Amy Carlson

Amy Carlson is an American actress who grew up in Glen Ellyn, Illinois, near Chicago, and got her first screen work as an extra in Lucas before studying at Knox College in Galesburg, where she appeared in theater department productions and directed a play in her senior year. She trained in improv in Chicago and performed in small stage productions before landing the role of Josie Watts on the soap opera Another World, which brought her a Daytime Emmy nomination in 1998 for outstanding supporting actress. She went on to play Alex Taylor on Third Watch between 2000 and 2003, then Kelly Gaffney on Law & Order: Trial by Jury, and became known as Linda Reagan on Blue Bloods. Her later films include Sunny Daze (2019) and the horror film Know Fear (2021), and she had recurring roles on The Society and The Village. She also wrote, directed and starred in the short film The Letter.