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Amy Louise Acker
(born December 5, 1976) is an American actress.
Early life: Acker was born in Dallas, Texas, to
Robert Acker, a lawyer, and Sandra Bruyere, a housewife.
She is the oldest of four children and the cousin of
Joel Jeffrey Acker. Acker studied ballet, modern dance,
and jazz dance for 13 years. She underwent knee surgery
while in high school, ending her ballet career, and she
began to study acting in her sophomore year. She
enrolled at Southern Methodist University in 1995 to
take advantage of that school's renowned theatrical
program.
Career: In her junior year of college, Acker
enjoyed a short stint of modeling work for the J. Crew
clothing catalog. In 1999, she was nominated for a Leon
Rabin award for "Outstanding Performance by an
Actress in A Lead Role" for her performance in the
play Therese Raquin. She received a Bachelor of Fine
Arts degree in the same year.
Acker appeared as Winifred "Fred" Burkle on
the second through fourth seasons of Angel and as
Burkle/Illyria for the fifth and final season. She won
the 2003 Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress on
Television for her portrayal. On April 25, 2003, Acker
and actor James Carpinello were married in California.
On January 22, 2005 she gave birth to a son, Jackson
James Carpinello, and on September 1, 2006, a daughter,
Ava Grace. In 2005, she joined the cast of Alias for its
final season, playing the villainous Kelly Peyton. Acker
graduated from guest star to fully credited cast member
as the show entered the final episodes in April and May
2006.
Amy Acker is the rising star who portrays Winifred
'Fred' Burkle on the WB network's cult hit, ANGEL. Amy
Louise Acker was born and raised in Dallas, Texas. Amy
is the oldest of four children; one of her sisters is in
college (2001) and her other sister and brother are in
high school (2001). Amy's father is a lawyer in Dallas
and her mother is a full time mom. Growing up Amy wanted
to be a ballerina. She studied ballet, modern and jazz
dancing for 13 years. But sadly after knee surgery in
high school she couldn't dance anymore. So Amy started
taking acting in high school during her sophomore year,
and she loved it. Also in the ninth grade, Amy began
modeling.
She started Southern Methodist University in 1996. Amy
is not a Methodist, but attended SMU because they were
supposed to have a really good theater department. As
part of her acting course at SMU, she was trained in
weapons and certified in combat. Amy's first television
role was in the Wishbone company, which was used solely
for the PBS television show Wishbone. During her junior
year, she modeled for J.Crew's Spring 1998 catalogue.
Previous to that shoot, Amy spent 3 of her summers
modeling in Japan. While in school she performed in many
plays: Seta, Beast on the Moon at Stage West; Terry,
Balm in Gilead; Isabella, Measure for Measure; Chorus,
The Greeks; Christina, Fefu and her Friends; Anna,
Apparent Wind. She performed with Undermain theater
(UMT), during her senior year (1998-1999) at SMU, in the
praised Therese Raquin which Amy was nominated for
Actress in a leading role in 1999 Leon Rabin Awards.
Whilst she was at SMU,she was in the TV movie 'To Serve
and Protect' as Melissa Jorgensen which was release
February 14 1999. It was filmed in Dallas, Texas so it
was close to home. She received her Bachelor in Fine
Arts in Acting from SMU when she graduated in 1999.
After she graduated from SMU ,she went and worked at a
Shakespeare theater for about eight months in Wisconsin
called American Players Theater. There she played Hero
in Much Ado About Nothing and Hilda in The Master
Builder by Ibsen. After American Players Theater,she
moved to New York for about eight months, wanting to
still do theater. In July of year 2000 ,Amy was in the
play Talc, which was part of the 11th edition of The
American Living Room festival in Manhattan. Although
originally Amy wanted to stay with theater,she ended up
doing a couple of independent films (The Accident as
Nina and The Energy Specialist) and a television pilot
(MTV's Hell House). It was then Amy realized she wanted
to also pursue an onscreen career. So she made a
vocational decision and moved to down to Los Angeles,
California in November of year 2000.
Before Amy auditioned for ANGEL she worked on the
science fiction movie Groom Lake, with the acclaimed
William Shatner, at the end of year 2000. Amy went in
and read and after the final cut got the part.
Originally 'Fred' was suppose to be a three episode
deal. She was still auditioning for work, and there were
some possible pilots lined up. So when Joss Wheadon
mentioned a possibility of her being a regular for
ANGEL's third season, Amy needed to know quick. So they
shot a test scene and sent it to the network for
approval. It was approved and the rest is history. Amy
would be a regular. ANGEL started shooting season three
on July 10th 2001. During her free time Amy travels,
reads, skis, does yoga, hikes and horseback-rides. And
she is learning to play golf.For the summer of 2001 Amy
visited her eldest sister in Paris. She enjoys Mexican
food & still lives in LA.
Acker guest starred on fellow Buffyverse actress Alyson
Hannigan's new show How I Met Your Mother, in which she
was reunited with Angel co-star Alexis Denisof, who has
a recurring role on the show.
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