Amy Lysle Smart (born March 26, 1976) is an American television and film actress and former fashion model.
Early life
Smart was born in Topanga, California, the daughter of Judy, a museum worker, and John Smart, a salesman. Inspired by her friend Vinessa Shaw, Smart studied ballet for ten years and enrolled in acting classes when she was sixteen, but began her career as a fashion model, working in Italy, France, Mexico, and Tahiti (Awards-winning spots for Club Med directed by Bruno Aveillan).
Career
Smart's first film role was in director Martin Kunert's film Campfire Tales, followed by a small role as Queenie in the 1996 rendition of John Updike's short story, "A&P". She had a minor role in the 1997 film Starship Troopers as the co-pilot for (and friend of) Carmen Ibanez (Denise Richards). She had a starring role in the mini-series titled The 70s, playing a young woman from Ohio.
In 1999, Smart played the girlfriend of a popular football player (played by James Van Der Beek) in the film Varsity Blues.
Smart appeared in the series Felicity, as a girlfriend of Scott Foley's character.
Other of her films include Road Trip (2000) and The Butterfly Effect (2004). She's been paired twice as a couple with Breckin Meyer, in both Road Trip and Rat Race.
In 2002, she was ranked #27 in Stuff magazine's "100 Sexiest Women in the World" and in 2004, she was nominated for "Best Kiss" at the MTV Movie Awards for her role in Starsky & Hutch.
In 2005, Smart co-starred with Ryan Reynolds in the romantic comedy film Just Friends, which had a total domestic box office gross of $32,619,761 and a total worldwide box office of $50,817,598.
Smart also had a small role in the American sitcom Scrubs, playing Jamie Moyer (aka Tasty Coma Wife), one of main character J.D.'s love interests.
On September 1, 2006, Crank was released, in which she played the girlfriend of the lead character, Chev (played by Jason Statham). The sequel, Crank: High Voltage, was released in 2009, and Smart reprised the role, with the character now a pole dancer.
Smart was a regular cast member in the short-lived 2006 CBS television series Smith. She also has voiced some of the characters in the animated series Robot Chicken, created by Seth Green. Smart appeared as Joy in the 2006 movie Peaceful Warrior, starring Scott Mechlowicz and Nick Nolte. She stars also as Melissa in the Independent film "Seventh Moon".
She is currently filming a pilot for a TV show tentatively titled See Kate Run in which she plays a young prosecutor destined to become the nations first female president.
Personal life
Smart was a speaker for the Heal the Bay organization; she has also worked with the Humane Society and the "Environmental Media Association", and was named one of Organic Style magazine's "Women with Organic Style" of 2004.
Smart is dating actor Branden Williams, with whom she has been involved for more than 15 years.
Her former roommate and best friend Ali Larter appeared alongside Smart in the film Varsity Blues and modeled with her in Milan.
Smart is also friends with author and animal communicator Amelia Kinkade, and was acknowledged in Kinkade's second book, The Language of Miracles.
Filmography
Year
Film
Role
Notes
1996
A&P
Queenie
Seduced By Madness
Girl #1
1997
Campfire Tales
Jenny
High Voltage
Molly
The Last Time I Committed Suicide
Jeananne
Starship Troopers
Cadet (Later Lt.) Lumbreiser
1998
How to Make the Cruelest Month
Dot Bryant
Strangeland
Angela Stravelli
Circles
Allison
aka Crossing Paths
Starstruck
Tracey Beck
1999
Outside Providence
Jane Weston
Varsity Blues
Jules Harbor
2000
Road Trip
Beth Wagner
2001
Rat Race
Tracy Faucet
Scotland, PA
Stacy (Hippie #1)
2002
Interstate 60
Lynn Linden
2003
National Lampoon's Barely Legal
Naomi Feldman
The Battle of Shaker Heights
Tabby Bowland
Blind Horizon
Liz Culpepper
2004
Starsky & Hutch
Holly
The Butterfly Effect
Kayleigh Miller
Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!
Nurse Betty
Willowbee
Burglar
2005
Just Friends
Jamie Palamino
Bigger Than the Sky
Grace Hargrove
The Best Man
Sarah Marie Barker
2006
Crank
Eve
Peaceful Warrior
Joy
2008
Life in Flight
Catherine
Mirrors
Angela Carson
Seventh Moon
Melissa
2009
Crank: High Voltage
Eve
Love N' Dancing
Jessica Donovan
2010
Columbus Circle
Lillian Hart
Post-production
Dylan's Wake
Natalie
Post-production
Television
Year
Title
Role
Notes
1996
Her Costly Affair
Dee
Television movie
1999
Brookfield
Daly Roberts
Series Regular
1999-2001
Felicity
Ruby
16 episodes
2000
The '70s
Christie Shales
Television movie
2003-2009
Scrubs
Jamie Moyer a.k.a. "T.C.W." (Tasty Coma Wife)
4 episodes
2005-2009
Robot Chicken
Voice
5 episodes
2006-2007
Smith
Annie
7 episodes
2008
The Meant to Be's
Janine
Television movie
2009
See Kate Run
Katherine Sullivan
Television pilot
2009
World War II in High Definition
June Wandrey (voiceover)
Television documentary
References
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External links
- at the Internet Movie Database
- at TV.com
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Persondata
NAME
Smart, Amy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION
American actress, model
DATE OF BIRTH
March 26, 1976
PLACE OF BIRTH
Topanga, California, U.S.
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH
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