated as Nova
- 2014 Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. as Audrey Nathan, the Cellist
- 2015-2016 Holby City (uncredited)
- 2017-2019 The Gifted as Kate Strucker
- 2023 The Watchful Eye as Tory Ayres
Tropes associated with her work:
- Acting for Two: In Season 5 of Angel, she plays both Fred and the demon Illyria.
- Actor-Inspired Element: Dr Saunders of Dollhouse was first conceived as an older man. The part was rewritten so that Amy could play it. Then they ended up revealing Amy was really playing a doll imprinted with the original Dr Saunders personality after he was killed.
- Career Resurrection: After the cancellation of Angel and Dollhouse, she mainly showed up in guest star roles on other TV shows - as well as taking time off to raise her children. Person of Interest helped bring her back into prominence.
- Playing Against Type:
- In an episode of How I Met Your Mother, she plays a snarky Granola Girl.
- The bloodthristy Illyria from Angel counts too as a radical departure from the cute nerdy Fred.
- Root from Person of Interest continues to show her range outside her earlier type casting as a Cute Clumsy Girl by giving her a main role as a gleefully sadistic Token Evil Teammate.
- Production Posse: She's appeared in three Joss Whedon projects - Angel, Dollhouse and The Cabin in the Woods.
- Promoted to Opening Titles: In Alias Season 5.
- Throw It In: In Person of Interest, the writers noted her chemistry with Sarah Shahi and decided to play up the sexual tension between their characters.
- Typecasting: She tends to end up as a dorky Cute Clumsy Girl.
