Amy Irving
Biography
Amy Irving is an American actress and singer with a career in film, theater, and television. Born in Palo Alto to director Jules Irving and actress Priscilla Pointer, she performed in San Francisco theaters before moving to New York as a teenager. She first acted on Broadway in The Country Wife and later appeared on Broadway in Amadeus, Broken Glass, Three Sisters, and The Coast of Utopia. Her feature film debut came in Brian De Palma's Carrie (1976), and she had a lead in The Fury (1978). She sang in Honeysuckle Rose (1980). For Barbra Streisand's Yentl (1983) she received an Academy Award nomination, and Crossing Delancey (1988) brought a Golden Globe nomination. Her honors also include an Obie for The Road to Mecca. Later screen credits include The Rage: Carrie 2 (1999), Traffic (2000), Thirteen Conversations About One Thing (2001), Adam (2009), and Unsane (2018).
73years old
Turns 74 on September 10in 331 days
- Born Palo Alto
- Star sign: VirgoThe sign runs August 23 to September 22
Movie Career
- Films
- 22
- Career span
- 45 years1976 to 2021
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A role that slipped away
Irving tried out for the part of Princess Leia in Star Wars, but the role ended up going to Carrie Fisher.
Beyond film
That year, Irving also sang in the live-action and animated movie Who Framed Roger Rabbit, where she supplied the singing voice of Jessica Rabbit.
Beyond film
Irving made her on-screen singing debut in Honeysuckle Rose, and she and Dyan Cannon did their own singing as country-and-western singers.
Beyond film
Irving's debut album, Born In a Trunk, came out in April 2023 and contains 10 cover songs drawn from her life and career.
Amy Irving movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Bruno Barreto directed three of these films, Brian De Palma two. Priscilla Pointer appears in six of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Priscilla Pointer's page
Ben Kingsley's page
Sissy Spacek's page
Nehemiah Persoff's page
Boyd Gaines's page
Mike Hodge's page
Bruno BarretoDirector, 3 films, 1996 to 2000
All films by Bruno Barreto
Also two films together1 more actor
- Robert SymondsRumpelstiltskin (1987) and Micki + Maude (1984)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Amy Irving's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$327 million
11 of the 22 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 22 films: 11 worldwide figure; 9 us gross only; 1 never in cinemas; 1 figure not found.
- 11Worldwide figure
- 9US gross only
- 1Never in cinemas
- 1Figure not found
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 95% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$127M38.9% of the total
- 2$41M12.5% of the total
- 3$34M10.3% of the total
- 4$30M9.3% of the total
- 5$24M7.3% of the total
- 6$19M5.9% of the total
- 7$18M5.4% of the total
- 8$16M5.0% of the total
$17.7 millionfrom the other 3 films with a worldwide figure, 5% of the total
Awards
One award and honor.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Other honors | |||
| 1981 | Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actress | Honeysuckle Rose | Won |
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.