Amy Brenneman Highlights

  • 2008: Re-teamed with Al Pacino for the thriller, "88 Minutes"
  • 2007: Cast in the feature adatation of "The Jane Austen Book Club," as Sylvia a 50-something year old who is going through a troubling separation
  • 2007: Cast as Psychiatrist, Dr. Violet Turner in the "Grey's Anatomy" spin-off, "Private Practice" (ABC)
  • 2005: Starred with Joan Allen and Sam Elliott in "Off the Map" directed by Campbell Scott
  • 2005: Cast in the ensemble "Nine Lives"; Rodrigo García directs a series of vignettes, offering glimpses into the lives of nine women
  • 2000: Acted in the Sundance screened feature "Things You Can Tell Just By Looking at Her" (aired on Showtime in 2001)
  • 1999: Featured in the independent police drama "Lesser Prophets" with fellow "NYPD Blue" veteran Jimmy Smits
  • 1999: Starred as the titular painter in the HBO biopic "Mary Cassatt: American Impressionist"
  • 1999: Returned to series TV as a jurist and single mother in "Judging Amy" (CBS); Silberling directed the pilot; also executive produced and was one of the series' creators; received Golden Globe and Emmy nominations for Lead Actress from 2000-2002 and a SAG nomination in 2003
  • 1998: Played an unhappily married woman in Neil LaBute's "Your Friends and Neighbors"
  • 1998: Had recurring role as a love interest to Kelsey Grammer's "Frasier" (NBC)
  • 1997: Had leading role in the Off-Broadway play "God's Heart"
  • 1997: Co-produced and co-starred in the independent film "Nevada"
  • 1996: Appeared in the stalker thriller "Fear"
  • 1996: Starred opposite Sylvester Stallone in the actioner "Daylight"
  • 1995: Played Christina Ricci's deceased mother in "Casper"; helmed by Silberling
  • 1995: Featured opposite Al Pacino and Robert De Niro in Michael Mann's "Heat"
  • 1995: Co-starred in the divorce-themed comedy-drama "Bye Bye, Love"
  • 1993: Played Officer Janice Licalsi on the ABC series, "NYPD Blue"; earned Emmy (1994, 1995) nominations for Best Supporting Actress; future husband Brad Silberling directed episodes
  • 1992: Starred in "Saint Joan of the Stockyards" at Yale Repertory Theatre in New Haven, Connecticut
  • 1992: Made series debut on the acclaimed but short-lived CBS series, "Middle Ages"
  • 1990: Appeared in the Cornerstone Theater's adaptation of Federico Garcia Lorca's, "The Shoemaker's Prodigious Wife"
  • Raised in Glastonbury, Connecticut