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Date of Birth

22 June 1964, New London, Connecticut, USA

Birth Name

Amy Frederica Brenneman

Nickname

Ames

Height

5' 6" (1.68 m)

Mini Biography

Amy's mother, a superior court judge, was one of the first women to graduate from Harvard. Her father is an environmental lawyer. Amy is also a graduate of Harvard, where she majored in comparative religion. She spent one semester studying sacred dances in Nepal. While in college, she formed the Cornerstone Theater Company, a touring production company that takes classics to small towns and encourages locals to participate in them. After touring for five years, she moved to New York, where she became a teacher in Brooklyn. She landed her first TV role in 1992.

IMDb Mini Biography By: John Sacksteder

Spouse

Brad Silberling

(30 September 1995 - present) 2 children

Trivia

Amy has two older brothers. Matthew, a lawyer; and Andrew, an interactive software producer.

Daughter, Charlotte Tucker, was born weighing 7 lbs. 12 oz. [20 March 2001]

Graduated from Glastonbury High School, Glastonbury, Connecticut, in 1982.

Graduated from Harvard University in 1986.

Recently spoke at the March for Women's Lives rally in Washington, DC.

Announced in January 2005 that she is expecting her second child in the spring.

Born to Russell L. Brenneman, an environmental lawyer, and his wife Frederica S. Brenneman, the first female Senior Judge at the Connecticut Supreme Court.

Gave birth to her second child, a boy, Bodhi Russell Silberling, on 8 June 2005.

Her parents were the first married couple at Harvard Law School, where they were both enrolled.

Has played a character called "Amy" in two different shows and one movie: "Judging Amy" (1999)and in an episode of "Murder, She Wrote" (1984) called "A Christmas Secret" (1992), and in the movie _Casper (1995)_.

After Tyne Daly had been her co-star on "Judging Amy" (1999), Tyne's brother Tim Daly currently appears with her on "Private Practice" (2007).

Pro-choice activist.

One of the founding members of the Cornerstone Theater Company, Inc. in Los Angeles together with her husband Brad Silberling.

Personal Quotes

"In court [on the "Judging Amy" set], I am completely at ease. And that's just because I'm imitating my mother."

"I know for me, a lot of my 20s was about going off and proving that I wasn't like my mother. I was so different, I wasn't going to do anything like her. And then, we all know, you fall flat on your face, because you're exactly like your parents."

"I was very surprised how controversial it [her nude scene on "NYPD Blue"] was, with entire cities not running it - especially because I knew the scenes weren't gratuitous."

Where Are They Now

(January 2006) Performing in Caryl Churchill's "Top Girls" January 11-15, 2006 with Theatre Works in Los Angeles.

(August 2006) Starring in the late John Belluso's "A Nervous Smile" at The Williamstown Theatre Festival in Williamstown, Mass. Gloria Reuben, Scott Cohen, and Deirdre O'Connell also star.

(May 2007) Recently guest-starred on the Grey's Anatomy spin-off "Private Practice." The show is set to start in regular ABC lineup in September 2007.

(October 2007) Entertaining us weekly as the quirky Dr. Violet Turner on ABC's "Private Practice" - the show was just picked up for a full season.

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