Editing Amy Acker (section)

==Early life==
Amy Louise Acker was born and raised in Dallas, Texas, to a homemaker mother and a lawyer father.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/g/i/l/Michael-L-Gililland/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0718.html|title=The Brothers Gililland of Missouri:Information about Amy Louise ACKER|website=familytreemaker.genealogy.com|access-date=October 27, 2014}}</ref>{{better source needed|reason=the source violates [[WP:BLPPRIMARY]].|date=December 2022}} She studied [[ballet]] and [[modern dance]] for 14 years. She underwent knee surgery while in [[high school]], ending her ballet career.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=DeCosemo|first=Nick|date=August 2003|title=Angel!|journal=FHM (Uk)|volume=164|pages=125}}</ref> Acker graduated from [[Lake Highlands High School]] in Dallas in 1995. She subsequently earned a bachelor's degree in theater from [[Southern Methodist University]] in 1999.<ref name="dallasnews.com"/>

In her junior year of college, Acker [[model (person)|modeled]] for the [[J. Crew]] [[Mail-order catalog|catalog]].  She worked as a stage actress for several seasons, including a stint at [[American Players Theatre]] in [[Spring Green, Wisconsin]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://host.madison.com/ct/news/local/city-life/actors-in-joss-whedon-s-much-ado-once-did-shakespeare/article_1d77ff6c-da8b-11e2-a14b-001a4bcf887a.html|title=Actors in Joss Whedon's 'Much Ado' once did Shakespeare at American Players Theatre|work=The Capital Times|access-date=May 23, 2017|language=en}}</ref>