Amy Morton

Amy Morton is an American actress and director whose career has centered largely on the Chicago theater scene, where she has been a member of Steppenwolf Theater's core company since 1997. She appeared in stage productions such as Clybourne Park, American Buffalo, The Pillowman and Awake and Sing. Her Broadway debut came as Nurse Ratched opposite Gary Sinise in a 2001 revival of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, and she originated the role of Barbara in August: Osage County, earning Tony and Drama Desk nominations. A second Tony nomination followed for Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?. On screen, she made her feature debut in Straight Talk (1992) and later appeared in Rookie of the Year (1993), 8MM (1999), Up in the Air (2009) and The Dilemma (2011). Since 2014 she has played Sergeant Trudy Platt on Chicago P.D. Her Off-Broadway directing debut came in 2015 with Guards at the Taj.