Big Shots - Amy Sloan
Raised in the Yukon Territory of Canada, Amy Sloan was one
of the youngest actors to have graduated from the prestigious
National Theatre School of Canada. Within a month of her graduating
from NTS, Amy booked two national commercials and a lead role
in a television film.
In the past few years, Amy has worked with such notable actors
such as Charlize Theron, Halle Berry, Jake Gyllenhaal, Alan
Alda, Malcolm MacDowell, Ben Stiller, Brad Garrett and Penelope
Cruz to name but a few. She has also worked with such prominent
directors as Roland Emmerich, John Duigan, Richard Donner,
Martin Scorsese and The Farrelly Brothers.
Not forgetting her roots in theatre, Amy garnered rave reviews
playing the role of Mary Warren in the Centaur Theatre's production
of The Crucible in Montreal. After her stint away from her hometown
of Whitehorse, Amy was offered the lead role of Catherine in
the Tony Award winning Broadway play Proof. In spring of 2006,
Amy starred in the Arthur Miller play All My Sons at the Geffen
Playhouse in Los Angeles.
Some of Amy's feature film credits include The Day After Tomorrow,
opposite Jake Gyllenhaal, and Head in the Clouds, opposite Charlize
Theron and Stuart Townsend. After a North American search, Martin
Scorsese cast Amy in the Academy Award winning film The Aviator
playing the mother of young Howard Hughes. Amy will be seen
in the upcoming Dreamworks feature The Heartbreak Kid, opposite
Ben Stiller and directed by the Farrelly Brothers.
Some of Amy's recent television credits include Without a Trace,
Cold Case, N.C.I.S., Crossing Jordan, NUMB3ERS, Close to Home,
Gilmore Girls and C.S.I.
- from ABC.com
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