Amy Hargreaves
Amy Hargreaves | |
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| Born | January 27, 1970 |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1992–present |
| Spouse |
Renaud Selmès
(m. 1999; div. 2007) |
| Children | 2 |
Amy Hargreaves (born January 27, 1970[1]) is a New York City based actress and mother of two who has worked in film, television, theater and voice work since she was a child. She is best known for her role on Homeland as Maggie Mathison[2], as well as Lainie Jensen, mother of protagonist Clay Jensen, in the Netflix series 13 Reasons Why and as Sam from the Cannes award-winning film, ‘Blue Ruin’.
A fixture on the independant film scene - Amy has had 4 projects premiere at the Sundance Film Festival, and others premiere at Tribeca, SXSW, Hamptons, and Palm Springs Festivals. She has worked with some of the most accomplished and well regarded directors working today including - Todd Haynes, Jeremy Saulnier, Steve McQueen, Tony Gilroy and Tom McCarthy. She also starred in ths 1990s cult-classic film Brainscan alongside Frank Langella and Edward Furlong.[3]
On stage, she has been seen Off-Broadway in work with The Barrow Group, Abingdon Theater Company, The Jewish Rep as well as at The Cherry Lane Theater and 59E59. With The Barrow Group, she was an original member of FAB Women (For, About and By Women) - and began work there as a playwright and a director. Two of her one-act plays were produced and published through these efforts.
Amy’s other television credits include ‘Flashback’ for HBO (CableACE nominee- Guest Actress in a Dramatic Special or Series), recurring roles on Law and Order: SVU, Blind Spot and Third Watch, as well as the telefilm ‘The Warrant: Breaker’s Law’ (Westy Award- Best Actress) and the Hallmark Hall of Fame movie ‘St. Maybe’.
In addition to Amy's thriving creative career, she has served as the first mentor to SpeakWell and has continued in this capacity for the last five years. Speakwell is a public speaking and youth leadership program that started with nine students and now has grown to serve nearly 1,000 across the country. Amy has been deeply involved in the program helping students find and express their unique voices.
Filmography[edit]
Film[edit]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1994 | Brainscan | Kimberly | |
| 1995 | Tilt-A-Whirl | ||
| 1995 | Ride for Your Life | Short film | |
| 1998 | Somewhere in the City | ||
| 2000 | Growing Down in Brooklyn | Linda | |
| 2006 | Delirious | Nikki Blake | |
| 2007 | Michael Clayton | Interviewer | |
| 2008 | El camino | Sissy | |
| 2009 | Against the Current | Sarah Kane | |
| 2009 | Offspring | Amy Halbard | |
| 2009 | When the Evening Comes | Nikki Blake | |
| 2011 | Shame | Hotel Lover | |
| 2011 | Alan Smithee | Mrs. Smithee | Short film |
| 2013 | Blue Ruin | Sam | |
| 2013 | Lawn Care | Nina | |
| 2015 | Prism | Donna | |
| 2015 | How He Fell in Love | Ellen | |
| 2015 | The Happily Ever After | Short film | |
| 2015 | The Preppie Connection | Ingrid | |
| 2017 | Super Dark Times | Karen | |
| 2017 | Wonderstruck | Aunt Jenny | |
| 2019 | Buck Run | Karen Templeton | |
| 2019 | Sister Aimee | Sister Semple | |
| 2020 | Paint | Leslie Pierson | |
| 2021 | Sometime Other Than Now | Maureen | |
| 2023 | Founders Day | Blair Gladwell | |
| 2023 | Hayseed | Jane Fulcher |
Television[edit]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1992 | Lifestories: Families in Crisis | Cindy | Episode: "The Secret Life of Mary Margaret: Portrait of a Bulimic" |
| 1994 | ABC Afterschool Special | Christine | Episode: "Magical Make-Over" |
| 1996 | Matt Waters | Chloe Drescher | 6 episodes |
| 1998 | Saint Maybe | Adult Daphne | TV movie |
| 1999 | Cracker: Mind Over Murder | Cathy | Episode: "The Club" |
| 1999 | Family Law | Anita Candella | Episode: "Four Drops of Blood" |
| 2002 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Karyn Milner | Episode: "Tuxedo Hill" |
| 2002–2003 | Third Watch | Haley Sundstrom | 2 episodes |
| 2003 | Little Bill | Isabel (voice) | Episode: "The New Babysitter/My Friend Isabel" |
| 2003–2019 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Jane Wellesley / Iris Petersen / Dr. Alexis Hanover | 5 episodes |
| 2006 | Law & Order | Dana Wechsler | Episode: "Home Sweet" |
| 2009 | The Unusuals | Madeline Reed | Episode: "The Tape Delay" |
| 2009 | Mercy | Karen | Episode: "Some of Us Have Been to the Desert" |
| 2011–2020 | Homeland | Maggie Mathison | 20 episodes |
| 2012 | Person of Interest | Leslie Powell | Episode: "Root Cause" |
| 2012 | Blue Bloods | Dr. Karen Folson | Episode: "Leap of Faith" |
| 2013 | The Carrie Diaries | Gail | Episode: "Dangerous Territory" |
| 2013 | The Following | DeeDee | Episode: "Love Hurts" |
| 2013 | The Blacklist | Anne Forrester | Episode: "Frederick Barnes (No. 47)" |
| 2015 | Elementary | Jill Horowitz | Episode: "Hemlock" |
| 2015 | The Mysteries of Laura | Nancy Santamaria | Episode: "The Mystery of the Sunken Sailor" |
| 2015 | Power | Cindy Chambers | Episode: "Like We're Any Other Couple" |
| 2015–2016 | Blindspot | Olivia Delidio | 2 episodes |
| 2017–2020 | 13 Reasons Why | Lainie Jensen | Main Cast; 41 episodes |
| 2021 | Bull | Kathleen Peterson | Episode: "The Boy Who Cried Murder" |
Video games[edit]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Ride for Your Life | Unknown Name (voice) | Short |
References[edit]
- ^ "Amy Hargreaves". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2015. Archived from the original on November 25, 2015. Retrieved November 24, 2015.
- ^ Siegel, Marc (December 19, 2011). "The Unreal World: 'Homeland' and bipolar disorder". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved November 24, 2015.
- ^ Maltin, Leonard (September 2, 2014). Leonard Maltin's 2015 Movie Guide. Penguin. p. 300. ISBN 978-0-698-18361-2. Retrieved November 25, 2015.
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