Amy Irving

Amy Davis Irving is an American actress. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Yentl and for the Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy for Crossing Delancey . She made her Broadway debut in Amadeus in 1980 and went on to receive an Obie Award for the 1988 OffBroadway production of The Road to Mecca. Her other film appearances include Carrie , The Fury , Micki amp Maude , Anastasia The Mystery of Anna and Traffic .

Irving was born in Palo Alto, California. Her father was film and stage director Jules Irving and her mother is actress Priscilla Pointer. Her brother is writerdirector David Irving and her sister is singerteacher of deaf children Katie Irving. Irvings father was Jewish, as was one of Irvings maternal greatgreatgrandfathers. Irving was raised in Christian Science, and her family observed no religious traditions.

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